Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play

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Outer Critics Circle Award category dramatic arts award theatre award

The Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play is a New York theater honor recognizing the best new play produced Off-Broadway in a given season.

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Label	Occurrences
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play	3
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play canonical	2

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Target entity: Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
Context triple: [Between Riverside and Crazy, awardReceived, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play]

A. 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.
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 Play
The Tony Award for Best Play is a prestigious annual American theatre honor recognizing the most outstanding new play produced on Broadway.
D. Lucille Lortel Award
The Lucille Lortel Award is a prestigious honor recognizing outstanding achievement in Off-Broadway theatre in New York City.
E. Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre
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.
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 New Off-Broadway Play
Target entity description: The Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play is a New York theater honor recognizing the best new play produced Off-Broadway in a given season.

A. 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.
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 Play
The Tony Award for Best Play is a prestigious annual American theatre honor recognizing the most outstanding new play produced on Broadway.
D. Lucille Lortel Award
The Lucille Lortel Award is a prestigious honor recognizing outstanding achievement in Off-Broadway theatre in New York City.
E. Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre
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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Outer Critics Circle Award category ⓘ dramatic arts award ⓘ theatre award ⓘ
associatedWith	Off-Broadway theatre ⓘ linked to: Off-Broadway
awardFor	Off-Broadway play ⓘ new play ⓘ
basedIn	New York theatre community ⓘ
categoryType	playwriting award ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
culturalContext	American theatre awards ⓘ linked to: New York theatre awards
eligibility	new plays produced Off-Broadway ⓘ
excludes	Broadway productions ⓘ Off-Off-Broadway productions ⓘ
field	performing arts ⓘ theatre ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
givenFor	best new Off-Broadway play of the season ⓘ
hasGenreFocus	stage plays ⓘ
honours	playwrights ⓘ producers of Off-Broadway plays ⓘ
inceptionPeriod	20th century ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	New York City ⓘ
notableCity	New York City ⓘ
organizer	Outer Critics Circle ⓘ linked to: Outer Critics Circle Award
partOf	Outer Critics Circle Awards ⓘ linked to: Outer Critics Circle Award
presentedBy	Outer Critics Circle ⓘ linked to: Outer Critics Circle Award
region	New York theatre ⓘ
scope	Off-Broadway ⓘ
selectionMethod	critics voting ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	single theatrical season ⓘ

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Between Riverside and Crazy → awardReceived → Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play ⓘ

Intimate Apparel → awardReceived → Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play ⓘ

linked to: Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play

Dinner with Friends → awardReceived → Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play ⓘ

linked to: Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play

Topdog/Underdog → awardReceived → Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play ⓘ

linked to: Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play

The Whipping Man → notableAward → Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play ⓘ

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