Talk:List of notable musical theatre productions
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This list was moved from Musical theater. This list needs to be wikified! --Samuel Wantman 23:11, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Criteria for inclusion
What are the criteria for inclusion on this list? Instead of "notable", which has a pretty low bar on Wikipedia, what if we say "important"? Here's a For instance: Flower Drum Song. Sure, it's "notable", but it's not particularly important in the development or history of the musical. But it's an "also ran" compared to most other R&H musicals. It's less interesting as an "Asian" musical than, say, "Pacific Overtures" or even "M" Butterfly. I say, cut FDS. Fantasticks wasn't on the list. I added it.
What about:
- "The Mystery of Edwin Drood"? That's an interesting musical because of the audience voting alone.
- "Little Shop of Horrors", where stuff comes out of the ceiling at you? People were freaked out!
- "Urinetown"? It took cajones to try to sell a musical called Urinetown.
- Cinderella - Was supposed to be a one-off TV program, but Julie Andrews made it a big hit
Can we arrive at a consensus on what ought to be on or off the list? --Ssilvers 08:40, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- According to IBDB the musical Mamma Mia! has run for 1,998 performances (as of August 18, 2006, it's still going) which would place it at number 22. It makes me wonder how the list was compiled and if there are many others that are missing. I know IBDB.com is reliable for the number of performances, so I'll dig around on that site to try and find if they have a resource that would be helpful in verifying the current list. Lmr5069 07:37, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
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- I have cut down the list of longest running B'way musicals so that the cutoff is 2,500 performances, and I ADDED to it the longest running London musicals. Meanwhile, I MOVED into the list of "other" notable musicals some of the most notable ones that I removed from the longest-running list. However, I think that 1. There are many very important shows (see above) that are not on the list, and I will try to add some; 2. We need to cut some out of the list, as not being "particularly" notable, as compared with the others (I cut a few); and 3. We need to add referenced reasons to each entry to explain why it is particularly notable. -- Ssilvers 05:04, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
Why not jsut make a seperate page for the West End becasue I really jsut want to see New York's performance numbers.
- To see the NY numbers, just click here, which is one of the external links at the bottom of the article. That website is frequently (weekly?) updated. -- Ssilvers 02:36, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Separation
Because Broadway and the West End are so different, shouldn't we have different pages or at least different sections or lists for Broadway and West End Shows?
Agreed. [Added by anonymous user: 218.186.8.10]
Disagree: How are they different? -- Ssilvers 15:33, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] A Little Help, Please?
We need to say something about each show (other than the ones on the longest-running list) to explain why it is particularly notable, such as listing very popular numbers, and noting if it is very frequently revived or any other items that make it notable. Also, some shows still need composer and author info. -- Ssilvers 05:44, 27 October 2006 (UTC).
