Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Play

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Drama Desk Award category theatre award

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Play is an annual New York theater honor recognizing exceptional scenic design in Off-Broadway and Broadway plays.

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Label	Occurrences
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design	5
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play	1
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Musical	1
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Play canonical	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3955570 — 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: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Play
Context triple: [The Coast of Utopia (Broadway, 2006–2007), awardReceived, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set 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. 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.
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 Costume Design of a Play
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.
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: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Play
Target entity description: The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Play is an annual New York theater honor recognizing exceptional scenic design in Off-Broadway and Broadway plays.

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. 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.
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 Costume Design of a Play
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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Drama Desk Award category ⓘ theatre award ⓘ
awardCategoryFocus	physical environment of the stage ⓘ visual world of a play ⓘ
awardFor	scenic design in a play ⓘ set design in a play ⓘ
categoryType	design award ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eligibleProductionType	Broadway play ⓘ Off-Broadway play ⓘ Off-Off-Broadway play ⓘ
field	stage design ⓘ theatre ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	play ⓘ
hasSubcategoryRelationTo	Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Musical ⓘ linked to: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Play
inceptionYear	unknown ⓘ
languageOfMostProductions	English ⓘ
location	New York theatre community ⓘ
medium	live theatre ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	considers Broadway and Off-Broadway on equal footing ⓘ
partOf	Drama Desk Awards ⓘ linked to: Drama Desk Award
presentedBy	Drama Desk ⓘ
presentedIn	New York City ⓘ
recognizes	excellence in scenic design for plays ⓘ outstanding achievement in set design ⓘ
region	New York ⓘ
scope	New York professional theatre ⓘ commercial and non-profit productions ⓘ
selectionProcess	voted on by Drama Desk members ⓘ

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The Coast of Utopia (Broadway, 2006–2007) → awardReceived → Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Play ⓘ

Barnum (1980 Broadway production) → awardReceived → Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design ⓘ