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Good articleSamuel J. Friedman Theatre has been listed as one of the Art and architecture good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Good topic starSamuel J. Friedman Theatre is part of the Active Broadway theaters series, a good topic. This is identified as among the best series of articles produced by the Wikipedia community. If you can update or improve it, please do so.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
January 9, 2022Good article nomineeListed
September 19, 2023Good topic candidatePromoted
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on January 20, 2022.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that before the Biltmore Theatre was restored in 2003, there were proposals to lease the theater to a delicatessen owner or turn it into a hotel lobby?
Current status: Good article

curious why the infobox was removed

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this is a nrhp building and the infobox adds the information in a structured way. I'm assuming good faith... dm 04:06, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Removed citation?

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Hi, I'm confused about these recent changes, specifically, why someone would remove a citation?

Also, I'm not sure why we're specifying this is a "legitimate" Broadway theatre. Are there illegitimate Broadway theatres? If this is referring to the Broadway vs off Broadway distinction, isn't this officially a theatre club that people buy subscriptions to? Thanks dm 05:46, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The citation was removed in error and has been reverted. As far as the use of the term "legitimate theatre," it can be found in the dictionary - it describes any theatre that presents plays or musicals as opposed to one that shows movies or concerts. For example, the Biltmore is a legitimate theatre but Radio City Music Hall or Avery Fisher Hall aren't. From what I can see, the word appears in most articles about Broadway theatres.
Can something be done to make the image smaller? It really overpowers the article. Thanks. ConoscoTutto 13:22, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks re the reference, I was assuming good faith, and it's always good to see it turn out that way. After my comment, I read up on legitimate theatre, interesting. It seemed to be an older term and about drama/musical versus vaudeville. I'm not sure about the photo, but I'll see what is possible. dm 03:44, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk14:43, 15 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Friedman (originally Biltmore) Theatre
Friedman (originally Biltmore) Theatre

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 17:18, 28 December 2021 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article meets DYK requirements and I didn't find any close paraphrasing. QPQ still pending. ALT0 and ALT2 are the best hooks (no particular preference here); however a reference needs to be duplicated for ALT0 after the mention of the "across the street" thing. ALT2 may also need additional footnotes for DYK purposes. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:36, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • One last question: why do the hooks say "Biltmore Theatre" instead of the theater's current name (and the article title) Samuel J. Friedman Theatre? I understand it was the name when the events mentioned in the hooks took place, but still. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:47, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    @Narutolovehinata5: Thanks for the review. I have done a QPQ now and duplicated these refs. For ALT0 and ALT2, the footnotes are now right next to the claims they support. As for why all the hooks use "Biltmore Theatre", it is as you said - that was its name at the time all of these events happened, so it may be anachronistic to use the current name for the condition of the old theater. Epicgenius (talk) 17:30, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Apologies for the delay in approving this, but everything is now resolved and ALT0 or ALT2 (promoter's choice) are good to go. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:56, 14 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ALT2 to T:DYK/P3 without image