Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical

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Tony Award category theatre award

The Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing the most outstanding leading male performance in a musical production.

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Label	Occurrences
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical canonical	83
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	36
Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical	5
Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical	3
2018 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical	1
Antoinette Perry Award for Best Actor in a Musical	1
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (Billy Porter, for playing Lola)	1
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (Christopher Plummer)	1
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (Hugh Jackman)	1
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (Jim Dale)	1
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (Ray Bolger)	1
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (Stephen Lynch)	1
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for Company	1
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for Kinky Boots	1
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for On the Twentieth Century	1
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for Shenandoah	1
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	1
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess	1
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Brooks Ashmanskas)	1
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (David Hyde Pierce)	1
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Jerry Orbach)	1
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Norbert Leo Butz)	1
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (for Jonathan Pryce, 1991)	1
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (won by David Hyde Pierce)	1
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for Spamalot	1
Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1231018 — 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 Best Actor in a Musical
Context triple: [Gregory Hines, awardReceived, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical]

A. 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.
B. Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding supporting performances by actresses in musical productions.
C. 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.
D. Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
The Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding performances by male actors in supporting roles in plays.
E. Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical is a prestigious Broadway theater honor recognizing outstanding revivals of previously produced musicals.
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 Best Actor in a Musical
Target entity description: The Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing the most outstanding leading male performance in a musical production.

A. 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.
B. Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding supporting performances by actresses in musical productions.
C. 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.
D. Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
The Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding performances by male actors in supporting roles in plays.
E. Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical is a prestigious Broadway theater honor recognizing outstanding revivals of previously produced musicals.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Tony Award category ⓘ theatre award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Antoinette Perry Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ linked to: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
awardedFor	outstanding leading male performance in a musical ⓘ
awardFor	best performance by a leading actor in a musical ⓘ
categoryType	acting award ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eligibleProductions	Broadway musicals ⓘ
field	Broadway theatre ⓘ linked to: Broadway theater
firstAwarded	2nd Tony Awards ⓘ linked to: 1960 Tony Awards
frequency	annual ⓘ
genderRestriction	male ⓘ
hasSubsequentCategory	Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical ⓘ linked to: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
inception	1948 ⓘ
industry	American theatre industry ⓘ
languageOfCeremony	English ⓘ
location	New York City ⓘ
namedAfter	Antoinette Perry ⓘ
organisedBy	Tony Awards Administration Committee ⓘ
partOf	Tony Awards ⓘ linked to: Tony Award
performanceMedium	stage ⓘ
performanceType	leading role ⓘ
presentedBy	American Theatre Wing ⓘ The Broadway League ⓘ
relatedAward	Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical ⓘ Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical ⓘ
scope	Broadway ⓘ
selectionMethod	voting by Tony Awards voters ⓘ
significance	one of the highest honors for male musical theatre performers on Broadway ⓘ
typicalVenue	Broadway theatre district ⓘ linked to: Broadway Theatre District

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

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Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play → distinctFrom → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ

Dear Evan Hansen → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical ⓘ

linked to: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical

Josh Gad → nominatedFor → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ

Ray Bolger → notableAward → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ

Nathan Lane → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical → relatedAward → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ

The King and I → wonAward → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ

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Kiss of the Spider Woman → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical ⓘ

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Man of La Mancha → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical ⓘ

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The Wedding Singer → awardNomination → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (Stephen Lynch) ⓘ

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Kinky Boots → award → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ

Alan Cumming → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical ⓘ

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Jerry Orbach → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ

Barnum (1980 Broadway production) → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ

The Producers (2001 Broadway production) → wonAward → Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical ⓘ

linked to: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical

Guys and Dolls → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical ⓘ

linked to: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical

Yul Brynner → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ

Hugh Jackman → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ

Ken Watanabe → awardReceived → Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ

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Tommy Tune → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ

Promises, Promises → award → Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Jerry Orbach) ⓘ

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Tony Award acting categories → hasCategory → Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical ⓘ

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Tony Award acting categories → hasCategory → Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical ⓘ

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Jelly's Last Jam → award → Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical ⓘ

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Leslie Odom Jr. → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ

David Hyde Pierce → theatreAwardReceived → Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical ⓘ

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Jeremy Jordan → nominatedFor → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ

Andrew Rannells → nominatedFor → Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical ⓘ

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Matthew Broderick → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ

Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical → relatedTo → Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical ⓘ

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Brian d'Arcy James → nominatedFor → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ

Michael Crawford → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ

Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical → relatedTo → Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical ⓘ

linked to: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical

Jonathan Groff → nominatedFor → Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical ⓘ

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Half a Sixpence (musical) → broadwayNominations → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical → alsoKnownAs → Antoinette Perry Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ

linked to: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical → hasSubsequentCategory → Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical ⓘ

linked to: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical

Curtains → nominatedFor → Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical ⓘ

subject linked to: Curtains (musical)

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Curtains → awardWon → Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (David Hyde Pierce) ⓘ

subject linked to: Curtains (musical)

linked to: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical

Jonathan Pryce → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ

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Jason Alexander → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical ⓘ

linked to: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical

Santino Fontana → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ

Thomas Mitchell → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ

Norm Lewis → nominatedFor → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess ⓘ

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Ben Platt → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ

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