Brooklyn: The Musical
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Brooklyn: The Musical is a contemporary pop-rock Broadway show that tells the story of a young Parisian singer searching for her father in Brooklyn, blending street-theater storytelling with concert-style performances.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brooklyn (Broadway musical) | 1 |
| Brooklyn (musical) | 1 |
| Brooklyn: The Musical canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6279452 — 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: Brooklyn: The Musical Context triple: [Diana DeGarmo, notableWork, Brooklyn: The Musical]
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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 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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C.
Nights on Broadway
"Nights on Broadway" is a 1975 pop/disco song by the Bee Gees, known for showcasing Barry Gibb's emerging falsetto and helping define the group's mid-1970s sound.
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D.
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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E.
Tick, Tick... Boom! (musical)
Tick, Tick... Boom! is an autobiographical rock musical by Jonathan Larson that chronicles a struggling composer’s anxieties and aspirations in New York City on the brink of turning 30.
- 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: Brooklyn: The Musical Target entity description: Brooklyn: The Musical is a contemporary pop-rock Broadway show that tells the story of a young Parisian singer searching for her father in Brooklyn, blending street-theater storytelling with concert-style performances.
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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 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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C.
Nights on Broadway
"Nights on Broadway" is a 1975 pop/disco song by the Bee Gees, known for showcasing Barry Gibb's emerging falsetto and helping define the group's mid-1970s sound.
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D.
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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E.
Tick, Tick... Boom! (musical)
Tick, Tick... Boom! is an autobiographical rock musical by Jonathan Larson that chronicles a struggling composer’s anxieties and aspirations in New York City on the brink of turning 30.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway musical
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pop rock musical ⓘ stage musical ⓘ |
| bookWriter |
Barri McPherson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mark Schoenfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayClosingDate | 2005-06-26 ⓘ |
| broadwayDebutCity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayDebutVenue | Plymouth Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayOpeningDate | 2004-10-21 ⓘ |
| broadwayPreviewsStartDate | 2004-09-23 ⓘ |
| castRecordingLabel | Ghostlight Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Brooklyn
NERFINISHED
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Faith NERFINISHED ⓘ Paradice NERFINISHED ⓘ Streetsinger NERFINISHED ⓘ Taylor Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| choreographer | Jeff Calhoun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer |
Barri McPherson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mark Schoenfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Jeff Calhoun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary musical theatre
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pop rock ⓘ |
| hasCastRecording | Brooklyn: The Musical original Broadway cast recording NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNarrator | Streetsinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Brooklyn, New York City
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paris, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSong |
Brooklyn Grew Up
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brooklyn in the Blood NERFINISHED ⓘ Heart Behind These Hands NERFINISHED ⓘ Heaven NERFINISHED ⓘ I Never Knew His Name NERFINISHED ⓘ Love Me Where I Live NERFINISHED ⓘ Love Was a Song NERFINISHED ⓘ Magic Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Once Upon a Time NERFINISHED ⓘ Raven NERFINISHED ⓘ Raven Is the Reason NERFINISHED ⓘ Streetsinger NERFINISHED ⓘ Streetsinger (Finale) NERFINISHED ⓘ Superlover NERFINISHED ⓘ Superlover (Reprise) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasType | book musical ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Barri McPherson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mark Schoenfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Brooklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | street-theater storytelling ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme | hope and resilience ⓘ |
| numberOfBroadwayPerformances | 284 ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayCastMember |
Cleavant Derricks
NERFINISHED
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Eden Espinosa NERFINISHED ⓘ Karen Olivo NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramona Keller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| performanceStyle | concert-style performance ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A young Parisian singer travels to Brooklyn in search of her father. ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Denver, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereVenue | Denver Civic Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Bonnie Comley
NERFINISHED
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Jeffrey Seller NERFINISHED ⓘ John Breglio NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin McCollum NERFINISHED ⓘ Producers Four NERFINISHED ⓘ Stewart F. Lane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
fame and celebrity
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father–daughter relationship ⓘ homelessness ⓘ search for identity ⓘ |
| usesEnsemble | street performers ensemble ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Brooklyn: The Musical Description of subject: Brooklyn: The Musical is a contemporary pop-rock Broadway show that tells the story of a young Parisian singer searching for her father in Brooklyn, blending street-theater storytelling with concert-style performances.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Diana DeGarmo
this entity surface form:
Brooklyn (musical)
this entity surface form:
Brooklyn (Broadway musical)