Minskoff Theatre

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Broadway theatre theatre building

The Minskoff Theatre is a major Broadway theater in New York City best known as the long-running home of Disney’s musical "The Lion King."

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Minskoff Theatre canonical	8
B. S. Moss’s Broadway Theatre	1
Minskoff Theatre (design involvement attribution)	1
The Minskoff Theatre	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T443274 — 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: Minskoff Theatre
Context triple: [Nederlander Organization, owns, Minskoff Theatre]

A. Gershwin Theatre
The Gershwin Theatre is a major Broadway theater in New York City known for hosting large-scale musical productions, including the long-running hit "Wicked."
B. Harold Prince Theatre
Harold Prince Theatre is a performance venue within the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, named in honor of the renowned Broadway producer and director Harold Prince.
C. Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre is a historic Broadway theater in New York City known for hosting major musical and theatrical productions.
D. Delacorte Theater
The Delacorte Theater is an open-air venue in New York City best known for hosting the Public Theater’s free Shakespeare in the Park productions each summer.
E. Hayes Theater
Hayes Theater is a historic Broadway playhouse in New York City known for hosting contemporary and innovative theatrical 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: Minskoff Theatre
Target entity description: The Minskoff Theatre is a major Broadway theater in New York City best known as the long-running home of Disney’s musical "The Lion King."

A. Gershwin Theatre
The Gershwin Theatre is a major Broadway theater in New York City known for hosting large-scale musical productions, including the long-running hit "Wicked."
B. Harold Prince Theatre
Harold Prince Theatre is a performance venue within the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, named in honor of the renowned Broadway producer and director Harold Prince.
C. Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre is a historic Broadway theater in New York City known for hosting major musical and theatrical productions.
D. Delacorte Theater
The Delacorte Theater is an open-air venue in New York City best known for hosting the Public Theater’s free Shakespeare in the Park productions each summer.
E. Hayes Theater
Hayes Theater is a historic Broadway playhouse in New York City known for hosting contemporary and innovative theatrical productions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Broadway theatre ⓘ theatre building ⓘ
affiliation	Disney Theatrical Group ⓘ surface form: Disney Theatrical Group (as producing tenant for The Lion King)
architect	Kahn and Jacobs ⓘ
bestKnownFor	hosting the Broadway production of The Lion King ⓘ
borough	Manhattan ⓘ
buildingType	performing arts venue ⓘ
category	1973 establishments in New York City ⓘ Broadway theatres ⓘ Theatres in Manhattan ⓘ
city	New York City ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasBalcony	true ⓘ
hasBoxOffice	true ⓘ
hasLobby	true ⓘ
hasMezzanine	true ⓘ
hasOrchestraPit	true ⓘ
hasProduction	The Lion King ⓘ
hasShow	The Lion King ⓘ surface form: Disney’s The Lion King
hasStageDoor	true ⓘ
hasType	proscenium theatre ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.minskofftheatre.com/ ⓘ
isBroadwayHouse	true ⓘ
locatedIn	Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ Times Square ⓘ
locatedNear	Times Square–42nd Street subway station ⓘ surface form: Times Square–42nd Street subway complex
locatedOn	Broadway ⓘ
longRunningShow	The Lion King ⓘ
namedAfter	Sam Minskoff and Sons ⓘ
neighborhood	Broadway Theatre District ⓘ surface form: Theater District
notableTenant	Disney Theatrical Group ⓘ surface form: Disney Theatrical Productions
opened	1973 ⓘ
openingDate	1973-03-13 ⓘ
operator	Nederlander Organization ⓘ surface form: The Nederlander Organization
owner	Nederlander Organization ⓘ surface form: The Nederlander Organization
partOf	1515 Broadway office tower ⓘ
previousProduction	Fiddler on the Roof ⓘ surface form: Fiddler on the Roof revival Irene ⓘ Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ⓘ Sunset Boulevard ⓘ The Pirates of Penzance ⓘ West Side Story ⓘ surface form: West Side Story revival
primaryUse	musical theatre ⓘ
seatingCapacity	1621 ⓘ
state	New York ⓘ
streetAddress	1515 Broadway ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

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

Nederlander Organization → owns → Minskoff Theatre ⓘ

Nederlander Organization → operates → Minskoff Theatre ⓘ

Erlanger’s Theatre → locatedNear → Minskoff Theatre ⓘ

The Lion King (stage musical) → broadwayTheatre → Minskoff Theatre ⓘ

Bombshell → concertVenue → Minskoff Theatre ⓘ

West 45th Street → hasTheater → Minskoff Theatre ⓘ

Nederlander family → ownsTheatre → Minskoff Theatre ⓘ

Herbert J. Krapp → designed → Minskoff Theatre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Minskoff Theatre (design involvement attribution)

1515 Broadway → contains → Minskoff Theatre ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Minskoff Theatre

Sam Minskoff and Sons → associatedWith → Minskoff Theatre ⓘ

Broadway Theatre, New York City → originalName → Minskoff Theatre ⓘ

this entity surface form: B. S. Moss’s Broadway Theatre

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