Theatre

Resource Guide:

• How to Find the Text of a Play (pdf)

If you need further assistance, please contact the theatre/dance librarian - Beth Kerr, 495-4482

Search for books, CDs, DVDs,  and journals [BY THE JOURNAL'S TITLE] in the University Libraries Catalog

Suggested Databases to begin searching for articles about theatre (UT EID needed from off campus)

Selected Comprehensive Theatre Sites:

• American Theatre Wing
• WWW Virtual Library: Theatre and Drama
• Artslynx International Theatre Resources A Master Site of links.
• Internet Broadway Database
• The Internet Theatre Database
• McCoy's Guide to Theatre and Performance Studies Especially good on electronic journals and listserves.
• PADS Directory of Theatre Resources Mixed bag of British links including Performance Arts.
• Theatre-Link Your complete guide to all aspects of theatre on the net!
• Theatricopia Musical theatre.
• London West End Theatre Guide
• Theatre Communications Group (inc. American Theatre Magazine)
• Theatre History on the Web
• International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA)
• Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson Theatre Collection

Theatre Awards:

• The Obie Awards The Village Voce Obie Awards were created to publicly acknowledge and encourage off-Broadway theatre. Includes a searchable database of winners since 1955.
• Tony Awards Online Includes a complete listing of Tony Award winners. Also features information on Broadway events and features on the theatre.

Austin Entertainment Links:

• Austin Arts on the Web
• Austin Circle of Theatres
• Austin360
• City Search Austin (click on EVENTS for local performing arts events)
• Metropolitan Austin Interactive Network (MAIN): lists of event calendars
• The University of Texas at Austin, Department and city calendars
• The University of Texas at Austin: Theatre and Dance Department
• The UIL Drama Loan Library (pdf)

Electronic Theatre Journals:

• See: UT Library Online - Online Journals – Theater
• Applause (UT's Erwin Center)
• British Theatre Guide: includes a link to sign up for a free weekly newsletter.
• Cabaret Hotline Schedules, reviews, and more.
• Didaskalia: Ancient Theatre Today Online journal of Greek and Roman drama as performed today.
• Entertainment Design
• Lighting Dimensions
• London Theatre Newsletter Closely mirrors London Theatre website, but sent via e-mail to subscribers.
• Performing Arts Journal (PAJ) Full-text issues from January 1996. Issues include essays, artists' writings, interviews, texts, reports on performances abroad, and book reviews.
• Playbill Online Great list of current Broadway performances; related resources.
• Scene4Magazine
• Shakespeare Quarterly This journal is the foremost publication covering all aspects of Shakespeare studies including play criticism and theatre history.
• Stage Directions Magazine
• TDR
• Talkin' Broadway Theatre news, talk, and information.
• TheatreForum UC, San Diego.
• Theatre InSight Subscription information only.
• Theatre Journal Full-text issues from March 1996. Features social and historical studies, production reviews, and theoretical inquiries that analyze dramatic texts and production.
• Theatre Topics Full-text issues from March 1996. Includes a variety of practical and performance-oriented subjects focusing on performance studies, dramaturgy, and theatre pedagogy.

Shakespeare Etc.

• Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet Complete annotated guide to scholarly Shakespeare resources to help and stimulate others in Shakespeare studies, especially those who might contribute their work to the Internet.
• Shakespeare Web
• Shakespeare's Complete Works
• Shakespeare Globe USA
• REED (Records of Early English Drama)
• Shaksper (Global Electronic Shakespeare Conference
• Association for Hispanic Classical Theater, Inc.
• Gilbert and Sullivan Archive MIDI and MPEG audio files, LOTS of resources
• League of Historic American Theatres Dedicated to the restoration of historic theatres in North America.
• The 19th Century London Stage
• Ringling Bros Barnum and Bailey
• Voice of the Shuttle. English Literature - Anglo-Saxon and Medieval

Plays and Playwriting:

• Dramatic Exchange Dramatic experimental screenplays, musicals, one-acts and full length.
• E-script An internet scriptwriting workshop
• New Dramatists
• Screenwright
• Small-Cast One-Act Guide Online Accesses playwrights worldwide, their one-act scripts and related sundries.
• American Theatre's Play Index
• Native American Women Playwrights Archive

Costuming

• The Costume Site An extensive collection of web sites pertaining to theatrical costume. Features sources for historical, science fiction, and fantasy costumes.

Scholastic Theatre Companies:

• Intuitions College Theatre Guide
• Princeton University Players
• Rice University Theater History
• Theatre Arts at Caltech
• Yale School of Drama

Performance Studies:

• Center for Performance Research

If you need further assistance, please contact the theatre/dance librarian, Beth Kerr