Circle in the Square Theatre

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Broadway theatre performing arts venue theatre building

Circle in the Square Theatre is an intimate, in-the-round Broadway venue in New York City known for its innovative staging and close audience-performer connection.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Circle in the Square Theatre canonical	16
Anta Washington Square Theatre	2
Circle in the Square Theatre School	2
Circle in the Square Theatre School building	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1894773 — 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: Circle in the Square Theatre
Context triple: [The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, broadwayTheatre, Circle in the Square Theatre]

A. Saroyan Theatre
Saroyan Theatre is a prominent performing arts venue in Fresno, California, known for hosting concerts, Broadway tours, and major cultural events.
B. Perelman Theater
Perelman Theater is an intimate, flexible performance venue in Philadelphia known for hosting a wide range of music, theater, and dance events.
C. Delacorte Theater
The Delacorte Theater is an open-air venue in New York City best known for hosting the Public Theater’s free Shakespeare in the Park productions each summer.
D. Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre is a historic Broadway theater in New York City known for hosting major musical and theatrical productions.
E. Muriel Kauffman Theatre
Muriel Kauffman Theatre is a major proscenium-style performance venue within Kansas City’s Kauffman Center, hosting opera, ballet, theater, and other large-scale performing arts productions.
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: Circle in the Square Theatre
Target entity description: Circle in the Square Theatre is an intimate, in-the-round Broadway venue in New York City known for its innovative staging and close audience-performer connection.

A. Saroyan Theatre
Saroyan Theatre is a prominent performing arts venue in Fresno, California, known for hosting concerts, Broadway tours, and major cultural events.
B. Perelman Theater
Perelman Theater is an intimate, flexible performance venue in Philadelphia known for hosting a wide range of music, theater, and dance events.
C. Delacorte Theater
The Delacorte Theater is an open-air venue in New York City best known for hosting the Public Theater’s free Shakespeare in the Park productions each summer.
D. Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre is a historic Broadway theater in New York City known for hosting major musical and theatrical productions.
E. Muriel Kauffman Theatre
Muriel Kauffman Theatre is a major proscenium-style performance venue within Kansas City’s Kauffman Center, hosting opera, ballet, theater, and other large-scale performing arts productions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Broadway theatre ⓘ performing arts venue ⓘ theatre building ⓘ
address	235 West 50th Street, New York, NY ⓘ
architecturalStyle	modern theatre design ⓘ
associatedWith	Circle in the Square Theatre School ⓘ linked to: Circle in the Square Theatre Company
capacity	approximately 776 seats ⓘ
category	Broadway theatres in Manhattan ⓘ Theatres completed in the 20th century ⓘ
city	New York City ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
district	Broadway Theatre District ⓘ
hasCoordinateSystem	geographic coordinates ⓘ
hasFeature	audience seating surrounding the stage ⓘ intimate performance space ⓘ no traditional proscenium arch ⓘ
hasType	subterranean theatre (below street level) ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.circlesquare.org/ ⓘ
knownFor	innovative staging ⓘ intimate audience-performer connection ⓘ non-traditional Broadway staging ⓘ
language	English (primary performance language) ⓘ
locatedIn	Circle in the Square Theatre School building ⓘ linked to: Circle in the Square Theatre
location	Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ
near	Gershwin Theatre ⓘ
neighborhood	Midtown Manhattan ⓘ
notableFor	revivals and plays suited to intimate staging ⓘ
opened	1972 ⓘ
operatedBy	Circle in the Square Theatre Company ⓘ
owner	Circle in the Square Theatre Company ⓘ
partOf	Broadway ⓘ Paramount Plaza complex ⓘ
replaced	original Circle in the Square Theatre in Greenwich Village ⓘ
safety	complies with New York City theatre safety regulations ⓘ
seatingType	in-the-round ⓘ thrust stage configuration (flexible) ⓘ
stageConfiguration	can be configured as thrust ⓘ can be configured in-the-round ⓘ flexible stage ⓘ
state	New York ⓘ
ticketType	Broadway commercial ticketing ⓘ
transport	near 50th Street subway stations ⓘ
use	Broadway productions ⓘ live theatre performances ⓘ

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Referenced by (21)

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

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee → broadwayTheatre → Circle in the Square Theatre ⓘ

Metamorphoses → broadwayTransfer → Circle in the Square Theatre ⓘ

Philip Seymour Hoffman → educatedAt → Circle in the Square Theatre School ⓘ