Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical

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Drama Desk Award category theatre award

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical is a New York theater honor recognizing exceptional achievement in staging and directing musical productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway.

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Label	Occurrences
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical canonical	11

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Target entity: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical
Context triple: [Julie Taymor, awardReceived, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical]

A. Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play is a prestigious New York theater honor recognizing exceptional direction in off-Broadway and Broadway plays.
B. 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.
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. Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical
The Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical is a New York theater honor presented by the Outer Critics Circle to recognize exceptional direction in musical productions, primarily Off-Broadway and Broadway.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical
Target entity description: The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical is a New York theater honor recognizing exceptional achievement in staging and directing musical productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway.

A. Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play is a prestigious New York theater honor recognizing exceptional direction in off-Broadway and Broadway plays.
B. 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.
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. Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical
The Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical is a New York theater honor presented by the Outer Critics Circle to recognize exceptional direction in musical productions, primarily Off-Broadway and Broadway.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Drama Desk Award category ⓘ theatre award ⓘ
awardedFor	exceptional achievement in directing musical productions ⓘ exceptional achievement in staging musical productions ⓘ
awardFor	directing in musical theatre ⓘ outstanding direction of a musical ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
field	musical theatre ⓘ theatre ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	theatre award for direction ⓘ
hasCategoryType	direction ⓘ
hasMedium	live theatre ⓘ
hasProductionType	musical ⓘ
inception	20th century ⓘ
isSimilarTo	Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical ⓘ Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical ⓘ
jurisdiction	New York theatre community ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	New York City ⓘ
notableCriterion	artistic excellence in direction ⓘ artistic excellence in staging ⓘ
organizer	Drama Desk organization ⓘ linked to: Drama Desk
partOf	Drama Desk Awards ⓘ linked to: Drama Desk Award
presentedBy	Drama Desk ⓘ
recognizes	directors of musical productions ⓘ
region	New York theatre ⓘ
scope	Broadway ⓘ Off-Broadway ⓘ Off-Off-Broadway ⓘ
selectionProcess	voting by Drama Desk members ⓘ

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Julie Taymor → awardReceived → Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical ⓘ

Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical → relatedAward → Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical ⓘ

Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical → similarTo → Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical ⓘ

Spring Awakening → wonAward → Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical ⓘ

Darko Tresnjak → awardReceived → Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical ⓘ

Michael Mayer → nominatedFor → Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical ⓘ

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Broadway production) → awarded → Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical ⓘ

subject linked to: Broadway production "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812"

Jerome Robbins' Broadway → awardReceived → Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical ⓘ

Billy Elliot the Musical (Broadway) → awardReceived → Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical ⓘ

New York theatre awards → include → Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical ⓘ

Walter Bobbie → awardReceived → Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical ⓘ

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