Helen Hayes Award

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theatre award

The Helen Hayes Award is a prestigious Washington, D.C.–based theater honor recognizing outstanding achievement in professional stage productions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Helen Hayes Award canonical	5
Helen Hayes Awards for Excellence in Professional Theatre	1
The Helen Hayes Awards	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9473625 — 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: Helen Hayes Award
Context triple: [Aaron Tveit, awardReceived, Helen Hayes Award]

A. Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
The Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play is a prestigious annual honor recognizing outstanding leading performances by actresses in Broadway theatrical productions.
B. Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding supporting performances by actresses in stage plays.
C. 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.
D. Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
The Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play is a prestigious annual honor presented for an outstanding leading performance by an actor in a Broadway play.
E. Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre
The Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre is a special honor recognizing outstanding contributions to the American theatre industry beyond the traditional competitive Tony Award categories.
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: Helen Hayes Award
Target entity description: The Helen Hayes Award is a prestigious Washington, D.C.–based theater honor recognizing outstanding achievement in professional stage productions.

A. Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
The Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play is a prestigious annual honor recognizing outstanding leading performances by actresses in Broadway theatrical productions.
B. Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding supporting performances by actresses in stage plays.
C. 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.
D. Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
The Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play is a prestigious annual honor presented for an outstanding leading performance by an actor in a Broadway play.
E. Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre
The Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre is a special honor recognizing outstanding contributions to the American theatre industry beyond the traditional competitive Tony Award categories.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	theatre award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Helen Hayes Awards for Excellence in Professional Theatre ⓘ linked to: Helen Hayes Award
awardsCeremonyHeldIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
awardType	juried award ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eligibility	professional theatre companies in the Washington, D.C. area ⓘ
field	performing arts ⓘ theatre ⓘ
formerName	The Helen Hayes Awards ⓘ linked to: Helen Hayes Award
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasCategory	Outstanding Choreography ⓘ Outstanding Costume Design ⓘ Outstanding Direction ⓘ Outstanding Ensemble ⓘ Outstanding Lead Actor ⓘ Outstanding Lead Actress ⓘ Outstanding Lighting Design ⓘ Outstanding Musical ⓘ Outstanding New Play or Musical ⓘ Outstanding Play ⓘ Outstanding Production ⓘ Outstanding Set Design ⓘ Outstanding Sound Design ⓘ Outstanding Supporting Actor ⓘ Outstanding Supporting Actress ⓘ Outstanding Visiting Production ⓘ
hasMediaType	certificate ⓘ trophy ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://theatrewashington.org/helen-hayes-awards ⓘ
inception	1983 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
namedAfter	Helen Hayes ⓘ
namedForOccupation	actress ⓘ
namesakeDescribedAs	First Lady of American Theatre ⓘ linked to: First Lady of the American Theatre
notableFor	recognizing excellence in Washington, D.C. professional theatre ⓘ
organisedBy	Theatre Washington ⓘ
partOf	American theatre awards ⓘ
presentedBy	Theatre Washington ⓘ
presentedFor	excellence in professional stage productions ⓘ outstanding achievement in professional theatre ⓘ
region	Washington metropolitan area ⓘ
scope	professional theatre in the Washington, D.C. area ⓘ
selectionProcess	panel of judges ⓘ
significance	one of the most prestigious regional theatre awards in the United States ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Aaron Tveit → awardReceived → Helen Hayes Award ⓘ

Alice Ripley → awardReceived → Helen Hayes Award ⓘ

David Kelly → awardReceived → Helen Hayes Award ⓘ

Paul Tazewell → awardReceived → Helen Hayes Award ⓘ

Stacy Keach → awardReceived → Helen Hayes Award ⓘ

Helen Hayes Award → formerName → The Helen Hayes Awards ⓘ

linked to: Helen Hayes Award

Helen Hayes Award → alsoKnownAs → Helen Hayes Awards for Excellence in Professional Theatre ⓘ