Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

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Drama Desk Award category theatre award

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play is a prestigious New York theater honor recognizing exceptional supporting performances by male actors in stage plays, across both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play canonical	2
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for M. Butterfly	1
Drama Desk Award for acting in a play	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9341363 — 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 Featured Actor in a Play
Context triple: [BD Wong, awardReceived, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play]

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. 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.
C. Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical is a New York theater honor recognizing exceptional lead performances by male actors in musical productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway.
D. Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
The Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding performances by male actors in supporting roles in plays.
E. Drama Desk
Drama Desk is a New York–based organization of theater critics, writers, and editors that honors excellence 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.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Target entity description: The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play is a prestigious New York theater honor recognizing exceptional supporting performances by male actors in stage plays, across both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.

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. 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.
C. Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical is a New York theater honor recognizing exceptional lead performances by male actors in musical productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway.
D. Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
The Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding performances by male actors in supporting roles in plays.
E. Drama Desk
Drama Desk is a New York–based organization of theater critics, writers, and editors that honors excellence in Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Drama Desk Award category ⓘ theatre award ⓘ
appliesTo	Broadway productions ⓘ linked to: Broadway theater Off-Broadway productions ⓘ Off-Off-Broadway productions ⓘ linked to: Off-Off-Broadway
awardCategoryFor	individual performers ⓘ
awardFor	supporting performances by male actors in plays ⓘ
awardForWorkIn	stage plays ⓘ
awardType	competitive award ⓘ
categoryOf	play acting awards ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
field	stage acting ⓘ
formerName	Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	theatre ⓘ
hasAudience	theatre community ⓘ
hasAwardCategoryType	featured role ⓘ
hasEligibilityCriterion	performance during the relevant theatre season ⓘ performance in a professional New York theatre production ⓘ
hasFocus	supporting acting in plays ⓘ
hasOrganizingBody	Drama Desk organization ⓘ
hasParentAward	Drama Desk Award for acting in a play ⓘ linked to: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
hasRegion	New York theatre ⓘ
hasReputation	prestigious New York theatre honor ⓘ
hasStatus	active ⓘ
hasTrophyType	Drama Desk Award statuette ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.dramadeskawards.com ⓘ
inception	1975 ⓘ
isSimilarTo	Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play ⓘ Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play ⓘ linked to: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
isSubsetOf	Drama Desk acting awards ⓘ linked to: Drama Desk Award
language	English ⓘ
location	New York City ⓘ
medium	live theatre ⓘ
notableFor	including Broadway and Off-Broadway in same category ⓘ
partOf	Drama Desk Awards ⓘ linked to: Drama Desk Award
presentedBy	Drama Desk ⓘ
presentedIn	New York City ⓘ
recognizes	outstanding featured performances in plays ⓘ supporting roles in stage plays ⓘ
selectionProcess	voted on by Drama Desk members ⓘ
sexOrGenderRestriction	male actors ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

BD Wong → awardReceived → Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play ⓘ

BD Wong → awardReceivedFor → Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for M. Butterfly ⓘ

linked to: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

Bradley Darryl Wong → awardReceived → Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play ⓘ

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play → hasParentAward → Drama Desk Award for acting in a play ⓘ