LibGuides: Theatre: Related Websites

Websites

Here are some free Internet resources that might be useful. Watch this space, as I'll be adding more links soon!

INTER-PLAY This link opens in a new window Can't find a particular short play? INTER-PLAY can help you locate plays that are included within anthologies. Note that this FREE product is no longer being updated, supported, or added to, but can still be very useful.

ArenaPAL
ArenaPAL deliver instant access to over 3 million contemporary and historic performing arts images.
Digital Collections in Performing Arts
Compiled and maintained by University of Texas/HRC librarian Eric Colleary.
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"There is an enormous amount of digitized archival collection material scattered across the internet. This list attempts to gather that information together and provide resources for searching. Only free, open resources are currently included.

Also listed are digital humanities projects focused on the global performing arts, and crowdsourcing projects that can easily be integrated into class projects."
Doollee
Contains information on 55,018 Playwrights and 185,532 of their Plays.
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A free online guide to modern playwrights and theatre plays which have been written, adapted or translated, into English since the production of "Look Back in Anger" in 1956.
George M. Cohan digitized materials from MCNY
The Museum of the City of New York's Edward B. Marks Music Co. Collection on George M. Cohan documents the career of one of the 20th century’s most prolific theatrical artists.
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This is an ongoing project to digitize, catalog, and make available the scripts, scores, and sheet music of George M. Cohan.The first group of material is now available (4/18) online. Over 400 objects have been digitized, including manuscripts, annotated typescripts, actors’ sides, sheet music, and individual instrument orchestrations from over 13 musicals and plays by Cohan.
Internet Broadway Database
The official database for Broadway theatre information.
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Provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today.
Internet Off-Broadway Database (Lortel Archives)
A catalogue of all shows ever produced Off-Broadway.
New York Public Library Public Domain Collections
Includes digitized images, audio, and video on many subjects, especially music, theatre, dance, art.
Playdatabase.com
This database, created by actors, can be used to find plays and monologues using multiple criteria such as author, title, number of characters, runtime, genre, time period, and more. While this source does not have full text, it does provide royalty information. Use this source with Inter-Play (above), to find monologues and plays in anthologies.
Theatre History on the Web
Created by a former drama professor at the University of Washington, this site contains browsable list of links to dozens of Web sites on theatre history, costuming, lighting and theatre technology, and more.
The Theatre Times
"The Theatre Times is a non-partisan, global portal for theatre news. With more than seventy Regional Managing Editors around the world, we aim to be the largest theatre news source online." (from the website)
Victoria & Albert Museum: Theatre & Performance Collections
The V & A houses a tremendous costume collection; the website is a good source of information.