New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play

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annual award dramatic arts award theatre award

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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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
New York Drama Critics' Circle Award	9
New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play	8
New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play	4
New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award	4
New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Foreign Play	2
New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best American Play	1
New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Play	1
New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play canonical	1
New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best American Play	1
New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Foreign Play	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1150309 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play
Context triple: [All My Sons, awarded, New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play]

A. Tony Award for Best Play
The Tony Award for Best Play is a prestigious annual American theatre honor recognizing the most outstanding new play produced on Broadway.
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.
C. Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in directing a stage play.
D. Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
The Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play is a prestigious annual honor presented for an outstanding leading performance by an actor in a Broadway play.
E. Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
The Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play is a prestigious annual honor recognizing outstanding leading performances by actresses in Broadway theatrical productions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play
Target entity description: 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.

A. Tony Award for Best Play
The Tony Award for Best Play is a prestigious annual American theatre honor recognizing the most outstanding new play produced on Broadway.
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.
C. Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in directing a stage play.
D. Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
The Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play is a prestigious annual honor presented for an outstanding leading performance by an actor in a Broadway play.
E. Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
The Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play is a prestigious annual honor recognizing outstanding leading performances by actresses in Broadway theatrical productions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	annual award ⓘ dramatic arts award ⓘ theatre award ⓘ
awardedTo	playwright of the winning play ⓘ
awardFor	best play ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
decisionBody	members of the New York Drama Critics Circle ⓘ
eligibility	new plays produced in the New York theatre season ⓘ plays first produced in the United States ⓘ
field	drama ⓘ theatre ⓘ
firstAwardedBy	New York Drama Critics Circle ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
givenFor	excellence in playwriting ⓘ most outstanding new play on the American stage ⓘ
hasCategory	Best Play ⓘ
inceptionYear	1936 ⓘ
independentOf	Tony Awards ⓘ linked to: Tony Award
jurisdiction	New York theatre community ⓘ
language	primarily English ⓘ
location	New York City ⓘ
mediaType	live theatre ⓘ
notableRecipient	A Streetcar Named Desire ⓘ Angels in America ⓘ Clybourne Park ⓘ Death of a Salesman ⓘ Doubt ⓘ Long Day's Journey into Night ⓘ linked to: Long Day’s Journey into Night The Heidi Chronicles ⓘ The Humans ⓘ The Piano Lesson ⓘ linked to: The Piano Lesson (TV film) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ⓘ
organizer	New York Drama Critics Circle ⓘ
presentedBy	New York Drama Critics Circle ⓘ
prestige	one of the most prestigious American theatre awards ⓘ
region	American stage ⓘ
relatedAward	New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Play ⓘ linked to: New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical ⓘ
scope	Broadway and Off-Broadway productions ⓘ
selectionCriteria	artistic merit ⓘ contribution to American theatre ⓘ originality ⓘ
selectionMethod	vote of New York theatre critics ⓘ
typeOfWorkRecognized	stage play ⓘ

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