Selwyn Theatre
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The Selwyn Theatre, now known as the American Airlines Theatre, is a historic Broadway playhouse in New York City that has hosted numerous notable theatrical productions since the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Selwyn Theatre canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4745214 — 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: Selwyn Theatre Context triple: [American Airlines Theatre, formerName, Selwyn Theatre]
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A.
Estates Theatre
The Estates Theatre is a historic Prague playhouse renowned as one of Europe’s oldest continuously operating theaters and for hosting the premieres of several of Mozart’s works.
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B.
Festival Theatre
Festival Theatre is a prominent performing arts venue in Great Malvern, England, known for hosting a wide range of theatrical productions, concerts, and cultural events.
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C.
Festival Theatre
Festival Theatre is a major performing arts venue in Edinburgh, Scotland, renowned for hosting large-scale opera, dance, and theatre productions, including key events of the Edinburgh International Festival.
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D.
Festival Theatre
Festival Theatre is the main venue of the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, renowned for its productions of Shakespearean and classical theatre.
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E.
Festival Theatre
Festival Theatre is the main performing arts venue within Adelaide’s riverfront cultural precinct, renowned for hosting major theatre, music, and dance 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: Selwyn Theatre Target entity description: The Selwyn Theatre, now known as the American Airlines Theatre, is a historic Broadway playhouse in New York City that has hosted numerous notable theatrical productions since the early 20th century.
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A.
Estates Theatre
The Estates Theatre is a historic Prague playhouse renowned as one of Europe’s oldest continuously operating theaters and for hosting the premieres of several of Mozart’s works.
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B.
Festival Theatre
Festival Theatre is a major performing arts venue in Edinburgh, Scotland, renowned for hosting large-scale opera, dance, and theatre productions, including key events of the Edinburgh International Festival.
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C.
Festival Theatre
Festival Theatre is a prominent performing arts venue in Great Malvern, England, known for hosting a wide range of theatrical productions, concerts, and cultural events.
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D.
Festival Theatre
Festival Theatre is the main venue of the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, renowned for its productions of Shakespearean and classical theatre.
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E.
Festival Theatre
Festival Theatre is the main performing arts venue within Adelaide’s riverfront cultural precinct, renowned for hosting major theatre, music, and dance productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway theatre
ⓘ
historic building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Beaux-Arts ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| builtFor |
Arch Selwyn
NERFINISHED
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Edgar Selwyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Broadway theatres in Manhattan
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Theatres completed in 1918 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| currentName | American Airlines Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedBy | George Keister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function | legitimate theatre ⓘ |
| hasSponsor | American Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUse |
Broadway plays
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Broadway revivals ⓘ theatrical productions ⓘ |
| landmarkDesignationBy | New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landmarkDesignationYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| landmarkStatus |
New York City Landmark (exterior)
NERFINISHED
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New York City Landmark (interior) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
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New York City ⓘ Theatre District, Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | West 42nd Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Selwyn brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableProduction |
All My Sons (revival)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Big River (revival) NERFINISHED ⓘ Nine (revival) NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Twentieth Century (revival) NERFINISHED ⓘ The 39 Steps NERFINISHED ⓘ The Importance of Being Earnest (revival) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Man Who Came to Dinner NERFINISHED ⓘ The Man Who Had All the Luck NERFINISHED ⓘ The Pajama Game (revival) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Price (revival) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Royal Family NERFINISHED ⓘ The Women NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfSeatingCapacity | approximately 740 ⓘ |
| opened | 1918 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Roundabout Theatre Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalName | Selwyn Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Roundabout Theatre Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
42nd Street redevelopment
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Broadway theatre district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| renamedAs | American Airlines Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| renovated | late 1990s ⓘ |
| reopened | 2000 ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 227 West 42nd Street ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Selwyn Theatre Description of subject: The Selwyn Theatre, now known as the American Airlines Theatre, is a historic Broadway playhouse in New York City that has hosted numerous notable theatrical productions since the early 20th century.
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