Template:Infobox musical/doc

Usage and example


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 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:


 * 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 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 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 = 1996 Broadway

2000 Barcelona, Spain

2001 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 to be included:
 * Tony Awards
 * Tony Award for Best Musical
 * Tony Award for Best Book
 * Tony Award for Best Score
 * Drama Desk Awards
 * Outer Critics Circle Awards
 * Obie Awards
 * Pulitzer Prize
 * Laurence Olivier Awards
 * Helpmann Awards
 * Dora Mavor Moore Awards
 * Evening Standard Awards
 * London Critics' Circle Theatre Awards


 * boxwidth: The width of the infobox (default: 22em).

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