Hearst Greek Theatre

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amphitheater music venue outdoor theatre performing arts venue university building

Hearst Greek Theatre is an outdoor amphitheater in Berkeley, California, renowned for its classical Greek-inspired architecture and use as a major venue for concerts, performances, and university events.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Hearst Greek Theatre canonical	3
Hearst Greek Theatre stage	1
William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4480863 — 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: Hearst Greek Theatre
Context triple: [UC Berkeley campus, hasLandmark, Hearst Greek Theatre]

A. The Greek Theatre
The Greek Theatre is a historic open-air amphitheater in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, renowned for hosting major concerts and live performances in a scenic outdoor setting.
B. Ahmanson Theatre
Ahmanson Theatre is a major performing arts venue in Los Angeles, California, known for hosting large-scale Broadway productions and other prominent theatrical performances.
C. State Theatre of California
The State Theatre of California, better known as the Pasadena Playhouse, is a historic performing arts venue in Pasadena renowned for its influential role in American theater and actor training.
D. Historic California Theater of the Performing Arts
The Historic California Theater of the Performing Arts is a restored early-20th-century performing arts venue in downtown San Bernardino known for hosting live theater, concerts, and community cultural events.
E. Alvin Theatre
Alvin Theatre was a historic Broadway playhouse in New York City, renowned for premiering numerous major American plays and musicals before being renamed the Neil Simon Theatre.
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: Hearst Greek Theatre
Target entity description: Hearst Greek Theatre is an outdoor amphitheater in Berkeley, California, renowned for its classical Greek-inspired architecture and use as a major venue for concerts, performances, and university events.

A. The Greek Theatre
The Greek Theatre is a historic open-air amphitheater in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, renowned for hosting major concerts and live performances in a scenic outdoor setting.
B. Ahmanson Theatre
Ahmanson Theatre is a major performing arts venue in Los Angeles, California, known for hosting large-scale Broadway productions and other prominent theatrical performances.
C. State Theatre of California
The State Theatre of California, better known as the Pasadena Playhouse, is a historic performing arts venue in Pasadena renowned for its influential role in American theater and actor training.
D. Historic California Theater of the Performing Arts
The Historic California Theater of the Performing Arts is a restored early-20th-century performing arts venue in downtown San Bernardino known for hosting live theater, concerts, and community cultural events.
E. Alvin Theatre
Alvin Theatre was a historic Broadway playhouse in New York City, renowned for premiering numerous major American plays and musicals before being renamed the Neil Simon Theatre.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	amphitheater ⓘ music venue ⓘ outdoor theatre ⓘ performing arts venue ⓘ university building ⓘ
architect	John Galen Howard ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Greek Revival architecture ⓘ classical Greek-inspired architecture ⓘ
capacity	approximately 8,500 ⓘ
city	Berkeley ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
hasCategory	Greek-style theatres in the United States ⓘ Music venues in the San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ Outdoor theatres in California ⓘ Tourist attractions in Berkeley, California ⓘ University of California, Berkeley buildings ⓘ linked to: UC Berkeley campus
hasFeature	stage with classical proscenium ⓘ stone construction ⓘ tiered seating ⓘ
hasType	open-air venue ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Berkeley Landmark ⓘ
inception	1903 ⓘ
inspiredBy	Theatre of Epidaurus ⓘ
locatedIn	University of California, Berkeley campus ⓘ linked to: UC Berkeley campus
location	Berkeley, California ⓘ linked to: Berkeley, California, United States
material	concrete ⓘ stone ⓘ
namedAfter	William Randolph Hearst ⓘ
notableFor	acoustics ⓘ classical Greek-inspired design ⓘ role as a major Bay Area concert venue ⓘ
operator	Cal Performances ⓘ
owner	University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
partOf	UC Berkeley performing arts facilities ⓘ
significantEvent	site of major rock concerts in the 1960s and 1970s ⓘ site of notable political speeches ⓘ venue for UC Berkeley commencement ceremonies ⓘ
state	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
usedFor	commencement exercises ⓘ concerts ⓘ cultural events ⓘ public lectures ⓘ theatrical performances ⓘ university ceremonies ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

UC Berkeley campus → hasLandmark → Hearst Greek Theatre ⓘ

Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley → alsoKnownAs → Hearst Greek Theatre ⓘ

Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley → alsoKnownAs → William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre ⓘ

linked to: Hearst Greek Theatre

Greek Theatre (UC Berkeley) → name → Hearst Greek Theatre ⓘ

subject linked to: Greek Theatre

UC Berkeley performing arts facilities → hasPart → Hearst Greek Theatre stage ⓘ