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Usage and example
| 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 |
| Basis | How to Succeed Without Really Trying by Shepherd Mead |
| 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 |
{{Infobox musical
| name =
| subtitle =
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| music =
| lyrics =
| book =
| basis =
| 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 by line-breaks <br>. 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 = Opera ''[[La boheme]]'' by [[Giacomo Puccini]] - 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
- 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 theatre|Broadway]]<br>
- 2000 [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]]<br>
- 2001 [[United Kingdom|UK]] tour<br>
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:
- boxwidth
- The width of the infobox (default: 22em).