Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical
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The Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical is a prestigious Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in sound design for musical productions.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical Context triple: [Scott Lehrer, awardReceived, Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical]
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A.
Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in sound design for a play.
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B.
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical is a prestigious Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in lighting design for musical productions.
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C.
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical is a prestigious Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the visual and environmental design of a musical production.
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D.
Tony Award for Best Original Score
The Tony Award for Best Original Score is a prestigious Broadway theater honor recognizing the composers and lyricists of the most outstanding new musical score in an eligible play or musical each season.
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E.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations is a New York theater honor recognizing exceptional achievement in musical arranging and orchestration for Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions.
- 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical Target entity description: The Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical is a prestigious Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in sound design for musical productions.
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A.
Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in sound design for a play.
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B.
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical is a prestigious Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in lighting design for musical productions.
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C.
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical is a prestigious Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the visual and environmental design of a musical production.
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D.
Tony Award for Best Original Score
The Tony Award for Best Original Score is a prestigious Broadway theater honor recognizing the composers and lyricists of the most outstanding new musical score in an eligible play or musical each season.
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E.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations is a New York theater honor recognizing exceptional achievement in musical arranging and orchestration for Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tony Award
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sound design award ⓘ theatre award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Best Sound Design of a Musical Tony Award
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linked to:
Best Sound Design of a Musical
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| associatedWith | Broadway sound designers ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
artistic contribution of sound to a musical production
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overall sound design concept ⓘ technical execution of sound design ⓘ |
| awardFor | sound design in a musical ⓘ |
| categoryType | creative arts category ⓘ |
| ceremonyFrequency | annual ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| eligibility | Broadway productions in the eligibility year ⓘ |
| field |
Broadway theatre
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musical theatre ⓘ sound design ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 2008 ⓘ |
| genre | musical theatre award ⓘ |
| hasSubcategory |
nominees
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winners ⓘ |
| inception | 2008 ⓘ |
| languageOfCeremony | English ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| medium | live theatre ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tony Awards
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linked to:
Tony Award
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| presentedBy |
American Theatre Wing
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The Broadway League ⓘ |
| recognizes | outstanding achievement in sound design for a musical ⓘ |
| scope | Broadway musical productions ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | voted on by Tony Awards voters ⓘ |
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Subject: Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical Description of subject: The Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical is a prestigious Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in sound design for musical productions.
Referenced by (11)
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Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical
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nominatedFor
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Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical
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linked to: Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical
Billy Elliot the Musical (Broadway)
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awardReceived
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Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical
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linked to: Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical