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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that illustrator Al Hirschfeld knew he would get his own Broadway theater for his 100th birthday, but he died before the renaming?

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Al Hirschfeld Theatre

... that the owner of Broadway's Martin Beck Theatre decided to open the theater with a show he watched in London, even though a show had already been picked? Source: "Why 'Madame Pompadour' Is To Open Martin Beck Theater". The New York Herald, New York Tribune. October 19, 1924. p. F13.
- ALT1: ... that the Martin Beck Theatre, the only Byzantine-style Broadway theater, was built on the opposite side of the street from all other Broadway theaters? Source: Morrison, William (1999). Broadway Theatres: History and Architecture. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications. p. 131; Martin Beck Theater (PDF) (Report). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. November 4, 1987. p. 1.
- ALT2: ... that illustrator Al Hirschfeld knew he would get his own Broadway theater for his 100th birthday, but he died before the renaming? Source: Pogrebin, Robin (June 24, 2003). "A Theater Is Renamed for Al Hirschfeld". The New York Times.
- ALT3: ... that when the Al Hirschfeld Theatre was renamed, it received a "macabre" sign with a figure that appeared to be drawing using ink from its own head? Source: "At This Theatre: Al Hirschfeld Theatre". Playbill.
- Reviewed: Njini Ntuta
- Comment: more hooks later

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 01:32, 19 January 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Wonderful article, phenomenal research and list of productions. All the hooks are hooky, but ALT2 and 3 might trump the others. No Swan So Fine (talk) 08:52, 19 January 2022 (UTC) ALT2 to T:DYK/P5 without image[reply]

Notable productions tables

@Julietdeltalima, I noticed your edit summary here about the "Notable productions" section's table format. For what it's worth, I converted all Broadway theaters' "notable productions" lists to table format since I thought it might be actually be easier to read, compared with the old bulleted-list format. Additionally, the production years/titles can be sorted in table format, whereas that's not possible in the old list format. Just wanted to give my two cents in case you were wondering why it's formatted like this. – Epicgenius (talk) 14:18, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]