Best Featured Actor in a Musical
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Best Featured Actor in a Musical is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding performances by supporting male actors in Broadway musicals.
All labels observed (4)
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Best Featured Actor in a Musical Context triple: [Tony Award, categoryIncludes, Best Featured Actor in a Musical]
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A.
Best Featured Actor in a Play
Best Featured Actor in a Play is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding performances by supporting male actors in Broadway plays.
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B.
Best Featured Actress in a Play
Best Featured Actress in a Play is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding performances by actresses in supporting roles in Broadway plays.
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C.
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role is a prestigious annual honor presented by SAG-AFTRA to recognize exceptional lead performances by male actors in motion pictures.
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Tony Award
The Tony Award is a prestigious American honor recognizing excellence in live Broadway theatre.
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E.
Best Direction of a Musical
Best Direction of a Musical is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding achievement in directing Broadway musical productions.
- 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: Best Featured Actor in a Musical Target entity description: Best Featured Actor in a Musical is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding performances by supporting male actors in Broadway musicals.
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A.
Best Featured Actor in a Play
Best Featured Actor in a Play is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding performances by supporting male actors in Broadway plays.
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B.
Best Featured Actress in a Play
Best Featured Actress in a Play is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding performances by actresses in supporting roles in Broadway plays.
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C.
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role is a prestigious annual honor presented by SAG-AFTRA to recognize exceptional lead performances by male actors in motion pictures.
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D.
Tony Award
The Tony Award is a prestigious American honor recognizing excellence in live Broadway theatre.
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E.
Best Direction of a Musical
Best Direction of a Musical is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding achievement in directing Broadway musical productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tony Award category
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theatrical award category ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
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linked to:
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
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| awardCriteria | outstanding performance by a featured actor in a musical ⓘ |
| awardedForSeason | Broadway season ⓘ |
| awardFor | supporting male performances in Broadway musicals ⓘ |
| awardingBodyType | professional theatre organizations ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| field | Broadway theatre ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | theatre award ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Awards established in 1947
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Tony Awards for male actors ⓘ
linked to:
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Tony Awards for musical theatre ⓘ
linked to:
Tony Award
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| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasSubcategory |
nominee
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winner ⓘ |
| inception | 1947 ⓘ |
| locationOfCeremony | New York City ⓘ |
| medium | musical theatre ⓘ |
| notableRegion | Broadway ⓘ |
| organizer |
American Theatre Wing
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The Broadway League ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tony Awards
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linked to:
Tony Award
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| partOfSeries | Tony Award acting categories ⓘ |
| performanceType |
featured role
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supporting role ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
American Theatre Wing
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The Broadway League ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Best Featured Actor in a Play
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Best Featured Actress in a Musical ⓘ Best Leading Actor in a Musical ⓘ |
| scope | Broadway productions ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | voting by Tony Awards voters ⓘ |
| sexOrGenderRestriction | male actors ⓘ |
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Subject: Best Featured Actor in a Musical Description of subject: Best Featured Actor in a Musical is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding performances by supporting male actors in Broadway musicals.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
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alsoKnownAs
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Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
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linked to: Best Featured Actor in a Musical
linked to: Best Featured Actor in a Musical