Broadway Baby
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"Broadway Baby" is a classic show tune from Stephen Sondheim’s musical *Follies*, often celebrated as a quintessential anthem of ambition and life in the theater.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Broadway Baby canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6134278 — 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: Broadway Baby Context triple: [Follies, notableSong, Broadway Baby]
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A.
On Broadway
"On Broadway" is a jazz-infused cover of the classic song popularized by George Benson, known for its virtuosic guitar work and smooth vocal style.
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B.
Broadway Girls
"Broadway Girls" is a 2021 country-trap fusion single by rapper Lil Durk featuring country artist Morgan Wallen that became a viral hit on streaming platforms.
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C.
Babes on Broadway
Babes on Broadway is a 1941 MGM musical film starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as aspiring performers putting on a show to help underprivileged children.
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D.
Broadway on Broadway
Broadway on Broadway was an annual outdoor concert in Times Square that kicked off the New York City Broadway season with performances from current and upcoming shows.
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E.
Lullaby of Broadway
Lullaby of Broadway is a popular 1935 song from the film "Gold Diggers of 1935" that became a jazz and pop standard and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
- 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: Broadway Baby Target entity description: "Broadway Baby" is a classic show tune from Stephen Sondheim’s musical *Follies*, often celebrated as a quintessential anthem of ambition and life in the theater.
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A.
On Broadway
"On Broadway" is a jazz-infused cover of the classic song popularized by George Benson, known for its virtuosic guitar work and smooth vocal style.
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B.
Broadway Girls
"Broadway Girls" is a 2021 country-trap fusion single by rapper Lil Durk featuring country artist Morgan Wallen that became a viral hit on streaming platforms.
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C.
Babes on Broadway
Babes on Broadway is a 1941 MGM musical film starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as aspiring performers putting on a show to help underprivileged children.
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D.
Broadway on Broadway
Broadway on Broadway was an annual outdoor concert in Times Square that kicked off the New York City Broadway season with performances from current and upcoming shows.
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E.
Lullaby of Broadway
Lullaby of Broadway is a popular 1935 song from the film "Gold Diggers of 1935" that became a jazz and pop standard and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| associatedWithComposer | Stephen Sondheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWork | Follies (1971 musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Stephen Sondheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describedAs |
anthem of ambition
ⓘ
theatre anthem ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceIn | Follies (original Broadway production) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstProducedIn | Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frequentlyIncludedIn |
Sondheim song anthologies
ⓘ
musical theatre audition repertoire ⓘ |
| fromMusical | Follies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | show tune ⓘ |
| hasStyle | traditional Broadway show tune ⓘ |
| hasSubject | aspiring Broadway performer ⓘ |
| influencedByTradition | Golden Age Broadway musicals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Stephen Sondheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | Stephen Sondheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Stephen Sondheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a classic show tune from Follies
ⓘ
being widely performed in musical theatre revues ⓘ |
| originalMedium | stage musical ⓘ |
| partOfWork | Follies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedByCharacter | Hattie Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedInContext | vaudeville-style number within Follies ⓘ |
| theme |
ambition
ⓘ
life in the theater ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Broadway Baby Description of subject: "Broadway Baby" is a classic show tune from Stephen Sondheim’s musical *Follies*, often celebrated as a quintessential anthem of ambition and life in the theater.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.