The Big Knife (Broadway revival)
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The Big Knife (Broadway revival) is a 2013 Broadway production of Clifford Odets’ dark Hollywood drama about a movie star torn between artistic integrity and studio pressure.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Big Knife (Broadway revival) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13006326 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Big Knife (Broadway revival) Context triple: [Joey Slotnick, theaterWork, The Big Knife (Broadway revival)]
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A.
The House of Blue Leaves (Broadway revival)
The House of Blue Leaves (Broadway revival) is a Tony-winning Broadway production of John Guare’s dark comedy about fame, madness, and failed dreams in 1960s Queens.
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B.
Hair (Broadway revival)
Hair (Broadway revival) is a modern Broadway staging of the landmark 1960s rock musical about love, peace, and the counterculture movement.
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C.
The Waverly Gallery (Broadway revival)
The Waverly Gallery (Broadway revival) is a 2018 Broadway production of Kenneth Lonergan’s play about an aging grandmother’s struggle with dementia and its impact on her family, produced by Scott Rudin.
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D.
Boeing-Boeing (Broadway revival)
Boeing-Boeing (Broadway revival) is a 2008 Tony Award–winning Broadway production of Marc Camoletti’s classic French farce about a bachelor juggling multiple flight attendant fiancées.
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E.
It's Only a Play (Broadway)
"It's Only a Play" is a Broadway revival of Terrence McNally's backstage comedy about the chaos and egos surrounding an opening night theatrical premiere.
- 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: The Big Knife (Broadway revival) Target entity description: The Big Knife (Broadway revival) is a 2013 Broadway production of Clifford Odets’ dark Hollywood drama about a movie star torn between artistic integrity and studio pressure.
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A.
The House of Blue Leaves (Broadway revival)
The House of Blue Leaves (Broadway revival) is a Tony-winning Broadway production of John Guare’s dark comedy about fame, madness, and failed dreams in 1960s Queens.
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B.
Hair (Broadway revival)
Hair (Broadway revival) is a modern Broadway staging of the landmark 1960s rock musical about love, peace, and the counterculture movement.
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C.
The Waverly Gallery (Broadway revival)
The Waverly Gallery (Broadway revival) is a 2018 Broadway production of Kenneth Lonergan’s play about an aging grandmother’s struggle with dementia and its impact on her family, produced by Scott Rudin.
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D.
Boeing-Boeing (Broadway revival)
Boeing-Boeing (Broadway revival) is a 2008 Tony Award–winning Broadway production of Marc Camoletti’s classic French farce about a bachelor juggling multiple flight attendant fiancées.
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E.
It's Only a Play (Broadway)
"It's Only a Play" is a Broadway revival of Terrence McNally's backstage comedy about the chaos and egos surrounding an opening night theatrical premiere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway revival
ⓘ
theatrical production ⓘ |
| authorOfOriginalWork | Clifford Odets ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Big Knife ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
dark drama
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
Hollywood studio system
ⓘ
linked to:
Hollywood star system
|
| hasOriginalPlaywright | Clifford Odets ⓘ |
| hasProductionType | commercial Broadway production ⓘ |
| hasTheatricalContext |
Broadway theatre
ⓘ
linked to:
Broadway theater
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
New York
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | 2013 ⓘ |
| location | Broadway ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Hollywood film industry
ⓘ
linked to:
Hollywood films
artistic integrity ⓘ studio pressure ⓘ |
| narrativeConflict |
art versus commerce
ⓘ
career versus conscience ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | movie star ⓘ |
| originalWorkPublicationEra | mid-20th-century American theatre ⓘ |
| partOf | 2012–2013 Broadway season ⓘ |
| workChronologyRelation | revival of a mid-20th-century play ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Big Knife (Broadway revival) Description of subject: The Big Knife (Broadway revival) is a 2013 Broadway production of Clifford Odets’ dark Hollywood drama about a movie star torn between artistic integrity and studio pressure.
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