Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Theatre/Archive 6

What Is The Use Of Working On Editing Current Articles When Others Seem To Take Ownership And revert Changes
Recently worked on an article "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapter_Two_(play)" since it was rated as low quality the changes of which included increased references as well as tightening the text. Someone, probably the "original" writer of the article reverted the changes. So what purpose does it have to take the time to increase the quality of articles when people act as article terrorist? I didn't realize that this article was "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/so-and-so's_Chapter_Two_(play)" instead of "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapter_Two_(play)".
 * Your edits were reverted by Frze in good faith hardly terrorism? And since you had just inserted large numbers of #'s into the text (see, or the diff here ) the revert was correct as you did not "take the time to increase the quality of articles" as you claim. KylieTastic (talk) 14:32, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I just noticed these where only added in the last edit today - and only that should have been reverted, Just checking the other additions first - but I thin that was the only problem, not your edits of 16 & 19 Dec KylieTastic (talk) 14:35, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Forgot to mention A1Houseboy so they would get a ping KylieTastic (talk) 14:55, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

I do not know why it appears as "#" since I had inserted """ "" when the edits were made. but that may have been a technical glitche since sometimes Wikipedia returns an error message saying that the changes were not made. Instead of approaching the person that made the changes you decided to unilaterally suggest the sandbox. So instead of unilaterally reverting and then sending an insulting message to that effect maybe that message of notification should have been one asking if the changes were intentional then pointing out what you found. That would be a rather more conventional way to handle a situation in an environment that is supposedly contributory universally but instead you present yourself as somehow the Wikipedia Police actions irrefutable. If I am in an apartment below yours and water is dripping from the ceiling I don't call the water department directing them to contact you; I knock on your door to say something is leaking. If no one is there I then call the management company representative and if they are not contactable then the water company since they in most likelihood will have a third party way of contact. Can you understand in what manner participants supposedly with more experience and knowledge present themselves? It seems that many corrections suggested by Wikipedia deal with assumption. Better to provide documentation from sources of lasting value than to assume merely by speculation even if highly likely. You assumed. And the result is you make a reputation for yourself that is less than complimentary. There are within the talk pages notes from people on various contents of articles about details that the person is aware there are subtle differences but not so knowledgeable as to make substantive changes. That seems a far better approach to resolving problems than unilateral revert and the sending of an insulting message. So instead of establishing what is the problem you assumed that I know what has gone wrong. Can you see the pattern? Being a poor and ignorant person I cannot remember the source but does the saying haste makes waste come to mind. So instead of resolving a problem you have increased potentially everlasting effects since what am I to think about someone supposedly with more experience not taking the effort and time to resolve questions with respect and courtesy. It is one thing to be someone's legal guardian and make unilateral decisions; you are not. And I hope it is npt a practice that others are subject to the same treatment.A1Houseboy (talk) 02:46, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi A1Houseboy, sorry that this incident has appeared to upset you. Can I ask just a simple question to test your assertions to what should have been done by Frze, myself or any of the many others that patrol:
 * If after the constructive work you did in December then you saw that the next editor made this edit - would you have done as you say "asking if the changes were intentional then pointing out what you found", or would you have assumed vandalism and done as you did to Frze and just revert and call them an article terrorist?
 * If that person then reverted your revert and called you a terrorist would you then go discuss politely or revert and assume as it had been done twice it was vandalism?
 * The note I added to your talk page was just a standard template and I did so because: when you reverted Frze you firstly obviously did not look at the results; and secondly chose to immediately revert and just call him a terrorist.
 * You had already had a notice from BracketBot on your talk page indicating a problem that along with the revert should have indicated that your edit may have a problem (in this case almost certainly a WP caused error - I'm guessing maybe your using the beta visual editor.)
 * I agree that the wording on the standard templates for using the sandbox does not always fit the case, but it is a standard part of many template responses.
 * On a side note the (TW) parts on the end of both mine and Frze's revert messages indicate both were done with the inbuilt patrolling tool Twinkle and do things is a standard WP way.
 * Reverts are part of WP, you should not take them so personally: Most editors make mistakes, most editors get reverted now and them, sometimes we get reverted wrongly or don't understand why and have to discuss.
 * Assume good faith goes both ways, Frze assumed good faith on the problem caused, and it appears that it was a good faith edit by you, but you did not then assume good faith to the revert claiming terrorism and claims of ownership.
 * In fact I have just been reverted - but rather than assume hostile intent, I checked and found they had reverted but also changed the filename to a valid copyrighted image - so I thanked them for it.
 * I also have made accidental mistakes I haven't noticed, and luckily another editors have reverted, but I take it as my mistake for not checking the result. A revert is not a blame thing, or a claim of ownership, its the same as an edit, it's purpose is to improve the article.
 * Lastly let me say again that I'm sorry that what is fairly standard procedure on WP you have taken personally and has appeared to upset you. Note that their are usually dozens of changes every minute 24/7/365 and in most minutes you'll find an act of deliberate or accidental vandalism, so those that patrol in its various forms use standard tools and templates to keep on top of things. I hope that you decide to continue to try to improve articles, but if you do it is likely that you will be reverted at some point - just remember that their could have been a good faith error caused by either yourself or the reverter; don't take it personally; just as you don't consider an article yours if you edit it, don't assume a revert is someone claiming ownership. Try to always assume good faith
 * I hope you continue to help improve Wikipedia articles, and get satisfaction from doing so. &mdash; Cheers KylieTastic (talk) 15:25, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

All the articles to which I have made revisions have been identified as needing work and yet practically everyone has been reverted although I have such as in the area of plots establish what is said is a plot and not a storyline. And in some cases the revisions I made were reverted with words that I selected that better describe characters or situations lifted and placed into the old and usually longer plot that has been presented as a storyline. With respect to Chapter Two I had no ides as to there being anything wrong even when I ran the test for errors. There are examples listed in the talk pages of article about problems with articles and yet these are not revert or eliminate so just what purpose is it to revert revisions when there already exist within very old articles the need for revision? Not only that but if you use a template to notify people of your general action, i.e. revert and not the problem that prompted the action then you should not be using a template that essentially creates antagonism. If you have the experience involved in this activity then you should be aware of the long term implications of your actions and decisions. Yes, I realize that there are many revisions made but again, if currently there are articles that need work and they remain as such then who ever finds that there is a problem should notify the author of the revisions to indicate, beyond the "BOT" that there are problems. That does not seem to be part of the mentality of those that essentially through their acts of reverting act on behalf of Wikipedia. The "#" that appeared after my revisions are to be found in areas that I nothing with which to do with changes. The before and after screens show changes made by the person. By unilateral reverting without notification of what is wrong and with the template that uses the term sandbox can only be accepted as belittling the person. You should not be using it if what you intend to create is an atmosphere of inclusion instead of exclusion which is what because of this experience supported by that of other revisions seems to be with my experience so prevalent with Wikipedia. It seems far easier to have existing crap articles remain than actually revising the quality when it seems that any person that finds a difference of opinion about revisions. When I was presented with the reverting actions I never was told what was the problem just that what was done was of inconsequential value. When I respond to something with an understanding that it was done to what I had intended then what am I to think about reverting. Now, was the problem the changes made with replacement of programing with "#" or was the reverting due to content or format? You clearly say in the message send that it was basically inconsequential changes. You tell me just where is it that I am to get any inkling that there was not a problem of inconsequential revision but potentially a programing gliche. I am being told the reverting was for inconsequential revisions. The template you are using is not suitable, You, acting on behalf of Wikipedia which appears to be some level of authority conveyed upon you should have the experience and understanding just as to what impression is created by what is sent. So if crap can remain without issue then it seems appropriate to give some notification that there is something wrong in the revision and you have so much time to correct or the article will revert. This would seem particularly useful especially if inappropriate and antagonistic template responses are being used. When I select an article to potentially revise and add to I look to see what is there that can be said with fewer words, where is there redundancy within that article and auxiliary articles and in which should particular levels of information should be included instead of having extensive repeats in all the related articles. Taking something personal? What am I to think otherwise when I am not a robot yet treated to inflammatory template use. There was never any mention of what was wrong until I posted about article terrorism. Do you think that such a statement would be coming from a person that was reasonable and logical enough to deal with being told what was the problem, not that the changes were inconsequential? All I can say is that there is something missing here. And if you wish to fall back upon that there is so much that needs to be done in the usual functioning of Wikepedia then maybe your approach has some tweaking to be made.A1Houseboy (talk) 19:20, 3 January 2014 (UTC)


 * WP:TLDR. Who has time to read these self-indulgent rants?  Houseboy, your edit was a mess, and you didn't take the time to look over what you had done to see that you had made a mess, and now you blame others for your error. Be more careful, and take responsibility for your mistakes. -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:17, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

I beg to differ with your assumption that I did not check my work. Do you honestly think that someone would forward a revision that included nothing but "#"? If so then you have beans for a brain. The "#" appeared in the coding as well which would have taken far more trouble than reasonable. If it is your pattern to personalize and assume then you are on a path of that best be left unstated.A1Houseboy (talk) 02:09, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

Bent (play)
This article has too many sections. I don't know why there is a list of performances in a list format. Prose format should help reduce sections. --George Ho (talk) 06:01, 28 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Many of the productions listed are not notable, with no notable actors, no notable director, a producing theatre company that is not notable, etc. After the Broadway production is described, I would just say something like: "The play was revived in Seattle and  Toronto (both in 1981), again in Toronto (1996), in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2000), at Cornell University by Risley Theatre (2001) , in Singapore (2003)  and at Trafalgar Studios in London, starring Alan Cumming as Max (2006).  In 2007, ....  Much condensed. -- Ssilvers (talk) 06:39, 28 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Why hesitant on doing so now? George Ho (talk) 08:44, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Joan McCracken
I've just considerably expanded the article on Joan McCracken, 1940s Broadway and film star and dancer. Problem is that there is only one good source, a biography from 2003. It's a very good and authoritative source, but I hate to base an entire article on one source. The problem is, except for obituaries of questionable reliability, I can't find much else. Any help with sourcing or the article would be great. Coretheapple (talk) 17:29, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

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Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Andrew Jarvis
Dear theatre enthusiasts: Here's a new Afc submission that is about an actor. It needs a lot of work, but can someone confirm that this is a notable subject? &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 12:12, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

The Gingerbread Lady in London
Saw a production of THE GINGERBREAD LADY in London starring Elaine Stritch in December of 1974. There is no mention of this production in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.163.220.186 (talk) 05:07, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

AfC submission - 19/03
Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Titus Andronicus (character). FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 17:19, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Origins
Does anyone know how to determine the origins of The Select (The Sun Also Rises)?--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 23:59, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

RfC: Naming of articles about an actor's roles and awards
Please see the RfC at Category talk:Filmographies. Comments are welcome there. —sroc &#x1F4AC; 14:50, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

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North American Theatre Online
Does anyone have access to the North American Theatre Online resource? I need to get some information, if anyone has five minutes to spare. Many thanks! - SchroCat (talk) 19:54, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Leaflet For Wikiproject Theatre At Wikimania 2014
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Romeo and Juliet (2013 Broadway play)
Oddly BoxOfficeMojo.com has no box office results for this even though The Huffington Post says it was to be released in 2000 theatres. Can anyone help me find theatre (movie not Broadway) box office results for Romeo and Juliet (2013 Broadway play). Leave comments at Talk:Romeo_and_Juliet_(2013_Broadway_play).--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 17:00, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Category scope for Tony Winning Plays
The Category:Tony Award winning plays page includes some of the best revival winners, but not all of them. Is that category meant to include winners in the revival category? Aristophanes 68  (talk)  20:35, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

Eyes needed...
here. BMK (talk) 06:33, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

English Renaissance theatre
Hello WikiProject Theatre members. I just wanted to introduce myself as a new Wikipedia contributor and to say I've added myself as a project member. My specific areas of interest/expertise are Elizabethan/Jacobean theatre, musical theatre and opera – I recently submitted a new article on Nathan Field's 1609/1610 play A Woman Is a Weathercock. The helpful editor who reviewed and accepted the article pointed me in the direction of the Theatre WikiProject. Once I've got my head round policies and conventions I'm happy to do as much as I can to help the project – and any advice will be gratefully received. I can see there was an Elizabethan theatre sub-project that is now defunct but I assume it's ok to look at the most obvious holes in the area and start helping to fill them.--Parasitaster (talk) 17:11, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

Need help on Ian Charleson Awards
These are very highly regarded, very prestigious theatre awards in the UK; however there is little publicity and no glitz (serious actors/theatre-goers actually prefer it that way and feel it adds to their greater legitimacy). Because of the low publicity, there is less information easily available about the awards as a whole (e.g., no official website). Also, the Sunday Times, which sponsors the awards, is behind a paywall. For all of these reasons, the Wikipedia article on the Ian Charleson Awards is greatly lacking -- much information is missing, and most of what is there is uncited. If anyone would like to help out with expanding the article, please help! Even just the basic information for many years is incomplete or missing. Any additions to the article would be greatly appreciated! It would also help if you have a subscription to The Times (I don't, currently), but it's not necessary because the award information is out there on the web in other more scattered places. I also just spent many hours cleaning up the format of the article, which was a mess. I'm not 100% convinced that the format I came up with is the best one, so other opinions on that are welcome, too. Also, if there is anywhere else I should post this help request, please let me know (I've posted it in the Wikiproject Awards). Thank you very much! Softlavender (talk) 02:42, 24 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Belated followup: I managed to get a one-month subscription to The Times, and a three-day subscription to The Times' digital archive, and printed out all of the twice-yearly Sunday Times articles on these awards, and updated and corrected and expanded the Wikipedia article accordingly. No further help needed. Softlavender (talk) 04:53, 22 June 2014 (UTC)

Leaflet For Wikiproject Theatre At Wikimania 2014 (updated version)
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Peter Nichols
An editor, possibly associated with the subject, has updated the Peter Nichols page in good faith, but with several guideline problems - not the original didn't have issues. I wonder if some of you here can help improve the page to everyone's satisfaction. --John (User:Jwy/talk) 16:29, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

Commons uploads of interest from National Library of Scotland
Hi all,

Just wanted to flag up some content that was uploaded to Commons recently from the National Library of Scotland that might be of interest to this project. About 200 images from the Library's Weir Collection of late 19th century theatre posters, playbills, photographs have now been uploaded. You can find them at Commons:Category:Weir Collection.

Hope this proves interesting or useful!

Cheers, ACrockford (talk) 11:33, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Format of awards lists
An ongoing conversation at Talk:Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play involves this WikiProject. Seattle (talk) 22:22, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Fictional character disambiguation
Please join the discussion regarding whether proper disambiguation is Character (character), Character (fictional character), Character (Show name character), Character (Show name) at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Film.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 18:43, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Need help with a dubious article
We're running into trouble over at Talk:Champagne Charlie (play) trying to determine if the stage play ever existed. Help??? Thanks, Aristophanes 68   (talk)  22:25, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Update: Articles for deletion/Champagne Charlie (play)

Stub cat proposals
I've proposed some new stub cats over at WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals/2014/September and  WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals/2014/September. Please let me know if these stubs would be useful. Thanks, Aristophanes 68   (talk)  20:40, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

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Not conversant with how to edit items, but am suggesting that the following minor corrections be considered for the Dylan Thomas: Under Milk Wood entry:

1. The date 1954 for Under Milk Wood: I understand this may be based upon the date of first publication, but I believe, since Thomas died in 1953, & was working on final fixes to the script at that time, that it is odd, really, to date it 1954, after the author had died. Why not simply date it 1953?

2. The article called t a radio play later adapted to the stage. In drafts of what would become the work, he had subtitled it "A Radio Play Perhaps?" But he jettisoned that reference well before his death, when he was still working on finishing touches. By that time he had changed the designation to "A Play for Voices." True, Thomas had a long history of working for the BBC, and he likely imagined it would be broadcast on radio. But the fact is that in his final months he participated inane supervised several public readings of the play, and he was about to embark on a cross-USA trip, during which he hoped to initiate more such public readings. So he clearly saw the work as much as not as a live performance genre, admitted of a somewhat confused genre identity. But the convincing part is his definite decision to subtitle t "A Play for Voices" rather than a play for radio. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.92.143.210 (talk) 19:57, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Deletion discussion for Feminist stripper
Ongoing deletion discussion for article Feminist stripper, comments are welcome at Articles for deletion/Feminist stripper. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:39, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Confirming deleted content.
With this edit I removed a production at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. I am just checking to make sure that it was correct to remove this content.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:35, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/The Walls Have Ears
Dear theatre experts: This old AfC submission will soon be deleted as a stale draft. Is this a notable topic? The article seems to contain a lot of opinion. Should it be kept and improved? &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 02:28, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

A new navbox
I made the following, after seeing Template:History of theatre. Then, I saw Template:Stagecraft Nav. So, should we trash this new navbox or keep it?

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:47, 10 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Looks great! The question would be whether to use this to replace the stagecraft template, or to remove the stagecraft & personnel from this one, place it in the other (I don't think it currently includes personnel, but it easily could) and then rename this one Drama or something like that. Aristophanes 68   (talk)  20:45, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you. :) Hmmmm, good points and suggestions. I just don't know. I will stay out of this, as I know beans about the whole industry. I started the navbox, so it now exists at Template:Theatre. Now, we can start to move things here and there. Please feel free to boldly do as you please. Many thanks. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:16, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

I see nobody handling this. I will, for now, add Template:Theatre to some articles that are in this template, including those in the groups "Types" and "Personnel". Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:01, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

Ah, now I see Template:Running crew. This is the reason I never understood why do not add navboxes to the subject categories. It makes it really hard to find what is already covered. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:05, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

I think I am just going to delete this navbox. I see only around 20 articles it would be suitable for, and there are three or four other navboxes for the groups anyhow. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:11, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

Commons:Commons:Categories for discussion/2014/10/Category:Astor Theatre
Disambiguation issue. Vzeebjtf (talk) 02:46, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

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Featured Article promoted in 2013, nominated for deletion
2012 tour of She Has a Name, Featured Article promoted in 2013, has been nominated for deletion.

Please see discussion at Articles for deletion/2012 tour of She Has a Name.

Thank you,

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 23:33, 13 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Critical response to She Has a Name is also up for deletion (discussion at Articles for deletion/Critical response to She Has a Name). The parent article is here: She Has a Name.--Wikimedes (talk) 18:45, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

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Good Article promoted in 2013, nominated for deletion

 * 1) Critical response to She Has a Name
 * 2) Articles for deletion/Critical response to She Has a Name

WP:GA article Critical response to She Has a Name, promoted in 2013, nominated for deletion, discussion page is at: Articles for deletion/Critical response to She Has a Name. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 18:47, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

== Dance theater ==

Whereas Dance theater redirects to Tanztheater, Dance theatre currently sends you to Concert dance. Neither page really covers the entire topic. As, for instance, in "Butoh is a form of Japanese dance theatrehum..."

Any thoughts? 86.134.203.235 (talk) 10:53, 20 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank you for bringing this up, 86 -- this has long been an issue of concern for me -- that is, the general state and lack of detail/diversity in our articles on concert dance, theatrical dance, musical theatre dance, broadway dance, jazz dance and so-forth. I made a personal review of the matter about two years back, but the major stumbling block holding back significant expansion in these areas (aside from editor involvement) was the poor state of the sources; dance just does not, as an art form, have the level of scholarship covering its historical and stylistic distinctions that some other visual and performing arts do.   Sufficient sources are out there, but getting ahold of all of the right ones for all the right areas and distilling their salient points without original research will be a challenge.   But as it happens, I am going to be trying to rejuvenate WP:WikiProject Dance soon, so I will try to make this a first order of business once we (hopefully) have more hands on deck.   S n o w  talk 02:52, 26 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Oh, thanks for that, Snow Rise :-)<-/ 86.134.203.235 (talk) 17:49, 26 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Of course. It's long overdue. But I see now, reading your question as I did in a hurry yesterday, I actually misinterpreted by quite a bit.  You're right that these forking of the redirects is a problem.  I'll take a look.  S n o w  talk 20:02, 26 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Hmm, yes....honestly the articles themselves seem to be a (non-obvious) fork. I think Tanztheater (and it's many good sources) should probably be merged into Concert dance, as part of a history section that describes the evolution of the latter.  Unfortunately, Concert dance itself is very underdeveloped.  I'm going to point both redirects to Concert dance (the parent topic and the one most users of en.Wikipedia would be looking for when referencing "dance theater", regardless of spelling) and then look into a merge when I do a general overview of this area, hopefully soon.  Concert dance should be a massively larger article., you've provided us with a lot of good media for styles derived from concert dance; any chance you've got textual resources in this regard as well?   S n o w  talk 20:48, 26 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately I am rich in media and poor in textual resources. I have a sense of what these genres are and, to some extent, what differentiates them, but no sources that would enable me to write about them with authority. Perhaps, who seems quite good at finding dance sources, might be able to help with this. Lambtron (talk) 21:05, 26 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Afraid I don't have a source on Tanztheater at the moment, although I know of a good library nearby. (And thanks, Lambtron, I'm flattered!) I think the problem here is that Tanztheater is a particular artistic movement—drama+tragedy+pantomime+heavy makeup+Arnold Schoenberg—and "tanztheater" happens to be German for "Dance theatre", a British term for art dance in general. Given the broader applications of "dance theatre," I propose a WP:Hatnote on Concert Dance saying FourViolas (talk) 22:15, 26 January 2015 (UTC) I'll copy this discussion over to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Dance to help enliven things there


 * Well, Pina Bausch's usage of the term (as in de:Tanztheater Wuppertal ) has, I think, generally been referred to in English as "dance theater". I'm less sure about the 1930s expressionist Tanztheater genre from which she borrowed the term, though it is sometimes translated literally as "dance theater". (And Japanese butoh, I think, also has aesthetic links, internationally, to the Tanztheater tradition.) However, the common usage of "dance theater" in English is, I think, largely independent (and closer perhaps to "concert dance"?). 2c, 86.134.203.235 (talk) 23:18, 26 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Good call on the hatnote and the transclusion. I find I'm in agreement with both of you on this; in German Tanztheater, as far as I've observed, can been used in the literal and general sense to refer to what English speakers would call concert dance, but typically has a more idiomatic meaning relating to a specific tradition in theater.  In English, I think "dance theatre" (or "dance theater") would generally be thought to be analogous to "concert dance"; although, to my perception, "dance theatre" also seems warmer to styles like jazz, musical theatre/Broadway, and ballroom shows, whereas concert dance, while I think it works with any of those, is often used for contexts with dance that is more classically-derived: ballet, modern and contemporary.  That's just an impressionistic generalization, mind you; could be when the sources are put together a different story is told, but that's the feel I've always gotten from people when they use it in general speech.  For whatever that's worth here.   S n o w  talk 08:34, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ...with a fault line somewhere around here perhaps?[OR] 86.134.203.235 (talk) 10:23, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

No Obie lists?
It appears that there are as of yet no lists for either the Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actor or the Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Ensemble. The only one which has been created is the Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress. This seems like a rather large oversight to me. Does anyone have the time and resources to put into it? Thanks, GentlemanGhost   (converse)  03:10, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I may be able to work on it this weekend. BOVINEBOY 2008 21:22, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Shakespearean actor Category tagging
There has been a discussion taking place at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Actors_and_Filmmakers regarding the widespread Category insertion done by an IP Editor, Special:Contributions/121.54.54.44. Consensus seems to be that the Category has been mis-applied in several instances. The input of the members of this project would be appreciated. --Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 20:27, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Rename all (pornographic actor)s to (actor)s?
This affects WP Theatre too so be aware of Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Pornography. Only one of the recent RMs to change (pornographic actress)s to (actress) succeeded but it's already been used for further undiscussed moves and non-admin close by one of two editors proposing the change. I have notified closing admin on Talk:Taylor Hayes (pornographic actress) move contrary close. Can we have broader set of eyes on this change please? In ictu oculi (talk) 07:41, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

RfC at WikiProject Film
There's a discussion that may also concern this WikiProject at WT:FILM. More input is appreciated. Lapadite (talk) 14:22, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

WikiProject New York Theatre listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for WikiProject New York Theatre to be moved to WP:WikiProject New York City/Theatre. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 22:33, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

Kristina Satter listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Kristina Satter to be moved to Tina Satter. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 23:22, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

Youngest to win Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
Sourcing help is needed at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Actors_and_Filmmakers.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 05:14, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Why are the requested articles linking to Literature#Theatre_and_stage instead of Performing_arts#Theatre_and_stage?
On the project page and the project's todo list why is it linking to: Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Arts_and_entertainment/Literature#Theatre_and_stage instead of Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Arts_and_entertainment/Performing_arts#Plays (including_musical_plays)? If that's a mistake please also move all requests over to the other section. Also there are many requested articles in there that exist by now...

--Fixuture (talk) 18:15, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Use of categories that contain "Play" for musicals
Recently, removed all categories that contained the word "play" in them from articles on musicals. Given such sources as The American Heritage Dictionary, which defines a musical as "A play or movie that contains musical numbers", I would say these categories certainly apply to musicals. Our own article on Musical theatre also cites reliable sources that define a musical as a "musical play where songs and dances are fully integrated into a well-made story with serious dramatic goals that is able to evoke genuine emotions other than laughter" (quoting the article, not the sources themselves). You can see an example of the removal of categories here:. There are 25-30 such edits in total. I've asked Plain Jane Doe to stop removing those categories until a discussion on this concludes. Should categories that contain the word "play" apply to musicals as well as straight plays? ~ RobTalk 17:30, 4 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Absolutely. Such a removal is ludicrous. –Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 17:42, 4 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Let me begin with this: User:BU Rob13 has yet to address the issue with User:IJVin concerning their vandalism in placing play category into musical category articles. I simply removed this vandalism. There's a reason why the Tony Awards have play categories and musical categories, because they are categorized differently.
 * If the issue is not addressed between the two mentioned users, a check user will need to confirm on the possibility of a sock between User:BU Rob13 and User:IJVin, who may be one and the same. --Plain Jane Doe (talk) 17:56, 4 August 2015 (UTC)


 * As I recommended before, read WP:NOTVANDALISM. A content dispute, which is more-or-less what this is, is not vandalism. I did not ping IJVin previously to avoid WP:CANVASSing. And thanks, the sockpuppetry accusation gave me a good laugh on an otherwise miserable day. If you believe any user is abusing multiple accounts, including myself, you can file a report at WP:SPI. ~ RobTalk 18:04, 4 August 2015 (UTC)


 * I'd recommend restoring the categories immediately. They can always be removed again if, for some bizarre reason, the community decides that it's a good idea to totally screw up theatre navigation, but at the moment, theatre navigation is being screwed. –Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 18:35, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

Whatever the solution we should be able to select (for example) "Autobiographical X" category and it would include stage works, musical or not, that were autobiographical.

The easiest solution to that as we stand now is for X to be "play (theater)" and have a sub category "Musical" (which should be included in "plays by genre"). --John (User:Jwy/talk) 02:13, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I fully agree with that. I'm going to revert those edits now, given the emerging consensus and the negative effect on navigation among theatre articles that the change is causing in the meantime. I would not object at all to a subcategory of musicals, provided that it's nested within the category for plays. ~ RobTalk 02:23, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * In some parts of the category tree there are indeed Musicals subcategories, which are nested appropriately. (I sometimes worry about operas subcategories elsewhere not being findable because they're not nested, but that's a bit of a tangent.) –Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 03:40, 5 August 2015 (UTC)


 * I ran up against this a couple years ago when trying to cleanup categories for librettists, book writers, and composers, and there was no good solution for the play v. musical problem. To take one of the recent examples: If I want to change the Categorization of Matilda the Musical, I have to create Musicals Set in England, and from that I have to create Musicals set in the United Kingdom > Musicals by country of setting + Musicals set in Europe by country > Musicals by region of setting + Musicals set in Europe > Musicals by setting + Musicals by continent of setting. And that's just to set up a parallel tree for the geographic setting of the play--if I were doing A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, I'd have to do the same thing for the time component as well. Honestly, I wish *parts* of the category tree for Plays could be renamed Plays and Musicals just to make it easier. Aristophanes 68   (talk)  22:03, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Category:Drama Desk Award winners
Category:Drama Desk Award winners, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs)

Nomination of The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 21:34, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

Notability for plays
What are the notability guidelines for plays?--Skr15081997 (talk) 03:36, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Infobox for Non-Profit/ Commercial Theatre Companies
There currently exists an infobox for Theatre Groups, Theatre Festivals, and Stage Productions, but I think it would enhance the ease of inputting/ locating information if there were separate infobox entries for both Non-profit and commercial companies. In the Chicago theatre scene (as well as in NYC, to my knowledge) most theatres must eschew the use of infoboxes because there isn't one that fits theatre page-type. The current available company boxes on the List of Infoboxes also fail to provide the necessary information for these pages.

I'd like to open a dialogue on the creation of what information to provide for each.

Non-profit theatre companies should include basic information such as name, image, image size, founded date, location, and a website link but should include information pertinent to their specific structure: Artistic, Development, and Managing directors as well as the listing of notable members.

I don't have experience in the realm of commercial theatres, so perhaps someone else could speak to that? kstoffers (talk) 18:25, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Help
Should theater/stage appearance listed under filmography? 112.210.3.150 (talk) 06:32, 20 June 2015 (UTC)


 * I would say no under the basis that it is not recorded in any way as film. These credits should be listed as stage or theatre appearances. For example, see the separation for Michael Shannon. --173.161.15.201 (talk) 18:51, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

RfC: Are personal pronouns (including "who") to be avoided for fictional characters?
Please take part in the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style Curly Turkey ¡gobble! 23:09, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

"Drama (genre)"
The usage and purpose of is under discussion, see talk:Drama -- 67.70.32.190 (talk) 05:40, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

Should "Act 2" be capitalized?
I was changing "act 2, scene 1" etc. to "Act 2, Scene 1" in a few articles. It seems to me that "Act 2" is a proper name (though "act" is a common noun in "the second act"), just as "6th Street" is a proper name. But I received complaints from another editor. Should I stop making such changes? About 80% of the time "Act 2" is capitalized, and it seems to me desirable to have consistency. There appears to be less support for capitalizing "scene 1". Is this a good place to seek a resolution? Chris the speller  yack  04:11, 26 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters might be better, although this WikiProject should certainly be notified. The Chicago Manual of Style recommends "act 1, scene 3", but that's just, like, their opinion, man such manuals frequently disagree. FourViolas (talk) 04:22, 26 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Good suggestion to move this discussion, and I have done so: WT:Manual of Style/Capital letters. Chris the speller   yack  17:04, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Sources and citations
Several articles under this WikiProject badly need outside sources and inline citations. These article include stagecraft, lighting designer and set construction. If anyone knew great sources for this articles and more like them, that would be very helpful.SpiritedMichelle (talk) 22:33, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

AFD: Broadway.com Audience Awards
Users with familiarity are welcome to contribute to the AfD discussion: Articles for deletion/Broadway.com Audience Awards. --Animalparty! (talk) 00:45, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Cleared the entire GA Review backlog for Media and drama

 * 1) Thank you all to all our editors who help to contribute to Quality improvement efforts on Wikipedia related to WP:THEATRE.
 * 2) I've helped to clear the entire GA Review backlog for Media and drama, which can be seen at Good article nominations/Topic lists/Media and drama.
 * 3) I'd like to make a suggestion, here, which is optional, for you to please consider:
 * 4) Suggestion: This suggestion is optional only, but I ask you to please at least read over the Good Article review instructions, and consider reviewing two to three (2-3) GA candidates from good articles nominations, for each one (1) that you nominate. Again, this is optional and a suggestion only, but please do familiarize yourself at least with how to review, and then think about it.

Thank you,

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:25, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Some exciting TAFI news!
A series of articles under this topic have been nominated at The Today's Article For Improvement project. What we do is organise collaborations between editors whereby each week we focus on bringing an article up to GA/FA. Please head over there and support (or oppose) the nominated articles.--Coin945 (talk) 08:43, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Piano burning
Does piano burning only involve uprights, or does it also include baby grands, and grand pianos? -- 70.51.44.60 (talk) 06:36, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
 * The question pertains only to the article, so that's where the discussion should take place, if at all. However, even there the question is already answered in the article: it says "most commonly an upright". There seems to be no value in starting a discussion on this topic. Chris the speller   yack  14:56, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Giles Leonard/Linnett Barrett??
I recently created Giles Leonard Barrett, a late 18th century English actor who came to America in the 1790s. Trying to link together his English career with his American, I stumbled across sources about "Giles Linnett Barrett" who seems to be the same person based on biographical details, e.g.,. Any ideas why the middle name is different? There are drawings in the public domain of Giles "Linnett" Barrett which I'll add to the article once I erase any doubts that these are the same person. Also a fun fact about Barrett, he performed once for U.S. President John Adams, who disliked the play he saw (for political reasons), and said "My friend, General Warren was a scholar and a gentleman, but your author has made him a bully and a blackguard." This is an oft told story and quote from Adams; though rarely mentioned, Barrett was who he made the statement to.--Milowent • hasspoken 13:41, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

Comment on Draft:Karnabharam by Bhasa
Your comments on Draft:Karnabharam by Bhasa are welcomed. Please use, or use directly in the draft. Sam Sailor Talk! 13:03, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

Another Language Performing Arts Company
I added the WikiProject theatre banner to Another Language Performing Arts Company because the article is listed in Category:Theatre companies in Utah. I'm wondering if anyone in this WikiProject has heard of this group and can help determine whether is satisfies WP:ORG. I Googled "Another Language Performing Arts Company", but didn't find much more than social media pages or other trivial mentions. Most of the information seems to have been added by a couple of SPAs, including one who is claiming to be a cofounder of the group. Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:19, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

External Resource Show-Score.com
Hello. There is a resource for theater fans called Show-Score.com. Like Rotten Tomatoes for movies or TripAdvisor for hotels, Show-­Score organizes information about all New York theater productions, ​from Broadway to Off­-Off-­Broadway, including cast information, showtimes and trailers. It collates all professional reviews for each production and generates an aggregate score for every show. It is also an online community for theater lovers and invites members to share their own reviews. Show-Score is the only site where you can find professional and fan reviews, production information, and ticketing information all in one place. Since I work for Show-Score, there is a clear conflict of interest in regards to me taking action on any Wiki pages, but I thought I’d bring Show-Score to your attention to be used as an external resource. We would also appreciate being considered as source in the “Critical Reception” section of individual show articles or in the footnote section of individual show show articles, like Kinky Boots. We've been covered by The New York Times, ABC News and several other media outlets. Further, Show-Score contains reviews of Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway shows that aren't always covered by sites like Playbill and/or BroadwayWorld. Further, while Playbill and BroadwayWorld have review round-ups, Show-Score has more information and a larger number of reviews than either of these sources. For "Hamilton," Playbill and BroadwayWorld each contain 20 reviews, whereas Show-Score has 52 critic reviews and nearly 1500 member reviews. We are a growing community of over 30,000 registered users and our aim is to be the largest repository of Broadway information for theater lovers. Again, thank you so much for your input. -- Ryula24 (talk) 19:03, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Ambiguity of Category:Directors
Pre-CFR discussion on possible new names at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Categories.

This would effect the parent categories of Category:Film directors, Category:Theatre directors, Category:Television directors, Category:Opera directors, etc. It would not effect the titles of the categories used on individual biographical articles. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 03:13, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Parnassus plays
Hello there, just a quick note to say that this entry:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parnassus_plays

opens with the remark that Cambridge university is in London! It is, of course, in Cambridge. thanks for referring to my book, though :)

best wishes, Andrew Muir — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.0.29.19 (talk) 20:25, 21 February 2016 (UTC)


 * It was a little confusing -- the intention is to say that the play was performed in London. Fixed it. You can make the correction yourself. See Tutorial/Editing. utcursch &#124; talk 21:07, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

Kesselman cleanup
I just came across the Wendy Kesselman article, after having been in her adaptation of Anne Frank last year, and was a little dismayed at how thin it is. Does anybody have the inclination for some cleanup? -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 12:59, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Notability for a play
Hi there, I'm not a member of WP:Theatre, but today created an article for the play If Love Were All (play). Only after I created it did I realize that I'm not sure what are the notability guidelines for this project. Personally I feel it's notable for being a play written by a woman and produced by an all-woman team (the playwright and her partner) - in 1931. But since the author wrote under a male pseudonym, none of the few writings on the play talk about this. Could I state it (unless that's original research)? Should I be concerned? - kosboot (talk) 03:08, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Hey Kosboot, I am not a formal member either, but I've seen you around and think you already have a good feel for notability of plays. My guess is that about every play that makes a decent Broadway theatre has a good claim for notability.  (Look at the sourcing I pulled up for the one-month run of dreck like The Kaffir Diamond!)  Short runs (like this one), after 1923 (when little commentary on it is readily online), could be tougher, but if sources show it meets WP:GNG, that seems fine.  This one looks fine to me.  As for the author & producing team, it seems OK to cite those facts since they can be proven, though the lack of other sources saying it is notable for those reasons means I personally wouldn't factor that in too much in deciding whether its notable, but it could certainly influence my decision (as it probably did yours) to write the article in the first place.--Milowent • hasspoken  13:28, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Agree with Milowent that overall notability should not be a problem for most 20th-century Broadway plays, and clearly not for this one with coverage in the Times, Variety, etc. There are also a variety of books that document Broadway plays in this period, and quick Google Books search suggests this play is covered in several of them. As far as the pseudonym goes, the Internet Broadway Database is considered a reliable source, and it confirms that "Hatch" was Morgan. So the factual point is no problem. But if you want to discuss the significance of the author being a woman, you will need some source(s) that cover that in particular. --RL0919 (talk) 16:29, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Invitation to our April event
(To subscribe, Women in Red/Invite list. Unsubscribe, Women in Red/Opt-out list) --Rosiestep (talk) 02:09, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

"A Streetcar Named Desire"
The usage and primary topic of A Streetcar Named Desire is under discussion, see talk:A Streetcar Named Desire (play) -- 70.51.45.100 (talk) 06:19, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

Plays with over 100 performances

 * Anyone aware of source that readily lists all Broadway plays with over 100 performances? I've enjoyed digging up old plays like The County Chairman (play) (1903, 222 perf.) to write articles about, but this has been a random process. Cheers.--Milowent • hasspoken 13:28, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't know of a source that lists only the ones with a particular number of performances, but there are reference works that document Broadway plays. If you want to be systematic, you could pick a time period and/or genre, and likely there is a book covering it. If your interests hit time periods before 1930, I guarantee you will find more opportunities than you have time to write. I've found a number of big hits from that era (e.g., Within the Law (play), The Gold Diggers (play), and Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model) that did not have articles. Personally, I've found it interesting just to wind my way through the careers of different people and see which of their works are missing. A single prolific producer or writer can generate a list of dozens of potential articles. --RL0919 (talk) 22:27, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

User:Milowent: You can search for the full list of Broadway shows over x number of performances here by filling in the box next to "Number of Performances" and clicking search: http://www.ibdb.com/Show/Search Also, Here is a list of the longest-running Broadway shows. I'm not sure if all of them have articles yet: http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/long-runs-on-broadway-109864  -- Ssilvers (talk) 07:50, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

Talk:Sarah Charles Lewis
I have opened an RfC at Talk:Sarah Charles Lewis. Cunard (talk) 07:03, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Writing about plays
Are there any guidelines for writing about plays, on the lines of the "article structure" section of WikiProject_Books or WikiProject Academic Journals/Writing guide?

An article on a possibly non-notable play Orange Flower Water is being re-created with long list of original cast and crew and very detailed synopsis, where there is actually more encyclopedia information at the section on the playwright's page at Craig Wright (playwright) to which it has been redirected a couple of times. Any input from those who specialise in writing about theatre would be useful. Pam D  07:26, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Category:Actors Studio members has been nominated for discussion
Category:Actors Studio members, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 02:25, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

Invitation to an online editathon
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Ajax (play)
Opinions are requested at : Should the page Ajax (play) describe its subject as "not at all an immature work"? To me the phrase reads like a statement of opinion in Wikipedia's voice. —Coconutporkpie (talk) 18:13, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

Category:Royal National Theatre Company members has been nominated for discussion
Category:Royal National Theatre Company members, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 01:46, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

Miscategorisation at The Threepenny Opera
Would any active members please take a look at Talk:The Threepenny Opera. This musical has been miscategoried as an "opera" for a long time. Even the opera-source, Grove says that it's a musical. In the list of "Operas, Operettas, Musicals and Ballets", it is described as "play with music". (Grove 1980 v.20, 309). The arguments against calling it an opera are that, as the image in the article states unambiguously, as does the lede, that it is a "play with music", or a musical. The categorisation in place is OR. A search on Youtube for recordings offers a common-sense based definition as well. No one who has actually experienced the work imagines it's an opera. Our article ought not to mislead its readers with a false categorisation, regardless of a Wikiproject's (false) sense of ownership. Please take a look and comment.  • DP •  {huh?} 16:20, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

2016 Community Wishlist Survey Proposal to Revive Popular Pages
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Help with Kerry Norton-Smyser
Hey all! Could someone take a look at Kerry Norton-Smyser? It has about a half-dozen different tagged issues. I'm hoping someone with a bit more knowledge in this kind of thing could cut through some of the fluff there and see if an encyclopedia article can be carved out. Thanks a bunch! Happy editing! Ajpolino (talk) 20:30, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Looking at it now. Needs a good bit of cleanup, but should be a viable article. --RL0919 (talk) 21:08, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Cleaned up most of the issues. It still needs more referencing, but it seems to be a decent start-class article now, so I'll be moving on to other subjects. --RL0919 (talk) 17:55, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Great! You're the best! Ajpolino (talk) 19:12, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Missing topics list
My list of missing topics about theatre is updated - Skysmith (talk) 13:29, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

Editing Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
The article, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, needs some cleanup. --George Ho (talk) 19:51, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Article for overhaul - Les Burgraves
This single line stub article has been flagged as needing sources/expansion since 2009. Either additional material needs to be bought in from the French Wikipedia or some source in English needs to be located. Graham1973 (talk) 13:19, 22 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Hugo is a well-studied author, so it shouldn't be hard to find sources. I added a couple to start with and will look into expanding it more in coming weeks. --RL0919 (talk) 05:14, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

IMDB is deleting its message boards in a couple of weeks
IMDB is deleting its message boards, and all of the content therein. The deletion will be on February 20, but it's not clear what time zone, so I would err on the conservative side and say February 19th (or 18th in case they mean zero hour Feb 20). If there is data or information on any threads on any IMDB message boards you wish to save, make copies now. (It seems the actual data pages for films and people will remain, but any and all message boards will be deleted.) On some of the boards I see a petition being floated to stop the deletion; if you feel strongly about it you could look into signing that. Softlavender (talk) 06:45, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Talk:Konstantin Stanislavski/GA1 - Looking for some help

 * Please note that the nominator tends to come and go and can be absent for long stretches before returning to edit. Since the article was nominated back in September I would guess they have simply become busy IRL in the interval until the review was finally opened. You could either just keep the article on hold until they pop back up, or fail the article and encourage them to renominate immediately when they are available again. Either way your review will not be wasted. I also see they have email enabled, so you could try emailing them to ask whether they are likely to have time to address the review within whatever timeframe you consider reasonable. I'd offer to help but I lack both the time and expertise to be of much help with Stanislavski.
 * However, having scanned quickly through your review as it stands, I have to say, these do not appear to be problems that would necessarily fail the article under the GA criteria. Stuff to fix, yes, but the GA criteria are really not all that strict (unlike FA; compare GA criteria 1 "well written" with FA criteria 1 "brillian prose"). See, for instance, WP:WGN; GA articles are "decent articles", not "great articles". You may want to consider just passing the article even absent fixes for these, if no more substantive problems show up. And also keep in mind that WP:COI as a policy addresses editing articles about yourself or where you have have some personal stake in the article's subject. There is no general prohibition on GA reviewers editing nominated articles to fix problems they find (within reason; you can't review an article you have "edited significantly"); there just isn't any requirement that they do so. --Xover (talk) 15:05, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your thoughts on this. I agree, am not finding anything egregious enough to fail.  This article is probably one of the biggest ones I have ever attempted to review but it has been a pleasure to read, even at the depth I have been having to do as part of my GA-Review readthrough.  I always try to give the nom/article-creator as much time as they need to take care of any issues that I do find.  I hesitate to fix any of the somewhat-minor things I have found because I am participating in the GA Cup and don't want to have any appearances of a COI.  I think I might ask the Cup Judges if I can do so without running afoul of any possible COIs with the Cup. Shearonink (talk) 17:51, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
 * If the items you have raised thus far are the extent of your concerns, then I agree that these are not things that should stop a GA promotion. If you just need someone to help with minor cleanup to avoid conflict with GA Cup requirements, I'm willing to help with items like removing a dablink or rewording some confusing sentences. (If you have more substantive concerns that aren't in the review yet and would require detailed knowledge of the subject, then that could be a problem.) --RL0919 (talk) 18:03, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Since the GA Cup awards points for reviews and not for closing nominations (pass or fail), I feel pretty confident they don't care whether you help fix problems in the article. For the GA process in general (the GA Cup is an independent initiative to reduce the backlog in the main GA process) the guidance for reviewers is to avoid reviewing articles that you have "edited significantly" (which would be a pretty high bar for this article), and that's mainly intended to avoid various scenarios where you have edited the article prior to its nomination. I've never seen or heard of any problems with a reviewer helping to fix an article they're reviewing (except that the nominator might be irritated by it, which I don't think would be a concern here). Anyways, if you're uncomfortable or uncertain about it you should certainly check with the GA and/or GA Cup communities, but I don't think you need to worry about it. --Xover (talk) 18:20, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Please see the "Conclusions" section of my review. I think the issues I've found are fairly minor and would welcome any editing help folks around here can give. Once the Conclusions section is dealt with I will be able to finish my Review and give this article its well-sesevred rating. Shearonink (talk) 16:45, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Notice about adminship to participants at this project
Many participants here create a lot of content, may have to evaluate whether or not a subject is notable, decide if content complies with BLP policy, and much more. Well, these are just some of the skills considered at Requests for adminship.

So, please consider taking a look at and watchlisting this page:


 * Requests for adminship/Optional RfA candidate poll

You could be very helpful in evaluating potential candidates, and even finding out if you would be a suitable RfA candidate.

Many thanks and best wishes,

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Told by an Idiot - article writing request
Hello,

I've been advised to post on here with my request to create an article for the theatre company I work for. We have been told by many audience members that due to our reputation and the fact that we are an established company, they are disappointed to see we don't have a wikipedia page. I was wondering if anyone would be able to help please? I've listed the company with some sources here - (under Theatres and Organisations - 'T') https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Arts_and_entertainment/Performing_arts#T.E2.80.93Z

Told by an Idiot wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Told_by_an_Idiot&action=edit&redlink=1

I'd be very grateful if anyone is able to help! Jenholton (talk) 16:54, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

Dracula (play)
Hi, there. Today I proposed merging the article Dracula (1977 play) into Dracula (1924 play) — which might be better named Dracula (play). I hope that others can take part in the discussion. — WFinch (talk) 23:17, 25 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Support in both 1924 and 1977 plays being merged into Dracula (play), as all other current play articles are not notable in that regard. Best, --Discographer (talk) 00:09, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Support - seems to be the more notable of the Dracula plays.Mark E (talk) 08:09, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Notability
Hi all, Would appreciate your input here. Wikipedia talk:Notability Mark E (talk) 08:12, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

Free accounts for Drama Online (Bloomsbury) now available
Hi all, just wanted to let you know that you can now sign up for free access to Drama Online (from Bloomsbury) through The Wikipedia Library! And a reminder that recommendations for databases we don't have available yet are welcomed. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 19:08, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Site-specific theatre
Plenty of material could be added on history of site-specific theatre as well as connected theory. In particular, Mike Pearson's text Site-Specific Performance should be referenced, along with its bibliography of readings. A link or reference to the term “site-specific performance” would also be useful, which now currently is directed immediately to "site-specific art." A discussion of the distinction between site-specific theatre, site-specific art, and site-specific performance would also be helpful, especially as the term "performance" is utilized within both the theatre and visual art communities. Rmlouis (talk) 20:27, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

Popular pages report
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Can we able to create articles related to Theatres located in Sri Lanka?
I am trying to create articles about the theatres situated in Sri Lanka such as Regal Cinema,Heroes etc.I am also having the chief concerns regarding the notability issues.Still I have not planned to gather information related to these.Abishe (talk) 07:54, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
 * , you need to ensure that any theatre/cinema articles you are considering creating meet the basic requirements under WP:GNG. Don't just cut and paste information directly from the company's website, such as you did at Savoy Cinema (Sri Lanka), which is not only a breach of copyright but is also not an independent reliable source. I'd suggest that you firstly create the article in draft and that way it can be checked/reviewed by other editors for notability before added to Wikipedia. Dan arndt (talk) 11:20, 30 May 2017 (UTC)


 * @.Yes I got the points now and in the future I will look to provide the reliable info to Wikipedia.It was an unfortunate incident.I am apologising for my tough mistakes.Abishe (talk) 04:26, 31 May 2017 (UTC)


 * , we all learn through our mistakes. As I suggested if you create an article in draft form (in your sandbox) then you can ask more experienced editors to review and give suggestions - that way avoiding the potential for it to be deleted before you have a chance to establish the subject's notability. Dan arndt (talk) 04:44, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

IOBDB changed its URLs -- please help with cleanup
The Lortel Archives recently changed its URL addresses, and so all of our IOBDB links have gone dead. All the pages using the IOBDB templates have been placed into Category:Pages using a generic version of Template:iobdb. So, Wikipedia needs help to clean up 1,300 IOBDB dead links, and an admin has broken the links in order to create error messages and attract clean-up. Please help us. Here is the procedure: If you're looking for a specific person (say, Franklin Underwood, you'd end up here). To fix it, go to the Lortel search page here, put in his name and search. On the next screen, click on the red link to his name, and that will bring you to his listing. Get his ID number from the address bar at the top (25087), and copy it. Then go to his Wikipedia article and change the template to. For a venue, you'd use iobdb venue, and for a specific production you'd use iobdb title, all with the same procedure. Full instructions are at each template's documentation, as well as the category page. -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:01, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
 * , for the umpteenth time, I did not break the links. Lortel changed their URL scheme, and so every link on every page was broken. None of the extant usage is broken at the moment because I fixed the templates, but they are not pointing to the best URLs. I would appreciate it if you stopped trying to paint me as an evil villain. Primefac (talk) 22:08, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
 * However, Ssilvers makes a good point regarding the scale; we could use the help. Primefac (talk) 22:23, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Theatre/COTM
A contributor has asked for a discussion regarding WikiProject Theatre/COTM. As that is a subpage of this WikiProject, input is welcome atWikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Theatre/COTM. Thanks, — Godsy (TALK CONT ) 04:10, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

Help/eyes needed
has been edit-warring at length on Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat to change the infobox entries contrary to the style guidelines of this project. Moreover, the user has a long history, going back to August 2013, of frequent talkpage warnings about edit-warring and disruptive editing, which he always removes. He also leaves no edit summaries, or (now) misleading edit summaries. Could people put that article on their watch lists and help revert as appropriate? I don't want to breach 3RR. Thanks. Softlavender (talk) 04:36, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

Theatre of Zambia
Can someone find a way to improve Theatre of Zambia? It was kept in AFD discussion with everyone clamoring for notability, but not a soul wanted to add a single thing to the article, and it's still in horrible shape. Apparently closing an AFD as "keep" magically adds sources to the article somehow. If this is a notable subject, then can someone please add on it? Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 23:01, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

Suggestion for addition to article on Dylan Thomas's "Under Milk Wood"
Hope you can add the brilliant Australian play called Under Mulga Wood: An Imitation, A Play for Australian Voices by William Christie (published 2004, by Mumford and More, New South Wales, Australia). It's a witty homage that translates Thomas's Welsh seaside drama to a dry bush village called "Goadabuggerai," a typically funny play on Thomas's town's name as an anagram for Buggerall"! prefix:Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Theatre/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alfredriggs (talk • contribs) 23:57, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Disambiguation links on pages tagged by this wikiproject
Wikipedia has many thousands of wikilinks which point to disambiguation pages. It would be useful to readers if these links directed them to the specific pages of interest, rather than making them search through a list. Members of WikiProject Disambiguation have been working on this and the total number is now below 20,000 for the first time. Some of these links require specialist knowledge of the topics concerned and therefore it would be great if you could help in your area of expertise.

A list of the relevant links on pages which fall within the remit of this wikiproject can be found at http://69.142.160.183/~dispenser/cgi-bin/topic_points.py?banner=WikiProject_Theatre

Please take a few minutes to help make these more useful to our readers.&mdash; Rod talk 19:04, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Note that several of these are false positives caused by the dabsolver not noticing deliberate links to dab pages in hatnotes. --Xover (talk) 18:28, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for checking on them. There are various discussions about how to handle intentional links to dab pages and other issues relating to automated tagging and lists at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Disambiguation if you would like to get involved in these difficult issues.&mdash; Rod talk 18:37, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Expand/improve an article?
Hi! I have a student who recently created an article, Theatre for Young Audiences. This looks like it's the same thing as children's theater (and if so, then it needs to be moved to this title), which doesn't seem to have an article on Wikipedia as it instead redirects to the main page for theatre. The article is fairly basic and can definitely use some overall TLC from people familiar with children's theater who are willing to expand this to add in more about its overall history and other things specific to it. This is a good launching off point, I think. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:45, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Notification of WP:RFC regarding including historical figures in navboxes
Join the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Templates.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:59, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

Sheringham Little Theatre
Sheringham Little Theatre is an article that's getting little attention from regular users. A host of ever changing IPs that seem to be used by people connected with the theater are frequently adding in advertising/POV language to the article to promote the theater. Over the last 6 or so months I've been trying to respond to it and keep it as neutral as possible, but the IPs keep returning to change it to their liking. Could I ask that others take a look at it and make it more appropriate/neutral, and that you further watchlist it to help monitor going forward? Additionally, I've started a section on its talk page to discuss the youth section that the IPs keep adding in which is primarily just a list of shows the children's theater program has put on. Thank you, only (talk) 14:32, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Again, I request additional eyes on this article, and request contributors to engage in the discussion at Talk:Sheringham Little Theatre where I have outlined my issues with the article to help resolve this edit war between myself and the IP editors. Thank you, only (talk) 22:12, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

RfC on the inclusion of an infobox on Talk:Cary Grant
You are invited to comment at Talk:Cary Grant where there's an ongoing RfC on the inclusion of an infobox. jcc (tea and biscuits) 18:44, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

David Ogden Stiers sexuality RFC
There is an RFC which may be of interest to the members of this wikiproject Talk:David_Ogden_Stiers ResultingConstant (talk) 21:53, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Neutral notice
A move request regarding Deadline.com / Deadline Hollywood, a website often cited by this Project, is taking place at Talk:Deadline Hollywood. It is scheduled to end in seven days.--Tenebrae (talk) 19:33, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject
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Thank you. &mdash; The Transhumanist  07:58, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Requesting re-assessment of articles
I've been working on improving some theatre articles that were previously marked as stub or start class articles. If someone can re-assess them, that would be great. (Also: is there a better process for requesting a new assessment than posting something here?)


 * The Stepmother (play)
 * The Man Who Pays The Piper
 * Naomi Iizuka (this one was probably already past stub-class when I started working on it)

Thanks - Kenirwin/ (talk) 13:26, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

Actors in plot summaries
Please see Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Film

Gist: MOS:FILM and MOS:TV are in conflict about whether to give actors' names in plot summaries. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  01:59, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Gaslight (play)
I've initiated a request to move the article about Patrick Hamilton's 1938 Victorian-era thriller from Gaslight (play), its most popular current title, to Gas Light (play), the title by which the play was copyrighted and originally performed. The article was moved from Gas Light only recently, after being created as Angel Street, one of the U.S. titles given to the play after its premiere in London. The article was moved to Gas Light (play) in 2006. In 2007 it was moved to simply Gas Light. I examined the documentation for Template:Infobox play, hoping that a method for displaying alternative titles was part of the mix, but I find it is not. Please consider visiting Talk:Gaslight (play) and sharing your views on the best article title, and how best to handle the alternative titles (which also include Five Chelsea Lane). Thanks. — WFinch (talk) 02:01, 7 August 2018 (UTC)

Dispute resolution requested at Desperate Measures (musical)
There are two or more users at Desperate Measures (musical) who disagree about the inclusion of cast lists for this play.

If anyone here can comment on usual practice then that would be very welcome. Thanks.  Blue Rasberry  (talk)  21:44, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
 * In this discussion people are citing Broadway world. If you have capacity to jump into a dispute they could use your guidance on whether to reflect cast lists from that database in a Wikipedia article.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  15:48, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm not seeing any discussion that specifically requires input. Softlavender (talk) 02:45, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Broadway World
Could someone consider creating an article on Broadway World (however you want to spell or style it)? It is cited in ~6,000 Wikipedia articles but we still don't have an article on it. I'm asking you guys because I think someone else would do a more effective job than me. Note: There apparently was an article at one point, which got AfDed in 2008, but I think things have changed enough that a carefully constructed and cited article would stand. Softlavender (talk) 15:36, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I do not think this topic meets Wikipedia's WP:NOTABILITY criteria.
 * However, this is a systemic problem Wikipedia needs to address. Beyond you raising this issue I am seeing growing interest in talking about this. I drafted something out at Notability (reliable sources). I would appreciate any feedback that you have on the talk page there.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  15:47, 26 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Update: I've found sufficient sources to create a Wikipedia article that meets notability guidelines. It took some digging since searches about websites tend to mainly turn up links to that website. Anyway, although I haven't written the article yet, I will get around to it, so this situation is resolved. Softlavender (talk) 04:58, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

Free accounts for Drama Online (Bloomsbury) now available
Hi all, just a reminder that free access is available to Wikipedians for Drama Online (from Bloomsbury) through The Wikipedia Library, which may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. You can sign up for a free account now! Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 09:40, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

Excessive listing of non-notable Theatrical appearances
At Sally Struthers, there seems to be an ever-increasing (almost COI) listing of non-notable theatrical appearances for this BLP's summer stock, especially at the Ogunquit Theater. I know at other articles on WP such as a song - when lists of covers become undue weight - they need to be scrubbed and only include substantial notable listings. At present, this BLP article reads like a resume - the television section is merely a copy of her IMDB (which is already listed), and her filmography lists films that are not even WP linked. I would like to go in and clean these sections - reducing them to partial / notable mentions - and set a consensus (precedent). Is there a WP Theatre policy that backs such excessive listing within BLP articles? Thanks. (asked at Teahouse; brought here on request) Maineartists (talk) 13:06, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

More eyes on Desperate Measures (musical)
A consensus discussion has been on going and the article could use more input from experienced editors.--Mark Miller (talk) 23:54, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Input requested at Talk:Othello
There is a discussion at Talk:Othello regarding which image to use in the lede of Othello, and your input would be appreciated. --Xover (talk) 18:04, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Karim Asir
I would need help at the newly created Karim Asir. Bus stop (talk) 21:31, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

David Cale
Hi! I've been basically retired from Wikipedia for a while, but I noticed that there wasn't an article for the prolific playwright/actor David Cale, and since there's a fair amount of citable material online I went ahead and added one. I could certainly use some more input on this and I've put a few questions on the talk page. ←Hob 23:40, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

Francis Cleveland
Hello. I've just created Francis Cleveland. Feel free to expand the "career" section with more referenced content about the plays he directed if you can. Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 01:13, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Fright Night
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Fright Night. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:44, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Was wondering whether someone from this WikiProject might take a look at this to help assess whether it's something worth mentioning in the film's article. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:45, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

WikiJournal of Humanities published first article
T.Shafee(Evo &#38; Evo)talk 09:35, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

FYI
Talk:Dracula_(1924_play) In ictu oculi (talk) 09:30, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

Page move request
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Mary Poppins (musical) that would benefit by your input. Please come and help!  Paine Ellsworth , ed. put'r there 16:24, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

Looking for help
Hi,

I was looking for some small help. I created a new article en:Kithaab-a play about women rights issues- which has been copy edited and is ready for translation in various languages. Looking for your possible help in translating the article en:Kithaab to your language. If you are unable to spare time yourself then may be you like to refer the same to some other translator.

Thanking you, with warm regards

Bookku (talk) 04:08, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Adding Sue Hastings Marionettes & Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts to the American marionette troupes section
I recent edited the bio article on Sue Hastings. I believe the Sue Hastings Marionettes (NY, NY), which consisted of more than 50 touring troupes, and Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts (Dallas, TX.) deserve to mentioned in the Amercan troupes paragraph. FaerieShaman77 (talk) 03:09, 31 January 2019 (UTC)FaerieShaman77, January 30, 2019

Theatrical plays' notability criteria
Greetings, all. Please be informed that a suggestion to adopt notability criteria for theatrical plays, similar to WP:NFILM, has been posted up here at the Village Pump, in case anyone's interested to comment. -The Gnome (talk) 08:43, 1 February 2019 (UTC)

WP 1.0 Bot Beta
Hello! Your WikiProject has been selected to participate in the WP 1.0 Bot rewrite beta. This means that, starting in the next few days or weeks, your assessment tables will be updated using code in the new bot, codenamed Lucky. You can read more about this change on the Wikipedia 1.0 Editorial team page. Thanks! audiodude (talk) 06:47, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Pageants
I have written several articles on women involved with early 20th century theatrical pageants (Glenna Smith Tinnin, Hazel MacKaye). I may eventually try to produce an article on them, but it would be better if someone with some actual theater history chops would do it. These were not beauty pageants, these were theatrical productions with elaborate costumes, sometimes hundreds of participants, and very popular. Anybody game? Brianyoumans (talk) 15:09, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Shrek the Musical
There was a discussion about this article at WP:LGBT studies, which can be found. I'm hoping that an editor here with experience in theatre-related articles can help with whether or not these productions/script changes were notable and if so, some input on what should be included in the reception section of the article. Clovermoss (talk) 15:42, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

Frank Matcham
Hello, I have just nominated the above at FAC should anyone wish to offer a review. Much thanks in advance.  Cassianto Talk  15:41, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Jermyn Street Theatre
The "Stub" ranking needs updating. The article has been updated to include history, productions, awards and nominations, and numerous citations. I think the page deserves a "C" or a "B" ranking, but I'm an intern right now and I think the last person to make major changes was also an intern (source: my boss), so I'd rather someone else make that edit. Michael Chase Jr (talk) 12:07, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
 * - Done. It is certainly more than a Stub and I'm sure one could argue for B rather than C. But I'll let someone more knowledgeable as to theatre make that call. If I had a small criticism, some of the language is a little peacocky; "It received a lot of attention", "successful productions", "the rising success of Jermyn Street Theatre", "praised revivals", "innovative adaptations", "outstanding musicals". I might tone some of that down to make it less "promotional" and more encyclopedic. Best regards. KJP1 (talk) 10:31, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

100% Assessed, Working on "Needs Attention"
As of this writing, 100% of the 20,000+ pages tagged for this project have an assessment for both quality and importance. That's not to claim that all of those assessments are current and accurate, but there is at least a starting point to help anyone who wants to target particular classes of articles for improvement (such as B-class articles that might be improved to GA/FA, or high-importance stub/start articles that could be expanded). Next up, I'm looking at the articles in Category:Theatre articles needing attention, many of which were tagged years ago with no particular reason explained. I'm hoping a cleanup of outdated tags will allow us to use the category for its intended purpose, as a place that can be monitored for articles that need more specific attention than just general improvement. --RL0919 (talk) 02:20, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

New media available for early 20th-century media and media persons
I wanted to let this project know that I am uploading a few thousand new public-domain images to Commons that might be useful to you. The images come from the collection of J. Willis Sayre and were digitized by the University of Washington. They date from the first quarter of the 20th century and are largely portrait shots of various people involved in theater, film, and other media at that time, and shots of scenes from plays and films.

You can make use of these images in articles, and we also need help categorizing them on Commons.

All the images are in Commons:Category:Images from the J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs. The upload will be finished within the next day. – BMacZero (🗩) 20:50, 24 July 2019 (UTC)


 * That looks like a great cache. With just a quick skim I almost immediately found an image that I could use on a previously unillustrated article. But it will be a significant job to categorize them. --RL0919 (talk) 21:42, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
 * That's true. Once I get them all up I may be able to reduce the load by at least categorizing them by the name of the person or play depicted, if that entity already has a category on Commons. – BMacZero (🗩) 00:52, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Portal:William Shakespeare for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:William Shakespeare is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:William Shakespeare until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America1000 08:17, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Page On Brecht Obsessed With Supposed Marxism
Seems to want to minimise any discussion of Verfremdungseffekt which I have added back into the article heading where it was previously largely discussion about "Nazis" and "Communists" with little to no understanding of his real notability. Mrspaceowl (talk) 10:37, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

Portal:Theatre
Proposal to delete all portals

The discussion is at Village pump (proposals). Voceditenore (talk) 07:47, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Windsor Light Music Theatre
There's a discussion at Talk:Windsor Light Music Theatre, if anyone is interested. Voceditenore (talk) 10:19, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:25, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Associating a director with non-directoral theatre awards?
Hello all, I was discussing Moritz von Stuelpnagel with on my talk page and neither of us is sure whether it's appropriate for the page to list so many non-directoral Tony Awards - see the bottom three paragraphs of the Biography section, which lists a number of awards for plays he directed. The question is whether it's normal to list the awards won by a play he directed, even if he wasn't named on the awards, or whether that's more like claiming importance by association. Thoughts? creffett (talk) 14:06, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
 * In reviewing the Biography section as directed, I wouldn't use the word "appropriate" in regards to this style of content writing when it comes to encompassing multi-awarded shows. I would say: "necessary". That question - "Is it necessary" falls under the importance of such information regarding the subject, or is it just "filler" to make the subject seem more notable. In looking at this particular article / subject, I would say much of this article is filler and unnecessary. These lines: "Kline went on to win a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, as well as a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, for his performance in Present Laughter" and "McTeer was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play" are definitely "unnecessary." Also, the list of works should be scrubbed to only those that are WP linked and notable, and actually mention the subject in the link. So, in answer to your question: no - it is not necessary to "lists a number of awards for plays he directed." IMHO Maineartists (talk) 14:29, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Blocking (stage) - articles and interlanguage links organization
Blocking (stage) is apparently the subset of direction relative to actor placement. (I am not entirely sure how it does not fall under the more general term of choreography, to which it could conceivably be merged, but I am not an expert by any means.) It is linked to this wikidata item with interlanguage links to fr:Didascalie, it:Didascalia, which cover a different thing - text indications from the author (or editor), covering not only actor placement but also emotional state, unspoken actions, etc. Note that we have an article didascaly but it's a dictionary definition (the #2 meaning is very close to the meaning of the French term).

The wikidata item also links to de:Regieanweisung, which is apparently the subset of the text indications (de:Nebentext) that refer to actor placement. It is also redirected from de:Bühnenanweisung (literally "stage instruction"). I thus believe it to be somewhat intermediary between the staging and didascalie/didascalia concepts.

In my opinion the thing to do would be breaking up the current wikidata item into:
 * one about indications in the text of a play - including fr:Didascalie, it:Didascalia, de:Nebentext (currently a redirect to de:Haupttext, the other part of the text), possibly linking to no en-wp articles if didascaly is an obscure term in that language
 * one about choreography - possibly simply.

Thoughts? Tigraan Click here to contact me 10:57, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

Request for comment: Should we list a prominent award in articles about another award?
Please take part in the discussion which applies to many types of awards, for film, television, theatre, etc. See Talk:Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film.

Should we host indicators of prominent awards in articles about other awards, in cases where the two awards are not mentioned by a reliable source listing both? For instance, indicating Academy Awards in other film awards articles, or indicating Emmy Awards in other television awards articles, or indicating Tony Awards in other theatre awards articles. Binksternet (talk) 22:21, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

New Theatre Comique - request for comment
A question has been raised as to whether this theater is notable. Any opinions would be appreciated. Thank you. Vzeebjtf (talk) 02:30, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Nominated Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for demotion
I have nominated Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for demotion at Featured list removal candidates/Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play/archive1. This notice serves as service of such. Therapyisgood (talk) 08:57, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Demotion of Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
Formal notice that Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play is up for demotion at Featured list removal candidates/Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play/archive1. Therapyisgood (talk) 09:25, 23 April 2020 (UTC)


 * I agree that since the list was made a Featured List it has been severely degraded. I would go back to this version, with updates.  I imagine that the situation is similar for the Featured Actor list.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:18, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Article Titles: Plays, Musicals, Operas
Have re-ignited the discussion about whether plays, musicals, operas can be regarded as books ref titling articles, in case any of you want to feed into it. -- BessieMaelstrom (talk) 14:41, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Antonyo awards
Please weigh in on the inclusion of Antonyo awards at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Musical_Theatre. BOVINEBOY 2008 12:13, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Edward Bond is low-importance?
A number of writers have referred to Bond as one of the greatest living British playwrights. The Independent‘s Lynne Walker also wrote in 2005 that in France he is the most performed playwright after Molière. I think that the page on him should be classed as Mid-Importance. AndrewOne (talk) 04:23, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Changed. Most articles about individuals (writers, actors, etc.) are low importance, so the person who assigned this back in 2008 may have just assumed. --RL0919 (talk) 15:21, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

The Antonyo Awards
Hi--I need some of you to help out on this brand-new and timely article. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 14:22, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

"Broadway Theatre People" break-up
I am in the process of removing people from the Category "Broadway Theatre People" and putting them into hopefully more useful subcategories like "Broadway actor", "Broadway theatre director", etc. This was suggested when the original category had a deletion discussion several years ago, and it seemed reasonable to me - it is large, and didn't seem as useful as it could be. I have so far been dropping the few playwrights who have made it into that category, because plays can be produced anywhere, and it is sometimes hard to say when something was written for Broadway. I think I should probably do the same with Broadway composers and lyricists, for the same reasons (again, there were few of them in the original "Broadway theatre people" category anyways). I'm not certain about that, though, since "Broadway composer" certainly seems like a recognizable idea. Anyways, if anyone would like to help or has thoughts, feel free. Brianyoumans (talk) 18:52, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Update: This is basically done at this point. It looks like the original "Broadway theatre people" category was mostly actors, but a number of other types of Broadway people had gotten mixed in due to the vague name. The new subcategories could still use more populating if this is going to be a useful set of categories. Brianyoumans (talk) 18:57, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Anton Chekhov for FAR
I have nominated Anton Chekhov for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Aza24 (talk) 22:45, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Cyclops
There is a stamp of yours stamped onto Cyclops (play) avowing your midlevel interest. Therefore somebody might be interested to know that I have given the article a kickstart, and now relinquish it with the keys. Untitled50reg (talk) 23:54, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Featured article review for Restoration Spectacular
I have nominated Restoration Spectacular for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. -- Beland (talk) 00:49, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

November focus on women in behind-the-scenes occupations
This November, wp:Women in Red is focusing on women working behind the scenes in theatre and broadcasting. We hope members of WP Theatre will be inspired to participate. You can find further details at Stage+Screen+Radio+Podcast. The Women in Red invitation for November is copied below. Please feel free to send it to any potentially interested participants or projects.

--Ipigott (talk) 11:05, 29 October 2020 (UTC) - and here in Caryl Jenner as a contribution for WP Theatre. Victuallers (talk) 15:11, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!
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John Millington Synge
There are a very few exceedingly minor instances of uncited text at Featured article John Millington Synge; is anyone able to fill those in? I have not tagged those instances as I do not want to deface the article. See WP:URFA/2020. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  14:34, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Should the page "Edward Bond" still be Start-Class?
I think that this article should (partly due to my edits earlier in the year) be ranked higher than Start-Class, and that it meets the C-Class criterion: "The article is substantial but is still missing important content or contains much irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup." (I am now focused on other editing efforts and thus I probably won't edit the page on Bond anytime soon, but I'm posting about the class because it came to mind as I was revisiting the talk page for the page on Bond.) AndrewOne (talk) 20:45, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

See RfC on changing DEADNAME on crediting individuals for previously released works
Please see Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Biography

This potentially would affect a significant number of articles. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  02:33, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Farce needs eyes
Farce is a "top importance" article for this project but has been reduced to a stub by removal of its list items with comment "Removing entirely unsourced list - a list of works is not valuable to this page, and the list was built up entirely without sources to explain any rationale for inclusion. List has been discussed multiple time on talk:page without any action - deleting". Someone here might like to rescue it. Pam D  07:55, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

Feedback on bio of Allen Lee Hughes
I submitted a a draft article on Allen Lee Hughes earlier this fall. I recently got feedback that sources lacked significant coverage. I added some more sources and I think the draft is comparable to articles about designers of similar status like Jane Greenwood and Paul Tazewell. I do have a conflict of interest, but as Hughes is the only African American to be nominated for a Tony Award for Lighting Design, I think he certainly qualifies under notability guidelines for living people. Bruce (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 23:18, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

Featured Article Review for The Country Wife
I have nominated The Country Wife for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. -- Beland (talk) 20:23, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Related WikiProject grant proposal
Hello all,

I have a grant proposal for submission to the Wikimedia Foundation to improve content on performing arts and theatre in New Zealand / Aotearoa.

It is called Performing Arts Aotearoa-WikiProject

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Performing_Arts_Aotearoa_-_Wiki_Project

I welcome your feedback and input.

Pakoire (talk) 06:03, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

AfD: Chris Ward (playwright)
There's an AfD that's almost due to be closed that isn't receiving much attention: Articles for deletion/Chris Ward (playwright). I wasn't familiar with the article's subject but I nonetheless have tried to find reliable sources to help the article meet WP:GNG. I encourage anyone to venture an opinion on the matter, even if it's just to say, nice try but it still doesn't meet the notability guideline. Cheers, GentlemanGhost   (séance)  15:03, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Assessments complete
At this moment, all articles with the WikiProject banner have been given assessments. To clear the backlog, I rated roughly 200 of them in the past few weeks. In almost all cases, I assessed the importance as "low." If I have underestimated an article's importance to the project, please feel free to change it. And don't forget to upgrade an article's assessment as it improves. Cheers, GentlemanGhost   (séance)  19:01, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Splitting discussion for Passion Play
An article that been involved with (Passion Play) has content that is proposed to be removed and moved to another article (UK Passion Plays). If you are interested, please visit the discussion. Thank you. AngusW🐶🐶F ( bark  •  sniff ) 18:59, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Feedback requested on Draft:Hannah_Elsy_(Producer)
I'd be grateful for advice on how to improve the this draft to make it ready for publication: Draft:Hannah_Elsy_(Producer). Hannah is a theatrical producer active in the UK since 2014. Thanks in advance, Grantem2000 (talk) 12:09, 15 February 2021 (UTC)


 * One thing you might do is to quote from the secondary sources about her and her productions. While this isn't necessary to establish her notability for inclusion, it can only help. Linking the articles as references is good but incorporating the content into the prose (with attribution) is even better. Also, a bit of minutia, the Manual of Style guideline for play titles is to put them in italics, not bold. Cheers, GentlemanGhost   (séance)  23:22, 15 February 2021 (UTC)


 * many thanks; show titles now in italics. I will look to quote from secondary sources as you suggest when I next add additional sources. Thanks again, Grantem2000 (talk) 09:44, 16 February 2021 (UTC)


 * You're welcome! -- GentlemanGhost  (séance)  11:28, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Category:Miscellaneous play character redirects to lists has been nominated for deletion
Category:Miscellaneous play character redirects to lists has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. -B RAINULATOR 9 (TALK) 02:16, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

Leanna Keyes
Leanna Keyes is a new article created yesterday without going through WP:AFC. Would someone from this WikiProject mind looking it over and assessing it? -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:41, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

Good article reassessment
She Has a Name, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Vaticidalprophet 05:54, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Barnstar


Introducing the Theatre Barnstar. Jerm (talk) 23:03, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

Request for input
Opinions, whatever they be, would be appreciated at Talk:David March (actor).4meter4 (talk) 14:58, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Request for collaboration
Does someone wanna help me with Draft:List of Broadway productions by year this? Much help appreciated :D!  Heart  (talk) 02:24, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Performing arts and theatre in New Zealand
There is a current project running in New Zealand funded by the Wikimedia Foundation to increase content on Performing Arts in Aotearoa / New Zealand. Any editors from outside of New Zealand are also invited to participate. For more information this is the project page: and this is the grant application:

It is a focus of the project to ensure content of women and Indigenous Peoples theatre practioners to address the balance in Wikipedia. There are many suggested articles for creation or improvement and resources available on-line. Please feel free to contact me on my talk page for more information.

Many thanks, Pakoire (talk) 22:53, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Wiki Indaba 2021 is here!
Hosted by the Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda, the first ever virtual Wiki Indaba conference is taking place online from the 5th to the 7th of November 2021 under the theme Rethink + Reset : Visions of the future.

Wiki Indaba 2021 is a unique opportunity to come together to build the capacity of African Wikimedians both within the continent and the diaspora to foster the growth of the coverage and our involvement in Wikimedia projects.

The call for submissions is open, please submit your session proposal either as a presentation, panel discussion, lightning talk, or workshop before September 24th 2021.

Most importantly, we would like to have you at the conference, please register here to get your free ticket and spread the word to your community members.

Looking forward to seeing you and hearing you speak at the conference.

Geoffrey Kateregga (talk) 23:45, 16 September 2021 (UTC) - On behalf of the Wiki Indaba 2021 Local Organizing Committee

Draft:List of Broadway productions by year
I am currently working on a three year project that could use attention/help. It is a list of Broadway productions by year, and a very helpful resource can be found in the talk page. Regards,  Heart  (talk) 06:05, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

Article review help
Hi! I'm new to Wikipedia and looking to expand the information available about culture in Mexico, where I'm from. We have a theatre ceremony I wanted to write about: Draft:Los_Metro. I was wondering if there were any experienced users who would like to review it?

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carosxyz (talk • contribs) 17:49, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!
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Articles for deletion/Stephen Hogan
Article is Stephen Hogan. Borderline notability and AFD discussion is voluminous. Was deleted at AFD and then creator went to DRV  and AFD was re-opened. Needs expert eyes. Softlavender (talk) 23:56, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 13:21, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Category talk:Plays about race and ethnicity
Looking for input about subcategories. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:15, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Troy Kotsur
Regarding the actor Troy Kotsur, there is a content dispute about covering his stage credits. Editors involved with theater articles are invited to comment here: Talk:Troy Kotsur. Erik (talk &#124; contrib) (ping me) 00:29, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Shaw Festival
Hi! I don't really know much about theatre so I was hoping someone who was could give me a second opinion here. There's some more background at Talk:Shaw Festival, but the gist is that I thought it sounded kind of more like an ad than an encylopedia article. I think there's a potential for the article to get in much better shape as independant/reliable sources seem to exist, even if the article mostly cites primary sources at the moment. Anyways, I'd really appreciate more eyes if there's anyone whose active in this WikiProject that is potentially interested. Thanks! Clover moss (talk) 04:37, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like and turns it into something like
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from cite web, cite journal and doi.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:02, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Looking for peer review of Paul Goodman, author and playwright
Hi all, I'm looking for peer reviews of our article on the American public intellectual and playwright Paul Goodman before it goes to FAC, if anyone would be so inclined: Peer review/Paul Goodman/archive1. No prior experience necessary—just want to know how it reads for a general audience, given that the content gets a bit obtuse. czar 19:15, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

Proposed splitting of Pierrot article
Hi everyone, I am thinking of splitting the latter part of the article along the lines of this: Cultural references to Hamlet. Any suggestions? If so, please join the discussion on the Pierrot talk page. -- Melchior2006 (talk) 07:41, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

Women comedians
Members of this project may be interested to know that this month Women in Red is focusing on Comedians, many of whom are associated with the theatre. Please feel free to join in.--Ipigott (talk) 08:22, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

Theatre of Italy
We need your help to make Draft:Theatre of Italy better! Thanks! Vaselineeeeeeee★★★ 21:40, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Requesting peer review of theater article which appears to be overly detailed
An Admin suggested that I bring this to the attention of the Project. A few days ago, I was patrolling Recent Changes when I noticed a large amount of detail had been added to New Victory Theater. Is this level of detail normal? –Skywatcher68 (talk) 14:46, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Involved comment, as I am the editor who added this text to the article. It is worth noting that the prose size of this article is about 40,000 bytes (specifically, 40250 characters (6534 words) "readable prose size"). This is within the limit proscribed by WP:SIZERULE, which says that an article may need to be divided above 50,000 prose bytes and "almost certainly should be divided" above 100,000 prose bytes. All active theaters listed on List of Broadway theaters (with one exception) have this level of detail, as do many former Broadway theaters, such as this one. To my knowledge, the largest Broadway theater articles are Studio 54 (46584 characters (7621 words) "readable prose size")) and New Amsterdam Theatre (46031 characters (7471 words) "readable prose size"). Anyone is welcome to weigh in on whether some specific details may need to be cut, but in all cases, I think the history of the theater justifies the added reading material. Quality articles about West End theaters, such as Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and Her Majesty's Theatre, also have a similar level of detail. – Epicgenius (talk) 14:17, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Seems to be a very well written and well sourced article. Blethering   Scot  22:35, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Draft:Will Arbery
I noticed there was a draft for playwright Will Arbery. He has received numerous awards including being a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Any help would be appreciated. Thriley (talk) 02:40, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Merge proposal at Talk:Mary Stevenson (actress)
Comments would be appreciated at Talk:Mary Stevenson (actress).4meter4 (talk) 17:42, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

Augustine citation in "Later allusion" in article Eunuchus
This is simply false; likely the text has been mangled by a vandal or prankster:

"Augustine of Hippo in The City of God (II.7) cites Chaerea's speech from Act III, Scene 5, on the descent of Jupiter onto the lap of Danaë in the form of a golden shower as an authoritative precedent to justify his own licentious behaviour as likely to corrupt schoolboys."

An accurate statement would say:

"Augustine of Hippo in The City of God (II.7) cites Chaerea's speech from Act III, Scene 5 (wherein Charea cites the descent of Jupiter onto the lap of Danaë as authoritative precedent to justify his own licentious behavior with Pamphilia) as an example of how "the worshippers of the Roman gods" ... possessed by what Persius calls 'the burning poison of lust,'" prefer to follow Jupiter but would do better to listen to "public recitals of the laws of the [Greek] gods."

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Nicene_and_Post-Nicene_Fathers:_Series_I/Volume_II/City_of_God/Book_II/Chapter_7 185.12.159.218 (talk) 15:41, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

RfC over whether or not James Joyce should have an infobox
I dream of horses (Contribs) (Talk) 20:41, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

Barn theatre
Can someone write up this subject?

Initially I "squatted" this title for those in Lithuania (now Barn theatres in Lithuania), but soon I realized that it is a common historical topic in GB and US as well, so I moved my page. Lokys dar Vienas (talk) 05:25, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

When to add an upcoming stage production to a table listing a person's stage credits
There is a discussion over at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Actors_and_Filmmakers about when it is appropriate to add an upcoming stage production (e.g., play or musical) to a table in a "Stage performances" (or similarly named section) in a performer's biography. This could also apply to notable persons in non-performing roles (e.g., director, choreographer, etc.). Interested editors active in this project are invited to participate in that discussion. &mdash; Archer1234  (t·c) 21:41, 2 March 2023 (UTC)


 * The discussion continues and now includes whether individual dates (past or future) and locations for national tours should be listed in a cast/crew member's credits (see the "Theatre" section of ). &mdash; Archer1234  (t·c) 19:53, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Deborah Kerr
Deborah Kerr has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 00:29, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

Is this detail about his first performance WP:DUE for the body of Laurence Olivier?
See this discussion on the talk page.

In December 2022, I added (underlined): his first stage appearance was in a sketch called The Unfailing Instinct at the Brighton Hippodrome in August 1925. He tripped and fell on his face during the performance. Today, a user removed these 10 words with the edit summary: trimming unencyclopaedic trivia.

Donald Spoto's 1941 biography (page 44):


 * After four weeks on tour with this trifle in Manchester, Liverpool and Brighton, his salary of two pounds was slightly augmented when he was asked to be assistant stage manager and play the silent policeman in a melodrama, The Ghost Train, in which ‘Miller had scored a great success in London. No such success was Olivier’s: the Brighton drama correspondent alluded to him only to note his unintentionally dramatic entry onstage.. Heedless of the stage manager’s warning about the set’s raised doorsill, Olivier reduced a tense scene to giddy farce as he tripped, sliding precariously toward the footlights. He fared no better in his next employment..."

Anthony Holden's 1947 biography (page 326):


 * Twenty-two years his junior, Joan Plowright was young enough to be Olivier's daughter, precisely the role she played at the Palace Theatre, taking over the part of Jean Rice from Dorothy Tutin....Though she too was married - to the actor Roger Gage - there followed a "euphoric" progress through Glasgow, Edinburgh and Oxford to the Brighton Hippodrome - the scene of Olivier's first professional stage entrance, flat on his face, over thirty years before."

John Cottrell's 1975 biography (page 34):


 * "That summer Olivier made his first professional stage appearance since leaving drama school, and he literally fell flat on his face. The occasion was a sketch called Unfailing Instinct, put on as a curtain- raiser before a Brighton Hippodrome production of Arthur Ridley's new play The Ghost Train. Again and again the eighteen-year-old novice had been warned about the importance of lifting his feet as he came on stage via a door built into the scenery on a wooden base. It made not a dime's worth of difference. On the cue for his entrance he stumbled stupidly into the base of the door frame and plunged head- first into the footlights with sufficient impact to earn his first, brief notice as a pro: "Mr. Laurence Olivier made a good deal out of a rather small part."

Francis Beckett's 2005 biography (page 16):


 * "[His first performance was also] one of the most dramatic: he fell headlong, his face coming to rest in the footlights. There was a torrent of laughter from the packed house, and when he eventually left the stage, they gave him a round of applause."

Terry Coleman's 2006 biography (Pages 25, 485):


 * "The first time he appeared on stage as an actor, in public, was at the Brigthon Hippodrome at a charity gala at the beginning of August 1925, and it was in music hall, and he fell flat on his face...Olivier was in the one straight act of the evening, a short curtain-raising sketch called The Unfailing Instinct.""

It's also mentioned prominently in this New York Times review of Olivier's 1985 Autobiography Confessions of an Actor:


 * "In 1925 he made his first appearance on a professional stage, on a variety bill in Brighton, and he made his entrance by tripping over the sill of a door in the scenery. He sailed through the air right into the footlights, and the accident provoked the largest laugh he has ever received in his life as an actor."

The user who removed (User:SchroCat) has further said: We are not writing a book-length biography, we are writing a summary of his career.

Is this information DUE inclusion? Please participate at the discussion linked above. Thanks. — Shibboleth ink  (♔ ♕) 17:52, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

Project-independent quality assessments
Quality assessments by Wikipedia editors rate articles in terms of completeness, organization, prose quality, sourcing, etc. Most wikiprojects follow the general guidelines at Content assessment, but some have specialized assessment guidelines. A recent Village pump proposal was approved and has been implemented to add a class parameter to WikiProject banner shell, which can display a general quality assessment for an article, and to let project banner templates "inherit" this assessment.

No action is required if your wikiproject follows the standard assessment approach. Over time, quality assessments will be migrated up to WikiProject banner shell, and your project banner will automatically "inherit" any changes to the general assessments for the purpose of assigning categories.

However, if your project has decided to "opt out" and follow a non-standard quality assessment approach, all you have to do is modify your wikiproject banner template to pass WPBannerMeta a new custom parameter. If this is done, changes to the general quality assessment will be ignored, and your project-level assessment will be displayed and used to create categories, as at present. Aymatth2 (talk) 21:32, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Help sought
I delayed deleting expiring draft Draft:4 Acting Tony Nominations because I thought there might be some way to reuse the information collected here. Anyone interested in spending a bit of time polishing up this list so that it is in good enough shape to be put in main space? Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 01:55, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Input request
Comments appreciated at Talk:List of plays adapted into feature films.4meter4 (talk) 18:57, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

Citizens for the Adelphi Theater
I came across this article randomly and thought that the encyclopedia might be better served by an article on the historic theatre itself, with a small section on this non-profit (which probably wouldn't survive an AFD). Anyone willing to take on that project?4meter4 (talk) 12:33, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

The Poor of New York v.s. The Streets of New York (play)
Hi all. I just came across The Poor of New York while researching on creating an article on the 1913 silent film The Streets of New York which is based on the play by Dion Boucicault. I noticed the play article did not even mention the alternative title of the work, "The Streets of New York", which in googling looks like it has been published under that title as well as performed under that title. I therefore created a redirect at The Streets of New York (play) and added it to the disambiguation page at The Streets of New York. I also created a The Poor of New York section where you will notice all film adaptations have used the title "The Streets of New York". I also found an NYT review of a recent production title, The Streets of New York, which appears to be a musical adaptation. Ultimately, my question in all of this is, what article title should we use? It appears the play has been published under both titles. The Poor of New York is the original title, but all the adaptations use The Streets of New York and it looks like contemporary stagings use this title as well. I'm fine leaving it as is, but it's possible users might be more likely to search for the play under the title "The Streets of New York". Thoughts?4meter4 (talk) 18:51, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

Input request
Members may wish to comment here as some theatre actors, directors, etc. have been the recipient of this award. The outcome could also impact other categories on awards in the arts by setting a precedent. All opinions welcome. See Categories for discussion/Log/2023 July 1.4meter4 (talk) 19:18, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

FAR for His Majesty's Theatre, London
User:Buidhe has nominated His Majesty's Theatre, London for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:08, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Featured Article Save Award for His Majesty's Theatre, London
There is a Featured Article Save Award nomination at Wikipedia talk:Featured article review/His Majesty's Theatre, London/archive1. Please join the discussion to recognize and celebrate editors who helped assure this article would retain its featured status. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  01:02, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

I'm working on editing the Three Act Page
I've been researching for books and history of the Three Act structure so I can fix that page, but the thing is the history of it coincides almost one to one with the Five-act structure. I'm not sure how to proceed. Should the Five Act structure redirect to three act, or should it have a new title?

The contents I'd propose has things like the myths of the Three Act structure, the rise of structuralism with plot, as suggested by Barthes, and the figures that actually pout it together--which is not Aristotle, but more a misunderstanding of Aristotle. I do have sources (primary) for all of it, so it's not original research. But often Three act and Five act are almost lockstep with each other as saw, someone like Kenneth Row, who argued roughly for Five Act, shows up in Three Act arguements. And the person who coined "inciting incident" (as a phrase). Refers to three act, but then it shows up in the Five act structure as well.

So any advice about how to get this to work would really help.

There's also the fact it's kind of the Structuralists v. Modernists. (coined by Barthes as structuralist).--KimYunmi (talk) 15:12, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

Proposed merge of Minstrels' gallery into Gallery (theatre)
I've opened a merge discussion at Talk:Gallery (theatre) that concerns this WikiProject. I'd appreciate any input from members! —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 02:01, 30 July 2023 (UTC)