Template:Did you know nominations/New Amsterdam Theatre

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 05:56, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

New Amsterdam Theatre

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New Amsterdam Theatre

• ... that the facade of the New Amsterdam Theatre was erected overnight during a dispute over the ornamentation? Source: "Klaw & Erlanger's Ruse: Steal a March on the Building Department and Put Up New Theatre Front at Night". The New York Times. March 13, 1903. p. 2
  • ALT1:... that at the time of its construction in 1903, the New Amsterdam Theatre contained the largest piece of steel ever used in a building? Source: Bloom, Ken (2013). Routledge Guide to Broadway. Taylor & Francis. p. 187.
  • ALT2:... that the New Amsterdam Theatre, which once played Mother Goose and Humpty Dumpty alongside Shakespeare, later played Disney musicals? Source: Margolies, John (June 1997). "A Spectacular Broadway Revival, the New Amsterdam Theater Glows on 42nd Street Once Again" (PDF) Architectural Record. 185: 113.
  • ALT3:... that the New Amsterdam Theatre, once described as "a vision of gorgeousness", later had dead cats in the basement and mushrooms growing through the floor? Source: Gray, Christopher (February 10, 1991). "Streetscapes: The New Amsterdam Theater; A Landmark Mired In Bureaucracy". The New York Times; Pulley, Brett (July 29, 1995). "Disney's Deal: A special report.; A Mix of Glamour and Hardball Won Disney a Piece of 42d Street". The New York Times.
  • ALT4:... that the New Amsterdam Theatre has historically hosted Ziegfeld Follies, comedic musicals, kung-fu movies, and now Disney productions? Source: Multiple in article

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/KMXO
• Comment: more hooks later

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 23:57, 16 October 2021 (UTC).

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: - Just waiting on this.
Overall: Good to go once there's a QPQ. From the current set, I'm liking ALT0 the most, followed by ALT4 and ALT3 (dead cats and mushrooms are quite the combo). The others don't quite catch my eye. SounderBruce 06:29, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

• @SounderBruce: Thanks for the review. I've now done a QPQ. Epicgenius (talk) 18:14, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

• Looks good to go, then. SounderBruce 19:42, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

ALT3 to T:DYK/P4 without image