Obie Award for Best New American Play
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The Obie Award for Best New American Play is an Off-Broadway theater honor recognizing outstanding new works by American playwrights.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Obie Award for Best New American Play canonical | 7 |
| Obie Award for Best American Play | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Obie Award for Best New American Play Context triple: [Guards at the Taj, award, Obie Award for Best New American Play]
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A.
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play
The Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play is a theater honor presented by the Outer Critics Circle to recognize the best new play produced on Broadway in a given season.
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B.
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
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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C.
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.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- 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: Obie Award for Best New American Play Target entity description: The Obie Award for Best New American Play is an Off-Broadway theater honor recognizing outstanding new works by American playwrights.
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A.
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play
The Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play is a theater honor presented by the Outer Critics Circle to recognize the best new play produced on Broadway in a given season.
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B.
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
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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C.
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.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Obie Award category
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theatre award ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Obie Awards committee
ⓘ
linked to:
Obie Award
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| awardFor | best new American play ⓘ |
| awardFrequency | annual ⓘ |
| awardGivenTo | playwright ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| eligibility |
American playwrights
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new plays ⓘ |
| field | Off-Broadway theatre ⓘ |
| genre | theatre ⓘ |
| hasLanguageRequirement | English ⓘ |
| hasMedium | live theatre ⓘ |
| hasNotableCharacteristic |
can recognize multiple plays in a single year
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focus on Off-Broadway rather than Broadway ⓘ no fixed number of annual winners ⓘ |
| inception | 1956 ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| partOf |
Obie Awards
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linked to:
Obie Award
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| presentedFor | outstanding new works by American playwrights ⓘ |
| scope |
Off-Broadway
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Off-Off-Broadway ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria |
artistic excellence
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contribution to American theatre ⓘ innovation in playwriting ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | judged by Obie Awards panel ⓘ |
| sponsor | The Village Voice ⓘ |
| typicalVenueType |
Off-Broadway theatre
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Off-Off-Broadway theatre ⓘ |
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Subject: Obie Award for Best New American Play Description of subject: The Obie Award for Best New American Play is an Off-Broadway theater honor recognizing outstanding new works by American playwrights.
Referenced by (9)
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subject linked to:
Rajiv Joseph
subject linked to:
Rajiv Joseph
linked to: Obie Award for Best New American Play
linked to: Obie Award for Best New American Play