Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical

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New York theatre award theatre award

The Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical is a New York theater honor presented by the Outer Critics Circle to recognize exceptional direction in musical productions, primarily Off-Broadway and Broadway.

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Label	Occurrences
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical canonical	3

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Target entity: Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical
Context triple: [Best Direction of a Musical, relatedAward, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical]

A. Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in staging and directing a musical production.
B. 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.
C. Tony Award for Best Musical
The Tony Award for Best Musical is Broadway's highest honor recognizing the most outstanding new musical production of the theater season.
D. Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing the most outstanding leading performance by an actress in a musical production.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical
Target entity description: The Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical is a New York theater honor presented by the Outer Critics Circle to recognize exceptional direction in musical productions, primarily Off-Broadway and Broadway.

A. Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in staging and directing a musical production.
B. 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.
C. Tony Award for Best Musical
The Tony Award for Best Musical is Broadway's highest honor recognizing the most outstanding new musical production of the theater season.
D. Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing the most outstanding leading performance by an actress in a musical production.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New York theatre award ⓘ theatre award ⓘ
associatedWith	New York theatre critics ⓘ linked to: New York Drama Critics Circle
awardCategoryOf	Outer Critics Circle Awards ⓘ linked to: Outer Critics Circle Award
awardedFor	excellence in musical theatre direction ⓘ outstanding direction of a musical ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eligibleWorks	Broadway musical productions ⓘ Off-Broadway musical productions ⓘ
field	musical theatre ⓘ theatre ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	theatre award for direction ⓘ
inception	20th century ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	New York City ⓘ
notableCategoryType	direction award ⓘ
partOf	Outer Critics Circle Awards ⓘ linked to: Outer Critics Circle Award
presentedBy	Outer Critics Circle ⓘ linked to: Outer Critics Circle Award
presentedIn	Broadway ⓘ Off-Broadway ⓘ
recognizes	stage directors of musicals ⓘ
region	New York theatre ⓘ
scope	commercial theatre ⓘ professional theatre ⓘ
selectionProcess	voted on by Outer Critics Circle members ⓘ
similarTo	Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical ⓘ Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical ⓘ
typicalVenue	New York theatre district ⓘ linked to: Broadway Theatre District

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Best Direction of a Musical → relatedAward → Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical ⓘ

Darko Tresnjak → awardReceived → Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical ⓘ

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical → isSimilarTo → Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical ⓘ

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