Wyly Theatre

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cultural venue performing arts center theatre building

Wyly Theatre is a prominent, architecturally innovative performing arts venue in downtown Dallas known for its flexible, reconfigurable stage and role as home to major local theater companies.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre	6
Wyly Theatre canonical	4
Wyly Theatre in Dallas	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T189245 — 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: Wyly Theatre
Context triple: [Arts District (Dallas), hasPart, Wyly Theatre]

A. Bruce Montgomery Theatre
Bruce Montgomery Theatre is an intimate performance venue within the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, used for theatrical productions and other live arts events.
B. Terrace Theater
Terrace Theater is an intimate performance venue within Washington, D.C.’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, hosting chamber music, jazz, and other small-scale events.
C. Lyric Theatre
Lyric Theatre is a main performance venue within The Lowry arts complex in Salford, England, known for hosting a wide range of theatre, dance, and live entertainment productions.
D. Eisenhower Hall Theatre
Eisenhower Hall Theatre is a major performing arts venue located at the United States Military Academy at West Point, known for hosting concerts, theatrical productions, and other large-scale events.
E. Winspear Opera House
Winspear Opera House is a major performing arts venue in downtown Dallas, Texas, renowned for hosting opera, theater, and other cultural events in a modern, architecturally striking building.
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: Wyly Theatre
Target entity description: Wyly Theatre is a prominent, architecturally innovative performing arts venue in downtown Dallas known for its flexible, reconfigurable stage and role as home to major local theater companies.

A. Bruce Montgomery Theatre
Bruce Montgomery Theatre is an intimate performance venue within the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, used for theatrical productions and other live arts events.
B. Terrace Theater
Terrace Theater is an intimate performance venue within Washington, D.C.’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, hosting chamber music, jazz, and other small-scale events.
C. Lyric Theatre
Lyric Theatre is a main performance venue within The Lowry arts complex in Salford, England, known for hosting a wide range of theatre, dance, and live entertainment productions.
D. Eisenhower Hall Theatre
Eisenhower Hall Theatre is a major performing arts venue located at the United States Military Academy at West Point, known for hosting concerts, theatrical productions, and other large-scale events.
E. Winspear Opera House
Winspear Opera House is a major performing arts venue in downtown Dallas, Texas, renowned for hosting opera, theater, and other cultural events in a modern, architecturally striking building.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural venue ⓘ performing arts center ⓘ theatre building ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Wyly Theatre ⓘ surface form: Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre
architect	Joshua Prince-Ramus ⓘ Rem Koolhaas ⓘ
architectureFirm	Office for Metropolitan Architecture ⓘ REX Architecture ⓘ
awarded	American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Architecture ⓘ surface form: 2011 American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Architecture
category	performing arts venues in Texas ⓘ theatres in Dallas ⓘ
city	Dallas, Texas ⓘ surface form: Dallas
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designFeature	flexible stage configuration ⓘ glass curtain wall façade ⓘ reconfigurable auditorium ⓘ vertical stacking of back-of-house spaces ⓘ
designStyle	contemporary architecture ⓘ
function	cultural events ⓘ dance performances ⓘ theatrical performances ⓘ
hasFeature	black-box style theatre space ⓘ fly tower integrated into main volume ⓘ multiple stage-audience configurations ⓘ retractable seating risers ⓘ street-level lobby ⓘ
height	12 stories ⓘ
homeTo	Dallas Black Dance Theatre ⓘ Dallas Theater Center (primary venue) ⓘ surface form: Dallas Theater Center Dallas Theater Center resident productions ⓘ
locatedIn	Dallas, Texas ⓘ surface form: Dallas Dallas Arts District ⓘ Texas ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
material	aluminum tubular façade ⓘ
namedAfter	Charles Wyly ⓘ Charles Wyly ⓘ surface form: Dee Wyly
opened	2009 ⓘ
openingDate	2009-10-12 ⓘ
operator	AT&T Performing Arts Center ⓘ
owner	Dallas, Texas ⓘ surface form: City of Dallas
partOf	AT&T Performing Arts Center ⓘ Dallas cultural infrastructure ⓘ
region	Downtown Dallas ⓘ
seatingCapacity	575 ⓘ
state	Texas ⓘ
structuralEngineer	Magnusson Klemencic Associates ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

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

Arts District → hasPart → Wyly Theatre ⓘ

subject surface form: Arts District (Dallas)

Downtown Dallas → hasCulturalAttraction → Wyly Theatre ⓘ

Dallas Black Dance Theatre → performsAt → Wyly Theatre ⓘ