To illustrate the article and show the original cast of the play.
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No public domain or free image could be substituted, because cameras are forbidden during performances of musicals, and all photos from them would be official and copyrighted.
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The copyright for it is most likely owned by the company who created the promotional item or the artist who produced the item in question; you must provide evidence of such ownership. Lack of such evidence is grounds for deletion.
It is believed that the use of some images of promotional material to illustrate:
the person(s), product, event, or subject in question;
where the image is unrepeatable, i.e. a free image could not be created to replace it;
Additionally, the copyright holder may have granted permission for use in works such as Wikipedia. However, if they have, this permission likely does not fall under a free license.
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The image can be found on various websites as promotional press releases, and its use on Wikipedia does not make it significantly more accessible than it already is.
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This image enhances the article in which it's displayed, as it provides an immediate relevance to the reader more capably than the textual description alone.
