Template:Infobox musical/doc

*How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying*
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
the musical
	1995 Revival Logo
Music	Frank Loesser
Lyrics	Frank Loesser
Book	Abe Burrows; Jack Weinstock; Willie Gilbert;
Setting	New York City
Basis	How to Succeed Without Really Trying; by Shepherd Mead
Premiere	October 14, 1961: 46th Street Theatre
Productions	1961 Broadway; 1963 West End; 1995 Broadway revival;
Awards	Tony Award for Best Musical; Tony Award for Best Book; 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Drama;

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This infobox should italicize the article title automatically. If this is not required, add |italic title=no to the list of parameters. If this is required but the title is not being italicized, try |italic title=force.

This template adds an automatically generated short description. If the automatic short description is not optimal, replace it by adding {{Short description}} at the top of the article.

Usage and example

{{Infobox musical
| name          = 
| subtitle      = 
| image         = 
| image_size    = 
| caption       = 
| music         = 
| lyrics        = 
| book          = 
| basis         = 
| setting       = 
| premiere_date = 
| premiere_location =
| productions   = 
| awards        = <!-- Please do not include production-specific (acting, directing, etc.) awards -->
}}

Parameters

The purpose of this list is to set more detailed guidelines for the content of the {{Infobox Musical}} template. The purpose of detailing the template is to further Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicals's goal of standardizing Wikipedia's musical theatre articles. Please leave feedback on the talk page.

name

The title of the musical

subtitle

Usually, "The Musical" or similar language.

image

Acceptable images may include:

Promotional posters
CD covers
Playbill covers
Logos

Note: If no image is present, the page is added to Category:Musical theatre articles missing an image in infobox

image_size

Use to reduce the image to a size, generally between 150px and 260px, that keeps it from becoming distorted. To use actual size of the stored image, put: image_size=0 (default: 215px). Allows alias spelling as keyword "imagesize". NOTE - this parameter is REQUIRED for the image to display correctly

caption

Explanation of image. Please be brief ("Original Cast Recording" or "Logo"...); however, for fair-use images, include production date/name or for attribution, state name of artist(s).

music

The composer. Several composers should be separated using {{Plainlist}}. Should the music be credited as an adaptation, the original composer should be listed first, a line break, a bolded (triple-apostrophe) heading with the words " ' ' ' Adapted by: ' ' ' ", another line-break, and the adapters.

lyrics

The name of the lyricist, with caveats as for the music field.

book

The name of the book-writer, with caveats as above.

basis

This section should be included if the musical was based either directly or indirectly on another source.

Include:

Type of source of original (novel, play, movie, opera, etc.)
Name of original work
Author/composer of original work

Example: basis = {{Based on|Opera ''[[La boheme]]''|[[Giacomo Puccini]]}}

setting

The places and time where the musical takes place.

premiere_date

Date of the official premiere. use {{Start date}}

premiere_location

Venue or city of the premiere. See Notes^[1] for location details.

productions

A list of productions, listed chronologically.

Broadway (or off-Broadway) & West End productions
Notable professional tours
Notable professional revivals
Notable professional international productions & tours
Notable professional concerts & special performances
No amateur productions (i.e. High school, community theater group productions, etc.)
Previews may be discussed under the History/Background section of the article.

For each production, include:

Start year only
Location. See Notes^[1] for location details.
- For non-touring productions, write "Broadway", "West End", or the city and country of production.
- For tours, write the country of the tour
Type of production (tour, concert etc.) for anything other than a fully-staged, non-touring production.

Example:

productions = {{Plainlist|
* 1996 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]
* 2000 [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]]
* 2001 [[United Kingdom|UK]] tour
* 2006 [[Manila]], [[Philippines]] concert}}

awards

These awards should exclude production-specific awards (i.e., lighting, direction, scenery, acting awards).
Include year of award. The year is listed before the award in each line.

Example: awards=1996 [[Tony Award for Best Book]]

Awards to be included:

Controlling line-breaking in embedded bulletless lists

Template {{nbsp}} may be used with {{wbr}} and {{nowrap}} to control line-breaking in bulletless lists embedded in the infobox (e.g. a {{plainlist}} in the |book= parameter), to prevent wrapped long entries from being confused with multiple entries. See Template:Wbr/doc#Controlling line-breaking in infoboxes for details.

Notes

^ ^a ^b As per RfC "Naming countries in infoboxes": When identifying a location, city or region in the United States or United Kingdom, the preferred approach is to use the country abbreviations allowed by MOS:ACRO, such as "Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S." and "Cardiff, Wales, UK", rather than spelling out the full country name. Avoid using abbreviations for states or provinces in all nations. New Hampshire rather than NH, New South Wales rather than NSW, or British Columbia rather than BC (see MOS:POSTABBR). Cities such as New York City and London may be rendered as "New York City, U.S." and "London, UK" or simply "New York City" and "London". Also, these should not be linked when the context makes it clear (see MOS:OVERLINK). If only the country name is included, it may be written out in full.

Microformat

The HTML mark-up produced by this template includes an hCalendar microformat that makes event details readily parsable by computer programs. This aids tasks such as the cataloguing of articles and maintenance of databases. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please visit the Microformat WikiProject.

Classes used

The HTML classes of this microformat include:

attendee
contact
description
dtend
dtstart
location
organiser
summary
url
vevent

Please do not rename or remove these classes
nor collapse nested elements which use them.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox musical in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Infobox musical

This infobox is to be added to articles about musicals.

Template parameters
This template prefers block formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Name	`name`	The title of the musical.	String	required
Subtitle	`subtitle`	A subtitle displayed below the title. Usually, "The Musical" or similar language.	String	optional
Image	`image`	Acceptable images may include promotional posters, CD covers, Playbill covers, or logos. If no image is present, the page is added to Category:Musical theatre articles missing an image in infobox.	File	required
Image size	`image_size` `imagesize`	Size of the image, in pixels. Generally between 150px and 260px. To use actual size of the stored image, put "0". Example 215px	String	required
Caption	`caption`	Explanation of image. Please be brief ("Original cast recording" or "Logo"...); however, for fair-use images, include production date/name or for attribution, state name of artist(s).	Content	suggested
Composer(s)	`music`	The composer. Several composers should be separated using {{Plainlist}}. Should the music be credited as an adaptation, the original composer should be listed first, a line break, a bolded (triple-apostrophe) heading with the words " '''Adapted by:''' ", another line-break, and the adapters.	Content	suggested
Lyricist(s)	`lyrics`	The name of the lyricist(s), with caveats as for the music field.	Content	suggested
Book-writer	`book`	The name of the book-writer, with caveats as above.	Content	optional
Based on?	`basis`	This section should be included if the musical was based either directly or indirectly on another source. Include the type of source of the original (novel, play, movie, opera, etc.), the name of the original work, and the author/composer of the original work. Example {{Based on\|Opera ''[[La boheme]]''\|[[Giacomo Puccini]]}}	Content	optional
Setting	`setting`	The places and time where the musical takes place.	String	optional
Premiere date	`premiere_date`	Date of the official premiere. Use {{Start date}}.	String	suggested
Premiere location	`premiere_location`	Venue or city of the premiere.	String	suggested
Productions	`productions`	A list of productions, listed chronologically. Example {{Plainlist\| 1996 [[Broadway theatre\|Broadway]] 2000 [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]] 2001 [[United Kingdom\|UK]] tour 2006 [[Manila]], [[Philippines]] concert}}	Content	optional
Awards	`awards`	The musical's awards. These awards should exclude production-specific awards (i.e., lighting, direction, scenery, acting awards). The awards to be included are the Tony Awards; the Drama Desk Awards; the Outer Critics Circle Awards; the Obie Awards; the Pulitzer Prize; the Laurence Olivier Awards; the Helpmann Awards; the Dora Mavor Moore Awards; the Evening Standard Awards; and the London Critics' Circle Theatre Awards. Example 1996 [[Tony Award for Best Book]]	Content	optional

Tracking categories

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