In her portrait of author Neil Gaiman for “The New Yorker,” Dana Goodyear mentioned Henry Selick’s film adaptation of Gaiman’s “Coraline” but not last year’s musical. It’s a weird oversight, compounded by the fact that Goodyear quotes Stephin Merritt, who’s identified as “the lead singer of the Magnetic Fields and a friend of Gaiman.” And, you know, the composer of the “Coraline” musical.

Now, I wasn’t really sold on that show but the omission is startling, especially since the connection between Gaiman and music is evoked through his relationship with the Dresden Dolls’ Amanda Palmer. Does it mean that theater doesn’t matter as much as film? Well okay, we already knew that it doesn’t in terms of pop-cultural impact, but still. Was it a space issue? Doubtful, considering that the piece goes on for thousands of words, quotes at length a Twitter exchange about which vegetable is funnier, and describes the various rooms in Gaimans’ house. So what gives?