Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play

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Tony Award sound design award theatre award

The Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in sound design for a play.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play canonical	4
Tony Award for Best Sound Design in a Play	1
Tony Award for Sound Design categories	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3051633 — 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 Sound Design of a Play
Context triple: [The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Broadway production), awardReceived, Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play]

A. Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play is a prestigious annual honor recognizing outstanding achievement in lighting design for Broadway plays.
B. 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.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. Tony Award for Best Original Score
The Tony Award for Best Original Score is a prestigious Broadway theater honor recognizing the composers and lyricists of the most outstanding new musical score in an eligible play or musical each season.
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 Sound Design of a Play
Target entity description: The Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in sound design for a play.

A. Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play is a prestigious annual honor recognizing outstanding achievement in lighting design for Broadway plays.
B. 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.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. Tony Award for Best Original Score
The Tony Award for Best Original Score is a prestigious Broadway theater honor recognizing the composers and lyricists of the most outstanding new musical score in an eligible play or musical each season.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Tony Award ⓘ sound design award ⓘ theatre award ⓘ
associatedWith	Broadway sound designers ⓘ
awardCategoryOf	Tony Awards ⓘ linked to: Tony Award
awardDomain	performing arts ⓘ
awardedFor	excellence in sound design in a Broadway play ⓘ
awardFor	sound design in a play ⓘ
ceremonyType	Broadway theatre award ceremony ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
discontinued	2014 ⓘ
eligibility	sound designers of Broadway plays ⓘ
field	Broadway theatre ⓘ
firstAwarded	2008 Tony Awards ⓘ linked to: Tony Awards telecasts
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	theatre award ⓘ
hasAwardedFor	Best Sound Design of a Play ⓘ
hasCategoryType	craft award ⓘ
inception	2008 ⓘ
isSubsetOf	Tony Award for Sound Design categories ⓘ linked to: Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play
location	New York City ⓘ
medium	live theatre ⓘ
notableHiatus	category not presented between 2015 and 2016 Tony Awards ⓘ
officialNameLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Tony Awards ⓘ linked to: Tony Award
presentedBy	American Theatre Wing ⓘ The Broadway League ⓘ
presentedInLanguage	English ⓘ
recognizes	outstanding achievement in sound design for a play ⓘ
reinstated	2017 ⓘ
relatedTo	Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical ⓘ
scope	Broadway plays ⓘ
selectionProcess	voted on by Tony Awards voters ⓘ
status	active (after 2017 reinstatement) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Broadway production) → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play ⓘ

War Horse (play) → wonAward → Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play ⓘ

Peter and the Starcatcher → award → Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play ⓘ

Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play → isSubsetOf → Tony Award for Sound Design categories ⓘ

linked to: Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play

Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play → relatedTo → Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play ⓘ

Fitz Patton → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Sound Design in a Play ⓘ