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| How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | |
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| the musical | |
 1995 Revival Logo | |
| Music | Frank Loesser |
| Lyrics | Frank Loesser |
| Book | |
| Setting | New York City |
| Basis | How to Succeed Without Really Trying byShepherd Mead |
| Premiere | October 14, 1961 (1961-10-14):46th Street Theatre |
| Productions | |
| Awards | |
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basis = {{Based on|Opera ''[[La boheme]]''|[[Giacomo Puccini]]}}productions ={{Plainlist|* 1996[[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]* 2000[[Barcelona]],[[Spain]]* 2001[[United Kingdom|UK]] tour* 2006[[Manila]],[[Philippines]] concert}}
awards=1996 [[Tony Award for Best Book]]Template{{nbsp}} may be used with{{wbr}} and{{nowrap}} to control line-breaking in bulletless lists embedded in the infobox (e.g. a{{plainlist}} in the|book= parameter), to prevent wrapped long entries from being confused with multiple entries. SeeTemplate:Wbr/doc#Controlling line-breaking in infoboxes for details.
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TemplateData for Infobox musical
This infobox is to be added to articles about musicals.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | name | The title of the musical. | String | required |
| Subtitle | subtitle | A subtitle displayed below the title. Usually, "The Musical" or similar language. | String | optional |
| Image | image | Acceptable images may include promotional posters, CD covers, Playbill covers, or logos. If no image is present, the page is added to Category:Musical theatre articles missing an image in infobox. | File | required |
| Image size | image_sizeimagesize | Size of the image, in pixels. Generally between 150px and 260px. To use actual size of the stored image, put "0".
| String | required |
| Caption | caption | Explanation of image. Please be brief ("Original cast recording" or "Logo"...); however, for fair-use images, include production date/name or for attribution, state name of artist(s). | Content | suggested |
| Composer(s) | music | The composer. Several composers should be separated using {{Plainlist}}. Should the music be credited as an adaptation, the original composer should be listed first, a line break, a bolded (triple-apostrophe) heading with the words " '''Adapted by:''' ", another line-break, and the adapters. | Content | suggested |
| Lyricist(s) | lyrics | The name of the lyricist(s), with caveats as for the music field. | Content | suggested |
| Book-writer | book | The name of the book-writer, with caveats as above. | Content | optional |
| Based on? | basis | This section should be included if the musical was based either directly or indirectly on another source. Include the type of source of the original (novel, play, movie, opera, etc.), the name of the original work, and the author/composer of the original work.
| Content | optional |
| Setting | setting | The places and time where the musical takes place. | String | optional |
| Premiere date | premiere_date | Date of the official premiere. Use {{Start date}}. | String | suggested |
| Premiere location | premiere_location | Venue or city of the premiere. | String | suggested |
| Productions | productions | A list of productions, listed chronologically.
| Content | optional |
| Awards | awards | The musical's awards. These awards should exclude production-specific awards (i.e., lighting, direction, scenery, acting awards). The awards to be included are the Tony Awards; the Drama Desk Awards; the Outer Critics Circle Awards; the Obie Awards; the Pulitzer Prize; the Laurence Olivier Awards; the Helpmann Awards; the Dora Mavor Moore Awards; the Evening Standard Awards; and the London Critics' Circle Theatre Awards.
| Content | optional |