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[edit] Usage and example

1995 Revival Logo
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
the musical

Music	Frank Loesser
Lyrics	Frank Loesser
Book	Abe Burrows Jack Weinstock Willie Gilbert
Based upon	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  = 
<!-- Please do not include
     production-specific (acting,
     directing, etc.) awards -->
|awards       = 
}}

[edit] 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".

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]] [[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: