Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre

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Tony Award theatre award

The Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre is a prestigious honor presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League to recognize exceptional achievement by a regional theatre company in the United States.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Regional Theatre Tony Award	12
Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre canonical	9
Tony Award for Best Regional Theatre	3
Tony Award for Regional Theatre	2
1978 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre	1
2015 Regional Theatre Tony Award	1
Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre (for Hartford Stage)	1
Tony Award for Regional Theatre (for Chicago Shakespeare Theater leadership)	1
Tony Award for Regional Theatre (for Crossroads Theatre Company)	1
Tony Award for Regional Theatre (on behalf of Arena Stage)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1264516 — 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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre
Context triple: [McCarter Theatre Center, awarded, Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre]

A. Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre
The Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre is a special honor recognizing outstanding contributions to the American theatre industry beyond the traditional competitive Tony Award categories.
B. 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.
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. 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.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre
Target entity description: The Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre is a prestigious honor presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League to recognize exceptional achievement by a regional theatre company in the United States.

A. Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre
The Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre is a special honor recognizing outstanding contributions to the American theatre industry beyond the traditional competitive Tony Award categories.
B. 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.
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. 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.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Tony Award ⓘ theatre award ⓘ
administeredBy	American Theatre Wing ⓘ The Broadway League ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Regional Theatre Tony Award ⓘ linked to: Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre
associatedEvent	annual Tony Awards ceremony ⓘ
awardedFor	body of work rather than a single production ⓘ
awardFor	outstanding achievement by a regional theatre company ⓘ
categoryType	special Tony Award ⓘ linked to: Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eligibleRecipients	regional theatre companies ⓘ
field	theatre ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
inception	1976 ⓘ
namedAfter	Antoinette Perry ⓘ
notableRecipient	Alliance Theatre ⓘ Arena Stage ⓘ Berkeley Repertory Theatre ⓘ Chicago Shakespeare Theater ⓘ Goodman Theatre ⓘ Guthrie Theater ⓘ La Jolla Playhouse ⓘ Oregon Shakespeare Festival ⓘ Signature Theatre Company ⓘ Steppenwolf Theatre Company ⓘ
partOf	Tony Awards ⓘ linked to: Tony Award
presentedBy	American Theatre Wing ⓘ The Broadway League ⓘ
region	outside Broadway ⓘ outside New York City commercial Broadway theatres ⓘ
scope	regional theatre in the United States ⓘ
selectionCriteria	artistic achievement ⓘ contribution to the development of regional theatre ⓘ impact on the national theatre landscape ⓘ
status	active award ⓘ

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Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

McCarter Theatre Center → awarded → Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre ⓘ

Chicago Shakespeare Theater → awarded → Regional Theatre Tony Award ⓘ

subject linked to: CST