Talk:Superbia (musical)

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The Larson Papers

Hello!

I have been extensively reviewing, scanning, and archiving materials regarding superbia that are stored at the library of congress. I've made a recent change to this page based on the scanned material from the Larson papers. I'm not sure how best to cite them since they're not something that has been published online by the LoC. I figured I'd ask here what would be best. 173.79.0.225 (talk) 05:29, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Use Template:Cite archive. Muppet321 (talk) 17:15, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

S.O.S. (1984) inclusion

While I think it's worth mentioning that Superbia stems from an earlier attempt to create a 1984 musical, the only component of that musical that got moved into Superbia at all was After the Revolution/Ever After. S.O.S never actually appeared in a Superbia draft.

With that in mind, does it deserve an inclusion in this article under "Additional numbers"? I kind of feel like perhaps the 1984 musical should have its own page with more information rather than having it appear as a Superbia number. Casuallynoted (talk) 04:43, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

My thought re:1984 is that there simply isn't that much information publicly around about it to warrant its own page. While I'm sure the LOC archives have pretty extensive information on it, 1984 is only ever evoked in secondary sources about Jonathan Larson in relation to Superbia, and it's the existence of secondary sources that generally warrant a topic getting a full Wikipedia article. I think that it may be worth including a brief 1984 summary and even a song list on this page. Muppet321 (talk) 17:15, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

That sounds like a great idea. I'll branch 1984 into its own section on the page to keep the songs lists separate. Thank you! Casuallynoted (talk) 22:16, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Song List Edits and "Love Has No Bottom Line"

As I’ve been documenting the LOC papers, I’ve made several edits to this page to ensure it accurately reflects the list of songs featured in the show. For instance, earlier versions of the Wikipedia article suggested that "Too Cold To Care" and "One Of These Days" were distinct numbers, when in reality, they differ only in lyrical content. I understand that some of this information is derived from interpretations of the Boho Days book, which can sometimes lead to confusion due to vague language or oversight—like the inclusion of "Fanfare" and "Freedom" in nearly every version of V1, despite their absence in the song list of Boho Days.

One curious detail is that the piece titled "Love Has No Bottom Line" consists solely of that phrase sung twice to the melody of Elizabeth's section from V2's "Sextet". There’s no sheet music for it, as it’s simply the character repeating those five words. Does that qualify as a number? If it does, we might consider adding "Greenslime" to each version’s song list since it contains five lines and over 20 words more.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this, as the current wording implies that there’s a full ending number sung by Josh. Even Boho Days indicates that it’s more of a quick utterance following "I Won't Close My Eyes," leading to a fade to black and the end of the show. 2600:4040:A98F:E600:9967:9E1F:7C62:2DD (talk) 01:24, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

As the creator of this page (not in a status way, just because most of the info in it for the past few years was put there by me), I will admit that my documentation of most of the Superbia details was purely based on what was written in Boho Days + Brendon Henderson's documentary, and have personally not had the chance to look at the material myself at the LoC. With that in mind, I think the changes you are proposing make sense since they are based directly on the material in the archive. Muppet321 (talk) 17:29, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your response! What I think I'm going to do is have it mentioned in the section for the song "Finale", as in some V2 scripts it's referred to under that name. That way it still gets a mention without being referred to as a number in the main list of songs. I also am thinking about if I can split off the list of songs into how I sort of categorise the script versions. Going to make a draft page before I do that though to see if it even looks good haha. Casuallynoted (talk) 20:53, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

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