Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play

E405440

Tony Award costume design award theatre award

The Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in costume design for non-musical stage productions.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play canonical	7
Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play	4

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3955566 — 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 Costume Design of a Play
Context triple: [The Coast of Utopia (Broadway, 2006–2007), awardReceived, Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play]

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.
B. 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.
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 Sound Design of a Play
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.
E. Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theater honor recognizing outstanding revivals of previously produced plays.
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 Costume Design of a Play
Target entity description: The Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in costume design for non-musical stage productions.

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.
B. 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.
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 Sound Design of a Play
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.
E. Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theater honor recognizing outstanding revivals of previously produced plays.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Tony Award ⓘ costume design award ⓘ theatre award ⓘ
awardedFor	outstanding achievement in costume design for a play ⓘ
awardFor	best costume design in a play ⓘ costume design for non-musical stage productions ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eligibility	Broadway productions ⓘ non-musical plays ⓘ
field	Broadway theatre ⓘ
firstAwarded	2005 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	play ⓘ
hasCategory	Best Costume Design of a Play ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.tonyawards.com/ ⓘ
inception	2005 ⓘ
location	New York City ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
organisedBy	American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League ⓘ linked to: American Theatre Wing
partOf	Tony Awards ⓘ linked to: Tony Award
presentedBy	American Theatre Wing ⓘ The Broadway League ⓘ
relatedTo	Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design for a Play ⓘ linked to: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ linked to: Olivier Award for Best Costume Design Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical ⓘ
reward	medallion ⓘ recognition of excellence in costume design ⓘ
scope	Broadway ⓘ
separatedFrom	Tony Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

The Coast of Utopia (Broadway, 2006–2007) → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play ⓘ

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

Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play → relatedTo → Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play ⓘ

Anthony Powell → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play ⓘ

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

Catherine Zuber → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play ⓘ

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

Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical → relatedTo → Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play ⓘ

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design → relatedTo → Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play ⓘ

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

Ann Roth → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play ⓘ

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

Eclipsed → awardNomination → Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play ⓘ

Eclipsed (Broadway production) → awardNomination → Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play ⓘ

Tony Awards for design → includesCategory → Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play ⓘ

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated Show

Statements (29)

How these facts were elicited Show

Referenced by (11)

How this entity was disambiguated

How these facts were elicited