Ford Center for the Performing Arts

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Broadway theatre theatre building

Ford Center for the Performing Arts was a major Broadway theater in New York City, later renamed the Lyric Theatre, known for hosting large-scale musical productions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ford Center for the Performing Arts canonical	2
Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4792765 — 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: Ford Center for the Performing Arts
Context triple: [Lyric Theatre, formerName, Ford Center for the Performing Arts]

A. Ford Center
Ford Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Evansville, Indiana, primarily used for sports events, concerts, and other large-scale entertainment.
B. Denver Auditorium Arena
Denver Auditorium Arena was a historic indoor sports and entertainment venue in Denver, Colorado, best known as an early home court of the Denver Nuggets basketball franchise.
C. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts
The Morrison Center for the Performing Arts is a major performance venue and cultural hub located on the campus of Boise State University in Boise, Idaho, hosting concerts, theater, and other live events.
D. Carson Center for the Performing Arts
The Carson Center for the Performing Arts is a regional performing arts venue and cultural hub in Paducah, Kentucky, hosting concerts, theater, and community events.
E. Ford Center at The Star
Ford Center at The Star is a state-of-the-art indoor athletic facility and event center in Frisco, Texas, that serves as the Dallas Cowboys’ practice venue and hosts a variety of sports and entertainment events.
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: Ford Center for the Performing Arts
Target entity description: Ford Center for the Performing Arts was a major Broadway theater in New York City, later renamed the Lyric Theatre, known for hosting large-scale musical productions.

A. Ford Center
Ford Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Evansville, Indiana, primarily used for sports events, concerts, and other large-scale entertainment.
B. Denver Auditorium Arena
Denver Auditorium Arena was a historic indoor sports and entertainment venue in Denver, Colorado, best known as an early home court of the Denver Nuggets basketball franchise.
C. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts
The Morrison Center for the Performing Arts is a major performance venue and cultural hub located on the campus of Boise State University in Boise, Idaho, hosting concerts, theater, and other live events.
D. Carson Center for the Performing Arts
The Carson Center for the Performing Arts is a regional performing arts venue and cultural hub in Paducah, Kentucky, hosting concerts, theater, and community events.
E. Ford Center at The Star
Ford Center at The Star is a state-of-the-art indoor athletic facility and event center in Frisco, Texas, that serves as the Dallas Cowboys’ practice venue and hosts a variety of sports and entertainment events.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Broadway theatre ⓘ theatre building ⓘ
associatedWith	Times Square redevelopment ⓘ
borough	Manhattan ⓘ
category	Broadway theatres in Manhattan ⓘ Theatres completed in 1998 ⓘ
city	New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	combining two historic theatre interiors ⓘ
designedFor	large-scale musical productions ⓘ
formedFrom	Apollo Theatre (original 1920 house) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyric Theatre (original 1903 house) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBalconySeating	true ⓘ
hasOrchestraSeating	true ⓘ
hasOrnateInterior	true ⓘ
hasProsceniumStage	true ⓘ
isBroadwayHouse	true ⓘ
isCommercialTheatre	true ⓘ
laterRenamedAs	Foxwoods Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ Hilton Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyric Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ
locatedOn	West 42nd Street NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighborhood	Theatre District NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	hosting technologically complex productions ⓘ large stage and auditorium ⓘ
notableProduction	42nd Street (revival) NERFINISHED ⓘ Chitty Chitty Bang Bang NERFINISHED ⓘ Ragtime NERFINISHED ⓘ Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark NERFINISHED ⓘ Young Frankenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ
opened	1998 ⓘ
openedAs	Ford Center for the Performing Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownerDuringOpening	Livent NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Broadway theatre district NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUse	musical theatre ⓘ
renovated	late 1990s ⓘ
seatingCapacity	approximately 1900 ⓘ
state	New York ⓘ
streetAddress	213 West 42nd Street ⓘ
subsequentOwner	Ambassador Theatre Group NERFINISHED ⓘ Clear Channel Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ Jujamcyn Theaters NERFINISHED ⓘ Live Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Nederlander Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ SFX Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorName	Lyric Theatre (current Broadway theatre) NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Lyric Theatre → formerName → Ford Center for the Performing Arts ⓘ

James M. Nederlander Theatre → formerName → Ford Center for the Performing Arts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre

Ragtime → broadwayTheatre → Ford Center for the Performing Arts ⓘ

The Addams Family (Broadway musical) → tryoutTheatre → Ford Center for the Performing Arts ⓘ