Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play
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The Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play is a prestigious annual honor recognizing outstanding achievement in lighting design for Broadway plays.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play Context triple: [The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Broadway production), awardReceived, Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play]
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Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the visual and environmental design of a play’s production.
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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.
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C.
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.
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D.
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.
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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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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play Target entity description: The Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play is a prestigious annual honor recognizing outstanding achievement in lighting design for Broadway plays.
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A.
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the visual and environmental design of a play’s production.
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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.
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C.
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.
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D.
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.
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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 (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tony Award category
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theatre award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Tony for Best Lighting Design of a Play ⓘ |
| appliesTo | professional Broadway productions ⓘ |
| awardCategoryOf | Tony Award ⓘ |
| awardedFor | outstanding lighting design in a Broadway play ⓘ |
| awardedIn | United States theatre industry ⓘ |
| awardFor | lighting design of a play ⓘ |
| ceremonyHeldIn |
Broadway theatre district
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linked to:
Broadway Theatre District
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| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| eligibility |
Broadway productions
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linked to:
Broadway theater
professional lighting designers ⓘ |
| field | theatre ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 2005 Tony Awards ceremony ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | play ⓘ |
| hasAwardCriteria |
artistic excellence in lighting design
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effectiveness in supporting the play’s storytelling ⓘ originality of lighting concept ⓘ |
| hasMedium | live theatre ⓘ |
| hasRecipientType | individual lighting designer ⓘ |
| hasType | competitive award ⓘ |
| inception | 2005 ⓘ |
| isPartOfSeries | annual Tony Awards ceremonies ⓘ |
| isSubsetOf | design categories of the Tony Awards ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Antoinette Perry ⓘ |
| notableAspect | recognizes technical and artistic achievement in stage lighting ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tony Awards
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linked to:
Tony Award
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| presentedBy |
American Theatre Wing
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The Broadway League ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical
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Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play ⓘ Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play ⓘ |
| scope | Broadway plays only ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | voted on by Tony Awards voters ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | Tony Award for Best Lighting Design ⓘ |
| status | active award category ⓘ |
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Referenced by (20)
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Broadway production)
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awardReceived
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The Coast of Utopia (Broadway, 2006–2007)
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hasSubcategory
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The Sound Inside (Broadway production)
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nominatedFor
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