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Online Databases for Theatre Studies
Web Sites of Interest for Theatre Studies
- American Variety Stage -- "The American Variety Stage is a multimedia anthology selected from various Library of Congress holdings. This collection illustrates the vibrant and diverse forms of popular entertainment, especially vaudeville, that thrived from 1870-1920. Included are 334 English- and Yiddish-language playscripts, 146 theater playbills and programs, 61 motion pictures, 10 sound recordings and 143 photographs and 29 memorabilia items documenting the life and career of Harry Houdini. Groups of theater posters and additional sound recordings will be added to this anthology in the future."
- Artslynx International Dance Resources -- This site offers links to a wide world of online dance information. It is designed and maintained by Richard Finkelstein (head of stage design and technology, Univ. of Colorado, Denver).
- A Brief Guide to Internet Resources in Theatre and Performance Studies -- Compiled and maintained by Ken McCoy (Stetson University), this is a comprehensive annotated guide to theater- and performance-related Internet resources, including Web sites, newsgroups and e-mail lists.
- Internet Broadway Database -- Produced by the League of American Theatres and Producers, the IBDB "archive is the official database for Broadway theatre information. IBDB provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today. Details include pertinent people involved as well as interesting facts and production statistics. Get a list of every production of Hamlet on Broadway or a list of your favorite actor's credits. Find out what played at a particular theatre or what shows opened in a specified Broadway season."
- The Costume Page -- Created by Julie Zetterberg Sardo, this site includes over 2,000 unique links to costuming resources useful to "costumers, students, historical re-enactors, science fiction fans, professionals, amateurs, dancers, theatrical costumers, trick-or-treaters, writers, researchers, and all those interested in fashion, textile art, and costume history." Site is updated irregularly.
- Milieux: The Costume Site -- Topics covered include the history of various arms and armory, instructions on making period costumes and links to suppliers, resources for costume materials, and organizations. There is also a section that has drawings of costumes used in various plays or theater productions.
- Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet -- This site is a complete annotated guide to the scholarly Shakespeare resources available on Internet. It also presents new Shakespeare material unavailable elsewhere on the Internet. Selected by Forbes magazine (Winter 2001) as one of the 300 best web sites in the world, and one of the top 15 Literary web sites.
- Musicals101.com -- "Authored and maintained by John Kenrick, an expert on musical theater history (and a personal assistant to six Tony-winning producers), the site contains close to 900 Web pages of information about the history, development, and current traditions of musical theater. Each historical section is divided into smaller sub-sections, so users can move to each section quickly. Finally, Mr. Kenrick also offers brief "courses" online dealing with some of the great names of musical theater, such as George M. Cohan and Ethel Merman."
- National Alliance for Musical Theatre -- "The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT), founded in 1985, is the only national service organization dedicated to musical theatre. Its membership includes theatre institutions, universities, and independent producers. Located throughout 33 states and 6 countries, member companies vary substantially in size and structure; yet all share a commitment to preserve and enhance this uniquely American art form. Last season, NAMT Members cumulatively staged over 23,000 performances attended by over 17 million people and reached revenues of over $510 million."
- Online Classics -- This site offers several hundred hours of streaming video of opera, ballet, theatre, and orchestral performances. Narrowband access to all material is free; broadband access is available by subscription. Performers include the Royal National Theatre and the Vienna State Opera, to name only two.
- Playbill Online
- The Plays of William Shakespeare -- Produced by the Electronic Literature Foundation (ELF), this site provides free, full-text access to Shakespeare's plays. Each play has its own search engine, concordance, quotes, and other information, and there are many other tools available to the researcher within the site.
- The Playwriting Seminars -- The seminars, created by Richard Toscan (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), offer practical guidance to the conventions of the well-made, nonexperimental play. Presentation is succinct and website is well designed and easy to navigate. Guidelines to protocols of theatrical production and commerce are also included.
- The Pulitzer Prizes -- Information about the Pulitzer prizes for American journalism, letters, drama and music can be found here with the lists of prize winners since 1917.
- Stagecraft / Technical Theatre -- From the Internet Public Library: "This pathfinder is for people who are interested in the backstage aspects of theatre, whether it be building sets, designing scenery, lighting a show, doing make-up, building costumes, or affecting the mood of a scene through music. This guide is divided into online sources (websites, mailing lists, newsgroups) and print sources."
- Theater History on the Web -- The subtitle of this site is "A Resource for Theatre Historians and Students of the Theatre's History." It's maintained by Jack Wolcott (retired, School of Drama, Univ. of Washington). This metasite contains directories of scholarly sites, categorized by era and type, and helpful tutorials on searching the Internet and site creation, as well as the unique "Theatre History and Computing" section.
- Theatre Subject Guide at the University of Albany -- A collection of links to resources spanning many facets of theatre.
- The World of Mime Theatre -- The World of Mime Theatre is devoted to the promotion of Mime as a serious theatrical art. Its goals are education, information exchange, entertainment, and providing the opportunity to connect people involved and interested in Mime Theatre around the world.
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