LibGuides: Theatre: THEA 2251

Library Databases

Gale Literary Sources This link opens in a new window
Find reviews, criticism, biographical information and full text plays.
Literary Reference Source This link opens in a new window
Contains reviews, criticism and academic/popular articles.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Search for reviews, criticism and academic/popular articles.
JSTOR (Arts & Sciences I-XV, Ecology & Botany I, Life Sciences) This link opens in a new window
Find reviews, articles and books.
MUSE This link opens in a new window
Contains reviews, criticisms, books and journals. Journals of possible interest include Theatre Journal, Theater, Theatre History Studies, and Theatre Topics.

Background information:

Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection This link opens in a new window
Works of interest include The Oxford Companion to American Theatre (3rd edition), The Companion to Theatre and Performance, The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre (2nd edition)

Watch performances of plays, plus documentaries, interviews, etc:

Internet Broadway Database
Production histories including premieres and revivals and cast lists; list of other plays by playwright; and more.
Internet Off-Broadway Database (IOBDB)
Information on off-Broadway productions, including run dates, costume designers, creators, and actors.

New York Times
find reviews, interviews, profiles and biographies, as well as deaths and obituaries.

Google Books
Helps to find information about books that might be useful for your research; some full text available. After you do a quick search, click "Search Tools" and change "Any Books" to "Preview available," "Google eBooks," or "Free Google eBooks."

The Cambridge Companion to American Theatre Since 1945 by Julia Listengarten (Editor); Stephen Di Benedetto (Editor)
Call Number: PN2266.5.C36 2021
ISBN: 9781108727211
Publication Date: 2021
The Oxford Dictionary of Plays by Michael Patterson
Call Number: MAIN PN1625 .P38 2005 and REF PN1625 .P38 2005
ISBN: 9780198604174
Publication Date: 2005
The Columbia encyclopedia of modern drama by edited by Gabrielle H. Cody and Evert Sprinchorn.
Call Number: REF PN1861.C65 2007
ISBN: 9780231144223
Publication Date: 2007
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Stage Actors and Acting by Simon Williams (Editor)
Call Number: REF PN2061.C33 2015
ISBN: 9780521769549
Publication Date: 2015
Broadway Plays and Musicals by Thomas S. Hischak
Call Number: REF PN2277.N5 H573 2009
ISBN: 9780786434480
Publication Date: 2009
Intertextuality in American Drama: critical essays on Eugene O'Neill, Susan Glaspell, Thornton Wilder, Arthur Miller and other playwrights by Drew Eisenhauer (Editor); Brenda Murphy (Editor)
Call Number: PS350.I58 2013
ISBN: 9780786463916
Publication Date: 2013