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This WikiProject seeks to organize and improve information related to Broadway, Off Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway theatre in New York. If you would like to participate in the project, please see the talk page and also the to do list there.

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[edit] Title

WikiProject New York Theatre

[edit] Scope

The scope of this WikiProject is all theatre related activities in the New York City area.

[edit] Parentage

The parents of this WikiProject are WikiProject Theatre and WikiProject New York City.

[edit] Descendant WikiProjects

The descendants of this WikiProject are:

  • WikiProject Off/Off-Off Broadway

[edit] Similar WikiProjects


[edit] Participants

[edit] Structure

[edit] Hierarchy definition

No classification of this project has been defined.

[edit] To-Do

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject New York Theatre: edit · history · watch · refresh

[edit] Template Creation

  1. Create templates for various elements of the project:
    1. {{NY-theatre-tasks}}
    2. {{Current-Broadway-Show}} - do this some other way, because it was rejected
  2. Add {{Broadway-category}} and {{off-category}} to any categories that would fall under the project.

[edit] Categories

    1. Create categories for the Project:
      1. Category: Off Broadway
        1. Category: Off Broadway Musicals
        2. Category: Off Broadway Plays
        3. Category: Off Broadway Theatres
      2. Category: Off-Off Broadway
        1. Category: Off-Off Broadway Musicals
        2. Category: Off-Off Broadway Plays
        3. Category: Off-Off Broadway Theatres
    2. Organize existing articles into these categories

[edit] Template Addition

  1. Add {{Broadway-project}} to any articles that fall under the project.

[edit] Shows

  1. Add {{Broadway-show}} to the following articles about Broadway shows:
    1. The Lion King/The Lion King (musical)
    2. Steel Magnolias
    3. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
    4. Chicago
    5. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
    6. Doubt
    7. Sweet Charity
    8. The Pillowman
    9. Mamma Mia!
    10. Lennon (musical)
    11. Jesus Christ Superstar
    12. Adele (musical)
    13. Ain't Misbehavin'
    14. All-American (musical)
    15. The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)
    16. Cats (musical)
    17. Les Misérables (musical)
    18. A Chorus Line
    19. Oh! Calcutta! --applicable?
    20. Miss Saigon
    21. Grease (musical)
    22. Hello, Dolly! (musical)
    23. My Fair Lady
    24. Cabaret (musical)
    25. Annie
    26. Man of La Mancha
    27. Oklahoma!
    28. Pippin (musical)
    29. South Pacific (musical)
    30. Aida
    31. Jekyll and Hyde (musical)
    32. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
    33. Crazy For You
    34. The Wiz
    35. Hair (musical)
    36. Godspell
    37. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
    38. Starlight Express
    39. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
    40. Annie Get Your Gun
    41. Babes in Arms
    42. Barnum (musical)
    43. The Boy Friend
    44. Brigadoon
    45. Bye Bye Birdie
    46. Camelot (musical)
    47. Carmen Jones
    48. Children of Eden
    49. Jersey Boys
    50. There are a bunch of musicals here and here and here that either need to have articles created or need to have templates added, but I don't want to list them all here. If someone has the time, please do.
  2. Reformat the info-boxes on these pages to actually be {{Broadway-show}}
    1. 42nd Street (musical)
    2. Mame
    3. Anyone Can Whistle
    4. Anything Goes
    5. Applause (musical)
    6. Knickerbocker Holiday
    7. The Light in the Piazza

[edit] Theatres

  1. Add {{Broadway-theatre}} to the following articles about Broadway theatres:
    1. Helen Hayes Theatre
    2. Majestic Theatre
    3. Mark Hellinger Theatre (defunct)
    4. Martin_Beck_Theatre now known as the Al Hirschfeld Theatre
    5. Neil_Simon_Theatre
    6. New_Amsterdam_Theatre
    7. Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
    8. Winter Garden Theatre
    9. Bijou Theatre (demolished)
    10. Lyric Theatre (now part of Hilton Theatre)
    11. Palace Theatre
    12. City Center of Music and Drama (no longer considered a Broadway House)
  2. Add the following articles:
    1. Tony Award for Best Choreography
    2. Figure out the rest of them...

[edit] Off-Broadway

  1. Add {{off-show}} to the following articles about Off and Off-Off Broadway shows:
  2. Add {{off-theatre}} to the following articles about Off and Off-Off theatres:

[edit] Article Creation

  1. Create an article with a list of all Broadway Theatres, and what shows are currently running there.
  2. Create an article for notable Broadway shows. Shows currently needing articles are:
    1. All_Shook_Up_(musical)
    2. Good Vibrations (musical)
    3. Bells are Ringing (musical)
    4. There are a bunch of musicals here and here that either need to have articles created or need to have templates added, but I don't want to list them all here. If someone has the time, please do.
  3. Create an article about each current Broadway theatre. Theatres currently needing articles are:
  4. Create articles about defunct or demolished historic Broadway theatres, including
    1. Hudson Theatre
    2. Playhouse Theatre
    3. Fulton Theatre
    4. Apollo Theatre (now part of Hilton Theatre)
    5. Empire Theatre
    6. Eltinge Theatre
    7. Klaw Theatre/Avon Theatre
  5. Research and create articles for notable Off and Off-Off productions. Productions needing articles:
  6. Create articles for notable Off and Off-Off Broadway theatres. Theatres needing articles are:

[edit] Improvement

Improve New York Theatre-related articles. These articles include:

[edit] Shows

  1. The Lion King (musical)
  2. Can-Can (musical)
  3. Bridge & Tunnel
  4. Barefoot in the Park
  5. Doubt (play)
  6. Jersey Boys
  7. Rabbit Hole (musical)
  8. Ring of Fire (musical)
  9. Tarzan (musical)

[edit] Theatres

  1. Brooks Atkinson Theatre
  2. Minskoff Theatre
  3. Nederlander Theatre
  4. Walter Kerr Theatre
  5. Vivian Beaumont Theatre


[edit] Maintenance

Keep constantly-changing articles updated

  1. List of currently running Broadway shows

[edit] What we've already done!

List of Accomplishments

[edit] Goals

  1. Promote interaction, cooperation, and communication for those interested in improving Wikipedia's coverage of Theatre in New York.

[edit] General strategy and discussion forums

  • /General
  • /Strategy

[edit] Project Templates & Infoboxes

See /Templates for:

Infoboxes
  • {{Broadway-show}}
    • Template for information on the article page about any Broadway production
  • {{Broadway-theatre}}
    • Template for information on the article page of any Broadway Theatre
  • {{off-show}}
    • Template for information on the article page of any Off or Off-Off Broadway production
  • {{off-theatre}}
Talk-page notice
  • {{Broadway-project}}
    • For the talk pages of articles within WikiProject New York Theatre articles.
Category label
Open Tasks
  • {{NY-theatre-tasks}}