Robert Jess Roth
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Robert Jess Roth is an American theatre director best known for staging the original Broadway production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Jess Roth canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7802359 — 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)
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Target entity: Robert Jess Roth Context triple: [Beauty and the Beast (musical), originalDirector, Robert Jess Roth]
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A.
Jonathan Poneman
Jonathan Poneman is an American music executive best known as the co-founder of the influential independent record label Sub Pop, which helped launch the grunge movement and bands like Nirvana and Soundgarden.
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B.
Jeff Russo
Jeff Russo is an American composer and musician best known for his atmospheric scores for film, television, and video games, including series like Fargo and Star Trek: Discovery.
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C.
Joel Stransky
Joel Stransky is a former South African rugby union fly-half best known for kicking the winning drop goal in the 1995 Rugby World Cup final.
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D.
Joshua Michael Stern
Joshua Michael Stern is an American film director and screenwriter known for helming biographical and dramatic feature films.
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E.
Jeremy Doner
Jeremy Doner is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the 2022 biographical musical film "Elvis."
- 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: Robert Jess Roth Target entity description: Robert Jess Roth is an American theatre director best known for staging the original Broadway production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.
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A.
Jonathan Poneman
Jonathan Poneman is an American music executive best known as the co-founder of the influential independent record label Sub Pop, which helped launch the grunge movement and bands like Nirvana and Soundgarden.
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B.
Jeff Russo
Jeff Russo is an American composer and musician best known for his atmospheric scores for film, television, and video games, including series like Fargo and Star Trek: Discovery.
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C.
Joel Stransky
Joel Stransky is a former South African rugby union fly-half best known for kicking the winning drop goal in the 1995 Rugby World Cup final.
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D.
Joshua Michael Stern
Joshua Michael Stern is an American film director and screenwriter known for helming biographical and dramatic feature films.
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E.
Jeremy Doner
Jeremy Doner is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the 2022 biographical musical film "Elvis."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
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theatre director ⓘ |
| activeIn |
21st century
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late 20th century ⓘ |
| artisticSpecialty |
family-oriented musical adaptations
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large-scale spectacle staging ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Disney Theatrical Productions
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linked to:
Disney theatrical productions
Walt Disney Company ⓘ
linked to:
The Walt Disney Company
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| basedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| directed |
Beauty and the Beast (original Broadway production)
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linked to:
Beauty and the Beast (musical)
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| employer |
Broadway theatre industry
ⓘ
linked to:
Broadway theater
|
| fieldOfWork |
Broadway theatre
ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| genre | musical theatre ⓘ |
| hasGivenInterviewIn |
Playbill
ⓘ
The New York Times ⓘ |
| knownFor | staging the original Broadway production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | directing large-scale commercial musical productions ⓘ |
| notableStageCredit |
Beauty and the Beast on Broadway
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linked to:
Beauty and the Beast (musical)
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| notableWork |
Beauty and the Beast (original Broadway production)
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linked to:
Beauty and the Beast (musical)
|
| occupation |
Broadway director
ⓘ
stage director ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Robert Jess Roth Description of subject: Robert Jess Roth is an American theatre director best known for staging the original Broadway production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.