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This article is typed as an Opera and a Composition; West Side Story is typed as a Play, Production, and Composition (ignoring Adapted Work, Award-Winning Work and Book). Which is better? That is, how should musicals be typed in general?
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Forgot the link to West Side Story.
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Musicals are plays. Musicals are not generally compositions, though -- I think that typing is wrong. It shouldn't be typed as a production, either -- just like Books are not Book Editions, Plays are not Productions.
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OK, I'll try to remember that.
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I think that the play type should have a 'setting' property which can be used to describe the place where the place is set. The wikipedia play templates also have this field.
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We currently have fictional setting which can be used for this. You can co-type the play as work of fiction and then use this, if you want. Note that the settings don't have to be fictional themselves; a fictional story set in San Francisco has its setting as San Franciso. Also note that the fictional universe stuff is used for films, books, tv, computer games, and so on, so there's no reason not to bring plays into the fold.
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