Bank of America Theatre, Chicago

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performing arts venue playhouse theatre

Bank of America Theatre in Chicago is a historic downtown playhouse known for hosting major Broadway productions and pre-Broadway premieres.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bank of America Theatre, Chicago canonical	2
Broadway in Chicago venues	1
Shubert Theatre, Chicago	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4168069 — 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: Bank of America Theatre, Chicago
Context triple: [Kinky Boots, premiereLocation, Bank of America Theatre, Chicago]

A. Harris Theater for Music and Dance
Harris Theater for Music and Dance is a prominent contemporary performance venue in Chicago known for hosting a wide range of music, dance, and cultural events.
B. Chicago Theatre
The Chicago Theatre is a historic, French Baroque-style performing arts venue in downtown Chicago renowned for its iconic illuminated marquee and role as a major cultural landmark.
C. Regal Theater, Chicago
Regal Theater in Chicago was a famed South Side venue known for hosting legendary African American performers and iconic live recordings, particularly in blues and soul music.
D. Lyric Theatre of Chicago
Lyric Theatre of Chicago was the original name of the renowned Chicago-based opera company now known as Lyric Opera of Chicago.
E. Oak Park Festival Theatre
Oak Park Festival Theatre is a professional outdoor theater company in Oak Park, Illinois, best known for its summer productions of classic plays, especially Shakespeare.
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: Bank of America Theatre, Chicago
Target entity description: Bank of America Theatre in Chicago is a historic downtown playhouse known for hosting major Broadway productions and pre-Broadway premieres.

A. Harris Theater for Music and Dance
Harris Theater for Music and Dance is a prominent contemporary performance venue in Chicago known for hosting a wide range of music, dance, and cultural events.
B. Chicago Theatre
The Chicago Theatre is a historic, French Baroque-style performing arts venue in downtown Chicago renowned for its iconic illuminated marquee and role as a major cultural landmark.
C. Regal Theater, Chicago
Regal Theater in Chicago was a famed South Side venue known for hosting legendary African American performers and iconic live recordings, particularly in blues and soul music.
D. Lyric Theatre of Chicago
Lyric Theatre of Chicago was the original name of the renowned Chicago-based opera company now known as Lyric Opera of Chicago.
E. Oak Park Festival Theatre
Oak Park Festival Theatre is a professional outdoor theater company in Oak Park, Illinois, best known for its summer productions of classic plays, especially Shakespeare.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	performing arts venue ⓘ playhouse ⓘ theatre ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Beaux-Arts ⓘ
category	Broadway In Chicago theatre group ⓘ surface form: Broadway In Chicago theatres Historic theatres in the United States ⓘ Theatres in Chicago ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designedBy	C. W. Rapp ⓘ E. C. Horn ⓘ George L. Rapp ⓘ surface form: George Rapp
formerName	Bank of America Theatre ⓘ LaSalle Bank Theatre ⓘ Majestic Theatre ⓘ LaSalle Bank Theatre ⓘ surface form: Sam Shubert Theatre
formerNameOf	CIBC Theatre ⓘ
hasAlternateLabel	Bank of America Theatre ⓘ surface form: Bank of America Theater Bank of America Theatre, Chicago self-linksurface differs ⓘ
hasFunction	performing arts ⓘ
hasStageType	proscenium stage ⓘ
historic	true ⓘ
hosts	Broadway productions ⓘ touring Broadway shows ⓘ
knownFor	major Broadway productions ⓘ pre-Broadway premieres ⓘ
locatedDowntown	true ⓘ
locatedIn	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago Chicago Loop ⓘ Illinois ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedOn	West Monroe Street NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighborhood	Loop community area ⓘ
notableProductionHosted	Hamilton (musical) ⓘ surface form: Hamilton (pre-Broadway run) Kinky Boots ⓘ surface form: Kinky Boots (pre-Broadway run) The Book of Mormon (musical) ⓘ surface form: The Book of Mormon (Chicago engagement)
openedAs	Majestic Theatre ⓘ
openingYear	1906 ⓘ
operatedBy	Broadway In Chicago ⓘ
ownedBy	Broadway In Chicago ⓘ
partOf	Broadway In Chicago theatre group ⓘ surface form: Broadway In Chicago theatre circuit Chicago Loop ⓘ surface form: Chicago Theatre District
primaryUse	live theatre ⓘ
renovated	true ⓘ
seatingType	proscenium theatre ⓘ
state	Illinois ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Kinky Boots → premiereLocation → Bank of America Theatre, Chicago ⓘ

Spamalot → premiereLocation → Bank of America Theatre, Chicago ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shubert Theatre, Chicago

James M. Nederlander Theatre → hasCategory → Bank of America Theatre, Chicago ⓘ

this entity surface form: Broadway in Chicago venues

Bank of America Theatre, Chicago → hasAlternateLabel → Bank of America Theatre, Chicago self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Bank of America Theatre

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