Research Guide: Theatre
- Getting Started
- Databases & Journals
- Web Resources
- Course Guides
- American Variety Stage
- Part of the Library of Congress's American Memory site, this site includes scripts, playbills and programs, films and musical recordings of performance, especially in the area of vaudeville.
- A Brief Guide to Internet Resources in Theatre and Performance Studies
- List of sites that "offer something unique or interesting, that are somewhat off the beaten path, or that serve as significant examples of well-managed and productive sites."
- Irish Theatre Online
- Directory of festivals, venues, and professional theatre and performing arts groups in Ireland.
- Music, Theater, and Dance
- Provides access to Library of Congress collections in music, photographs, manuscripts, letters, and other forms.
- Performing Arts in America: 1875-1923
- New York Public Library collection of primary documents and original resources in the performing arts.
- Development of Spectacle
- Virtual models of "Renaissance and Baroque scenic effects and scene-changing machinery based on Italian manuscripts."
- Didaskalia: Ancient Theatre Today
- Full text of this journal title and background about ancient theatre. Extensive visual sources are included.
- The Improv Page
- Serves as a clearinghouse for materials on improvisional theatre and includes a history, lists of books, events, and terms.
- Infomine: Theatre
- Listing of scholarly collections about theatre that are international in scope.
- Internet Broadway Database
- Official database for information about Broadway theatre from its earliest history up to the present.
- Internet Shakespeare Editions
- Includes fully annotated texts of Shakespeare's plays, information about the playwright's life and a section devoted to Shakespeare in performance.
- Internet Theatre Database
- Coverage of all aspects of Broadway theatre with beginning coverage of off-Broadway and Regional Theatre. International coverage is in planning stage.
- Irish Playography
- A catalogue of modern Irish plays with information taken from production playbills.
- Lortel Archives: the Internet off-Broadway Database
- Comprehensive listing of off-Broadway shows going back to 1958 and up to the present.
- The New Deal Stage: Selections for the Federal Theatre Project, 1935-1939
- "Primary source documents of theatrical productions sponsored under the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Federal Theatre Project (FTP) from 1935-1939."
- Obie Awards
- List of award-winning productions in off-Broadway theatre, a feature of the Village Voice.
- Playbill Online
- Essential reading for theatergoers, this site expands coverage of the print "national magazine of the theatre."
- The Playwriting Seminars
- For aspiring playwrights, this site offers guidance in the "well-made play typically sought by the regional theatre companies that provide the majority of venues for contemporary nonexperimental drama."
- Theatre History on the Web
- A comprehensive site for both scholars and practitioners.
- Tony Awards
- Includes a brief history of the Tony Awards, lists of award winners, interviews, and other information about this side of theatre.
- World Wide Web Virtual Library: Theatre and Drama
- A gateway to international coverage of these subjects.
- Dance Magazine
- Provides up-to-date information on dance performance in the U.S. with some coverage of the international scene. Selected articles from the most recent and from back issues of the periodical are available in full text.
- Dance USA
- The web page for the National Service Organization for Professional Dance "advances the art form of dance by addressing the needs, concerns and interests of the professional dance community."
- Voice of Dance
- Directory of resources for dancers that includes an informative newsletter.
- Dance (Voice of the Shuttle)
- Lists of links to general resources and those categorized by type of dance and by national origin.
- The Costume Page
- For researchers, practitioners, and anyone interested in "fashion, textile art, and costume history," this site includes over 1,000 links, including a page of reference sources recommended for beginning a search.
- The Costumer's Manifesto
- One of the largest sites for costume and fashion information. Includes an overview of costume history, images from primary sources, and how-to information for costumers.
- Milieux Costume Site
- For researchers, educators, and practitioners, this site includes lists of events, organizations, suppliers, and links to historical and educational material.
