History AllThereInTheManual / Theatre

* In ''Theatre/{{Urinetown}}'', due to the large cast, most of their names are only mentioned in the script and never actually said in the show.

* In ''Theatre/{{Urinetown}}'', due to the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, most of their names are only mentioned in the script and never actually said in the show.

* Almost all traditional TheatricalProductions have this to an extent--whereas a film or TV series have credits in them, and books feature acknowledgements, etc. etc., if one wants to know who the cast and crew of a particular production are, or sometimes even what the setting is, one needs to have a program from that production (or look it up online...), which will have all that listed. With the exception of ''Theatre/LesMiserables'', no shows generally use title cards to indicate things, and with the exception of ''Theatre/PassingStrange'', no show usually has the names of the cast and crew listed aloud at any time during the run.
* If you want to completely understand the underlying themes, vague plots, and significance of all - well, most of - the peculiar characters and acts in a given Creator/CirqueDuSoleil show, you will probably have to buy the souvenir program and/or explore the official website. According to the 20th anniversary book ''20 Years Under the Sun'', the creators prefer that people watch the more abstract shows (as most of their productions in TheNineties were) and create their own interpretations of them rather than have the creators' ideas in mind all along.

* In ''Theatre/{{Mrs Hawking}}'', and the semi-steampunk play series by Phoebe Roberts it gives its name to, it's never actually mentioned what Nathaniel does for a living, besides a brief self-identification as a "finance man" in the first sequel Vivat Regina. It takes reading WordOfGod on [[http://www.mrshawking.com/?p=206 the official website]] to know that he works for his family's venture capital firm.

* In ''Theatre/{{Urinetown}}'', due to the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, most of their names are only mentioned in the script and never actually said in the show.
* In ''Theatre/LesMiserables'', Enjolras' name is only mentioned in the script. However, there is often an improvised "Enjolras!" in most productions of the show.

* In ''Theatre/{{ Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812}}'', The Song Prologue includes the lyrics say And this is all in your program
You are at the opera
You're gonna have to study up a little bit
If you wanna keep with the plot

* In ''Theatre/TheDrowsyChaperone'', Man-in-Chair never names Trix or Geroge's actors, but the CD case to the 2006 recording gives them names. Because this could have been created for the CD alone, it could also be considered LooseCanon.

* In Theatre/{{Mrs Hawking}}, and the semi-steampunk play series by Phoebe Roberts it gives its name to, it's never actually mentioned what Nathaniel does for a living, besides a brief self-identification as a "finance man" in the first sequel Vivat Regina. It takes reading WordOfGod on [[http://www.mrshawking.com/?p=206 the official website]] to know that he works for his family's venture capital firm.

* Almost all traditional TheatricalProductions have this to an extent--whereas a film or TV series have credits in them, and books feature acknowledgements, etc. etc., if one wants to know who the cast and crew of a particular production are, or sometimes even what the setting is, one needs to have a program from that production (or look it up online...), which will have all that listed. With the exception of ''Theatre/LesMiserables'', no shows generally use title cards to indicate things, and with the exception of ''PassingStrange'', no show usually has the names of the cast and crew listed aloud at any time during the run.

* In ''TheDrowsyChaperone'', Man-in-Chair never names Trix or Geroge's actors, but the CD case to the 2006 recording gives them names. Because this could have been created for the CD alone, it could also be considered LooseCanon.

* In Mrs. Hawking, and the semi-steampunk play series by Phoebe Roberts it gives its name to, it's never actually mentioned what Nathaniel does for a living, besides a brief self-identification as a "finance man" in the first sequel Vivat Regina. It takes reading WordOfGod on [[http://www.mrshawking.com/?p=206 the official website]] to know that he works for his family's venture capital firm.