Wikipedia:WikiProject New York City/Theatre

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.

Title edit

WikiProject New York Theatre

Scope edit

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

On July 19, 2020, there were 111 articles which had been tagged with the WikiProject template {{WikiProject New York Theatre}}. link to find current count

Parentage edit

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

Similar WikiProjects edit

WP:MUSICALS

Participants edit

Evilphoenix
Calton | Talk 4 July 2005 11:05 (UTC) Limited involvement, since I live 8,000 miles away.
Kevin M Marshall
Clarkefreak ∞ - Retired, moved to different interests 18 October 2013
Five678
Jmabel - Inactive 19:10, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yid613
WesternActor
Wootking
Burnley
Phaeton23
InEventOf
KNY22

Structure edit

Hierarchy definition edit

No classification of this project has been defined.

To-Do edit

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject New York City/Theatre: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2023-03-05

Template Creation edit

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

Categories edit

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

Template Addition edit

Add {{WikiProject New York Theatre}} to any articles that fall under the project.

Shows edit

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.
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~~

Theatres edit

Add {{Broadway-theatre}} to the following articles about Broadway theatres:
1. Helen Hayes Theatre
2. Majestic Theatre (Broadway)
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 Foxwoods Theatre)
11. Palace Theatre
12. City Center of Music and Drama (no longer considered a Broadway House)
Add the following articles:
1. Tony Award for Best Choreography
2. Figure out the rest of them...

Off-Broadway edit

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

Article Creation edit

Article with a list of all Broadway theatres and current productions.
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 lists of musicals here and here that either need to have articles created or need to have templates added.
Create articles about defunct or demolished historic Broadway theatres, including
1. ~~Hudson Theatre~~
2. ~~Playhouse Theatre~~
3. ~~Fulton Theatre~~
4. ~~Apollo Theatre (42nd Street)~~ (now part of Foxwoods Theatre) (Distinguish Apollo Theater).
5. ~~Empire Theatre (41st Street)~~
6. ~~Empire Theatre (42nd Street)~~
7. ~~Eltinge Theatre~~
8. ~~Klaw Theatre~~/Avon Theatre
Research and create articles for notable Off and Off-Off productions. Productions needing articles:
Create articles for notable Off and Off-Off Broadway theatres. Theatres needing articles are:

Improvement edit

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

Shows edit

Theatres edit

Maintenance edit

Keep constantly-changing articles updated

Currently running Broadway shows are listed here.

What we've already done! edit

List of Accomplishments

Goals edit

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

Project Templates & Infoboxes edit

See /Templates for:

Infoboxes

{{Broadway-theatre}}
- Template for information on the article page of any Broadway Theatre

Talk-page notice

{{Broadway-project}}
- For the talk pages of articles within WikiProject New York Theatre articles.

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