Talk:Fame (musical)/Archives/2013

Cleanup?
Looking at the article, I tried to adapt what was already there to try and NPOV it. I haven't actually seen the musical yet (though I will in early March), so I can't give any more plot details myself.

What do you all think? Is there anything else that you feel would be useful?

-UK-Logician-2006 22:41, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

I made this more impartial, and added the writers' credits. I believe that it no longer reads like a puff piece for the show. - Jmc29


 * Agreed - tag removed. -UK-Logician-2006 21:49, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Is the "Musical Numbers" list in correct order? I haven't seen the musical, but spontaneously it strikes me as dubious. EldKatt (Talk) 18:09, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

List is in correct order! (I have add "Pas de Deux")

Disappointed
Hmm...when you type in Phantom of the Opera, RENT, or Aida, or some other such musical, you get pages upon pages of information. Quite frankly...what happened here, Wikipeople? Where is the plot information, the background, the links, the interviews? I, who was curious after seeing a reference, and wanted some information, am sorely disappointed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.246.4.131 (talk • contribs).


 * You might note that those musicals are huge compared to this one. Wikipedia depends on people like you and I to write. In short, you are a 'Wikiperson'!  - Slow Graffiti 15:53, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Celebrity Casting/Musical numbers
Does anyone have feelings about the celebrity casting section. I think it's important to have a cast list, but perhaps only for the west end production. I am not sure that I believe it is necessary and/or helpful to the article to list only the "celebrities" who appeared in Fame. Thanks--Broadwaygal


 * I got rid of the celebrity trivia section, moving the notable info to the productions section. The most notable productions should mention the notable stars in the productions section, but I doubt that any one cast needs a fullblown list.  The first London production was not long-running.  The musical numbers need to show which characters sing them.  Also, the song titles in the synopsis should not be all caps, and the synopsis seems a little long.  Best regards, -- Ssilvers 01:35, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

It looks to me like you the ACTI/ACTII divisions are correct. I haven't actually seen the show, but based on the information I have been able to find, this looks right.

Cast list
There should not be bulleted list of Dutch cast. Instead, collapse the notable names into the narrative and say which character each notable actor played. -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:05, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I add the list of Dutch Cast, can you write in simple English please? Markmu06 (talk) 15:28, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

OK. A bulleted cast list for each production is too much information for musicals articles on Wikipedia. If you wish, you can start a list article listing all the casts of all the productions. However, the WP:CONSENSUS of editors working on the musicals articles (WP:MUSICALS is *not* to include all that information in the articles themselves. Often, we do include a bulleted cast list for the *original* production.  For the other productions, we list the names of the notable actors in the narrative "productions" section and say what roles they play like this:  "The production stars Ethel Merman as Polly, Fred Astaire as Tom and George Grossmith, Jr. as Old Bill.?  -- Ssilvers (talk) 15:35, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanx for the information. Maybe I start a new article about the Dutch production. Markmu06 (talk) 22:07, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

I think that would be more notable to Dutch-language Wikipedia. I think it is too specific to be notable by itself in En. Wikipedia. Best regards, -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:52, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Out Here On My Own
Hi. Isn't this song from Fame? Why isn't it up here and who sings it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.68.205.229 (talk) 22:26, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
 * This is the article for Fame the Musical, not the movie. 'Out here on my own' features in the movie. Mazz0626 (talk) 22:57, 14 June 2008 (UTC)