User talk:Lealavdrum/sandbox

Hey Guys!

I found two books that might be useful for our task! "The Disney Musical On Stage and Screen - Critical approaches from 'Snow White' to 'Frozen': edited by George Rodosthenous and The Sound of Broadway Musicals by Steven Suskin. The first book has a chapter, The Lion King: A 'Blockbuster Feline' on Broadway and Beyond,' describing the concept, reception, stage adaption, and how they aimed to engage the audience. There are also references at the end of the chapter that might be a useful starting point! The second book does not have too much information directly related to Lion King. However, it has notes on the orchestra credits, when it opened, the lyricist, composer, vocal arranger, and music director. The book was published in 2009. Despite it being a bit outdated, we could use the book as a citation for the information as mentioned above. Melolo28 (talk) 21:59, 17 September 2018 (UTC)


 * https://www.lionking.com/faq This information about awards is missing - THE LION KING won six 1998 Tony Awards®: Best Musical, Best Scenic Design (Richard Hudson), Best Costume Design (Julie Taymor), Best Lighting Design (Donald Holder), Best Choreography (Garth Fagan) and Best Direction of a Musical, making Taymor the first woman in theatrical history bestowed with the honor. Fusion.lamar (talk) 22:20, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
 * in the overview box to the right, we should add these to the list of awardsFusion.lamar (talk) 00:45, 18 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi friends and esteemed researchers, I was struck by the lack of information in the Canadian release section under Production History. Upon checking the reference to see where the information came from, I noticed that there's information in the Wikipedia article that never appears in the reference, specifically the running years for the program are not mentioned and are inaccurate upon crosschecking the information.


 * Additionally, I found a Playbill Magazine article from the year of the premiere that discusses the Canadian premiere in far greater detail. Playbill Magazine is a very reputable source in the world of musical theater, so it makes sense to revise the section and expand upon it to keep it consistent with the other countries in the section with tone, voice, accuracy, and matching what should be included in the section by checking what other Production History subsection in the article and matching Canada Production History to what those articles include in their respective countries' production history subsections for consistency. This would definitely be a major edit as we'd be overhauling an entire section – essentially rewriting it, which I'm excited to complete! Below is the source NiallCasey (talk) 22:21, 17 September 2018 (UTC)


 * I re-read Lion King's Wikipedia page, and compared it to Wicked's Wikipedia page. I thought that there was information lacking regarding the inception and development of musical. In addition the edits you guys were suggesting, we could perhaps create a new subheading/heading for the information! The first book I mentioned above has information regarding this! The book goes into more detail about the three 'neo-Disney' classics preceding it (THe Little Mermaid,Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin. Melolo28 (talk) 22:29, 17 September 2018 (UTC)


 * I was looking at the rubric for this assignment and found that we are supposed to include a picture/audio clip. Here are some pictures that might fit with our edits or enhance the current page.
 * https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alphonso_R._Jones_as_Young_Simba.jpg
 * https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lyceum_Theatre_-_Wellington_Street,_London_-_The_Lion_King_(6447076293).jpg Melolo28 (talk) 22:38, 17 September 2018 (UTC)


 * I looked into the other sections and these are the most salient details Other Sections under Production History include details on. It may be good to edit each country's subcategory to keep the value placed on each country unbiased if there's adequate information available to expand upon. Maybe we could weed out any nuanced subjective opinions in the sections as we go! 
 * • Where was the premiere?
 * • What other theaters or theater companies performed the musical?
 * • Language of the country's production if the country does not use English as a primary language, the language the musical was written in.
 * • Noteworthy historical actors involved in the production according to the source
 * • Feedback from Critics.
 * I found within the Wikipedia page, this is a primary source for the topic since the specific way the Wikipedia page is written is my research at the moment. Let me know if you think this is totally wrong! NiallCasey (talk) 22:43, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Oops. Fixed my writing mistakes! NiallCasey (talk) 22:45, 17 September 2018 (UTC)


 * I found that under the Production History heading there are several citations that are missing. I also found that the current Lion King Tour will be running from September 2018 through June 2019. Lealavdrum (talk) 22:59, 17 September 2018 (UTC)


 * we should probably include the key people from the original production cast. Especially since some won a Tony Award for their work.  https://www.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardsshowinfo.php?showname=The%20Lion%20King.  https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-lion-king-4761 Fusion.lamar (talk) 00:37, 18 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Here is some information about the French production. It was performed in French. It also won the French equivalent to United States' Tony Award.   http://www.playbill.com/article/le-roi-lion-the-lion-king-opened-in-france-with-starry-crowd-com-144333 Fusion.lamar (talk) 00:50, 18 September 2018 (UTC)


 * I corrected some grammar under "Production History/Brazilian" Fusion.lamar (talk) 19:01, 23 September 2018 (UTC)


 * I think should add in the second paragraph of the article that over 90 million people have seen the show since it opened on Broadway in 1997. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/theater/the-lion-king-south-africa.html . Fusion.lamar (talk) 19:01, 23 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Missing citation in the in the first paragraph where it states that the show is produced by Disney Theatrical Productions. Lealavdrum (talk) 20:17, 23 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Added my rewrite of the Canadian production history to the article. Included multiple sources and published changes, requested edit reviews from the wiki community. NiallCasey (talk) 21:08, 23 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Hey Guys! I just added the two pictures I suggested above on the Wikipedia page! I also added a source and two sentences regarding the production-puppets Melolo28 (talk) 02:31, 26 September 2018 (UTC)