Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play
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The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play is a prestigious New York theater honor recognizing the best new play produced in the city, across both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play canonical | 8 |
| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play | 3 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play Context triple: [John Patrick Shanley, awardReceived, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play]
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A.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play is a prestigious New York theater honor recognizing exceptional direction in off-Broadway and Broadway plays.
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B.
Drama Desk Award
The Drama Desk Award is a prestigious New York theater honor recognizing outstanding achievements in Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions.
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C.
New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play
The New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play is a prestigious annual honor given by New York theater critics to recognize the most outstanding new play on the American stage.
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D.
Drama Desk
Drama Desk is a New York–based organization of theater critics, writers, and editors that honors excellence in Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions.
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E.
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play
The Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play is a theater honor presented by the Outer Critics Circle to recognize the best new play produced on Broadway in a given season.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play Target entity description: The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play is a prestigious New York theater honor recognizing the best new play produced in the city, across both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
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A.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play is a prestigious New York theater honor recognizing exceptional direction in off-Broadway and Broadway plays.
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B.
Drama Desk Award
The Drama Desk Award is a prestigious New York theater honor recognizing outstanding achievements in Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions.
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C.
New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play
The New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play is a prestigious annual honor given by New York theater critics to recognize the most outstanding new play on the American stage.
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D.
Drama Desk
Drama Desk is a New York–based organization of theater critics, writers, and editors that honors excellence in Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions.
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E.
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play
The Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play is a theater honor presented by the Outer Critics Circle to recognize the best new play produced on Broadway in a given season.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Drama Desk Award category
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theatre award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Drama Desk Award for Best Play NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardCeremony | Drama Desk Awards ceremony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardedFor | best new play produced in New York ⓘ |
| awardFor | outstanding play ⓘ |
| categoryType | playwriting award ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| distinction | recognizes both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions ⓘ |
| eligibleProductions |
Broadway plays
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Off-Broadway plays ⓘ Off-Off-Broadway plays ⓘ |
| field | drama ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 1975 Drama Desk Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | theatre ⓘ |
| hasCategory | Outstanding Play ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasParentOrganization | Drama Desk Board of Directors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.dramadeskawards.com/ ⓘ |
| inception | 1975 ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| mediaType | live theatre ⓘ |
| notableWinner |
Angels in America
NERFINISHED
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Oslo NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ferryman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Humans NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lehman Trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizer | Drama Desk organization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Drama Desk Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Drama Desk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentedIn | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | New York City theatre ⓘ |
| scope | New York theatre ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria | artistic excellence in playwriting ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | voted on by Drama Desk members ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play
this entity surface form:
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play
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this entity surface form:
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play