Golden Age of Broadway (early phase)

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era in American musical theatre historical period

The Golden Age of Broadway (early phase) was the formative period in American musical theatre, roughly spanning the early 1940s to mid-1940s, when innovative, psychologically complex, and integrated musicals began reshaping the art form.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Golden Age of Broadway	29
Golden Age of Broadway (early period)	2
Golden Age of Broadway (early phase) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2479531 — 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: Golden Age of Broadway (early phase)
Context triple: [Lady in the Dark, era, Golden Age of Broadway (early phase)]

A. Hollywood Golden Age
The Hollywood Golden Age was a period from the late 1920s to the early 1960s when the American studio system dominated film production and produced many of cinema’s most iconic stars and movies.
B. Golden Age of Radio
The Golden Age of Radio was a period from the 1920s to the 1950s when radio was the dominant mass entertainment and information medium, featuring popular dramas, comedies, news, and variety shows.
C. Ziegfeld Follies
Ziegfeld Follies was a series of lavish Broadway theatrical revues produced in the early 20th century, renowned for their elaborate staging, glamorous showgirls, and performances by major stars of the era.
D. On Broadway
"On Broadway" is a jazz-infused cover of the classic song popularized by George Benson, known for its virtuosic guitar work and smooth vocal style.
E. The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties is a 1939 American crime drama film directed by Raoul Walsh that chronicles the rise and fall of Prohibition-era gangsters.
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: Golden Age of Broadway (early phase)
Target entity description: The Golden Age of Broadway (early phase) was the formative period in American musical theatre, roughly spanning the early 1940s to mid-1940s, when innovative, psychologically complex, and integrated musicals began reshaping the art form.

A. Hollywood Golden Age
The Hollywood Golden Age was a period from the late 1920s to the early 1960s when the American studio system dominated film production and produced many of cinema’s most iconic stars and movies.
B. Golden Age of Radio
The Golden Age of Radio was a period from the 1920s to the 1950s when radio was the dominant mass entertainment and information medium, featuring popular dramas, comedies, news, and variety shows.
C. Ziegfeld Follies
Ziegfeld Follies was a series of lavish Broadway theatrical revues produced in the early 20th century, renowned for their elaborate staging, glamorous showgirls, and performances by major stars of the era.
D. On Broadway
"On Broadway" is a jazz-infused cover of the classic song popularized by George Benson, known for its virtuosic guitar work and smooth vocal style.
E. The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties is a 1939 American crime drama film directed by Raoul Walsh that chronicles the rise and fall of Prohibition-era gangsters.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	era in American musical theatre ⓘ historical period ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalContext	World War II era ⓘ early 1940s New York theatre scene ⓘ
endTime	mid-1940s ⓘ
field	United States theatre ⓘ surface form: American theatre musical theatre ⓘ
followedBy	Golden Age of Broadway (mature phase) ⓘ
genre	book musical ⓘ integrated musical ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	formative period in American musical theatre ⓘ greater dramatic seriousness ⓘ innovative musicals ⓘ integrated musicals ⓘ integration of music, lyrics, and book ⓘ psychologically complex characters ⓘ story-driven songs ⓘ use of dance as storytelling ⓘ
hasKeyFigure	Agnes de Mille ⓘ Cole Porter ⓘ E. Y. Harburg ⓘ surface form: E.Y. Harburg George Abbott ⓘ Harold Arlen ⓘ Irving Berlin ⓘ Jerome Robbins ⓘ Kurt Weill ⓘ Leonard Bernstein ⓘ Lorenz Hart ⓘ Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ Richard Rodgers ⓘ
influenced	integration norms for musical theatre ⓘ later Golden Age Broadway musicals ⓘ postwar American musical theatre ⓘ
influencedBy	American popular song ⓘ European operetta ⓘ book musical tradition ⓘ
location	Broadway ⓘ
notableWork	Bloomer Girl ⓘ Carousel ⓘ Lady in the Dark ⓘ Oklahoma! (stage production) ⓘ surface form: Oklahoma! On the Town ⓘ One Touch of Venus ⓘ Pal Joey ⓘ
partOf	Golden Age of Broadway (early phase) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Golden Age of Broadway
precededBy	revue-style Broadway era ⓘ
significance	established new standards for musical integration and storytelling ⓘ reshaped the American musical theatre art form ⓘ
startTime	early 1940s ⓘ

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Referenced by (32)

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

Lady in the Dark (collaboration with Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin) → era → Golden Age of Broadway (early phase) ⓘ

subject surface form: Lady in the Dark

I Could Write a Book (jazz standard) → era → Golden Age of Broadway (early phase) ⓘ

subject surface form: I Could Write a Book