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Internet Resources for Theatre
Theatre at the University of Delaware | Starting Sites | Catalogs of Theatre Publications | Plays and Play Indexes on the Web | Web 'Zines | Theatre Companies | Reviews, Awards, and Theatre Seating Charts | Performing Arts Libraries | Dance and Theatre Movement | Biographies
Theatre at the University of Delaware
- University of Delaware Professional Theatre Training Program
A graduate conservatory training program which focuses on the plays of the classic repertoire.
Jump to top of page.Starting Sites
- ArtsEdge Theatre Links
ARTSEDGE is designed to help artists, teachers, and students obtain information, resources, and ideas that support the arts as a core subject area in the K-12 curriculum. - ArtsNet
A site devoted to arts management information and resources. - Artslynx International Theatre Resources
The Master Sites links take you to other “starting sites.” Artslynx also provides links to sites with information about acting/performance, awards, theatre company listings, education and employment, and other theatre-related topics. - Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
“The Association for Theatre in Higher Education is an organization of individuals and institutions that provides vision and leadership for the profession and promotes excellence in theatre education.” The Web site offers information about grants, publications, and conferences. - The Costume Page
A guide to costume-related resources. - Digital Librarian
Digital Librarian is maintained by Margaret Vail Anderson, a librarian in Cortland, New York. The site offers many links to Web pages related to dance and theatre. - The New Improv Page
A clearinghouse for information about improvisational theatre, including upcoming festivals, improv groups, and the home pages of improv performers. - The Intuitons College Theatre Guide
A guide to college theatre resources. - Theatre and Drama: World Wide Web Virtual Library
Provides links to a broad range of professional, academic, and recreational resources from around the world. - United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Inc.
The association of design, production, and technology professionals in the performing arts and entertainment industry. - Yahoo.com
Obtain a list of links to Web sites related to the performing arts.
Catalogs of Theatre Publications
- Baker's Plays
The site provides an online catalog of plays available for purchase, as well as a Theatre Resource Directory for stage equipment, costumes, lighting, and other items. - Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Created to provide support for playwrights by publishing acting editions of plays and handling the nonprofessional leasing right for these plays. - ShowbizBooks
Makes available a selection of film/TV and performing arts books. - Internet Theatre Bookshop
Offers a catalog of available plays, musicals, books on stagecraft and theatre biographies. - Samuel French, Inc.
Lists not only plays, but monologues, audition material, classroom guides, classic works, and the latest plays from the professional theater.
Plays and Play Indexes on the Web
- The Dramatic Exchange
A site for playwrights to publish and distribute their plays. - Inter-Play (Portland State University)
Inter-Play is an online index to plays in anthologies. The index can be searched by author, title, or source. - The On-Line Books Page (University of Pennsylvania)
The site lists links to well-known repositories of both English-language and foreign-language texts. - Project Gutenberg
Search by author or title for online books provided by Michael Hart's Project Gutenberg.
Web 'Zines
- Aisle Say: The Internet Magazine of Stage Reviews and Opinions
Stage reviews and opinions. - Backstage.com
Short news articles on theatre-related issues, as well as show reviews and casting notices. - CurtainUp
CurtainUp is an Internet magazine with reviews of on- and off-Broadway shows. - Didaskalia
Didaskalia is an English-language publication about Greek and Roman drama, dance, and music as they are performed today. - Lighting Dimensions
Lighting Dimensions is a “trade publication for lighting professionals specifying in theatre, film, television, concerts, clubs, themed environments, architectural, commercial, and industrial lighting, and more.” - Playbill On-Line
Includes theatre news, listings of current performances both on and off Broadway, and feature articles.
Theatre Companies
- Yahoo: Theatre Companies
Yahoo's alphabetical list of links to theatre companies.
Awards
- Annual Village Voice OBIE Awards
The Web site lists the winners of Off-Broadway Theatre Awards. - Tony Awards
The official website of The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards(r). - Pulitzer Prize Winners for Drama
Prize winners from 1917 to the present.
Reviews, Awards, and Theatre Seating Charts
- Albemarle of London's West End Theatre Guide
A Web guide to theatre and entertainment in London's West End. - AmericanTheater Web
A Web guide to U.S. theatres and shows. ATW lists current news headlines about shows. - LiveBroadway.Com
The official Web site of Broadway. The site provides information on shows. - LondonTheatreguide
Information provided by the Society of London Theatre. - Playbill On-Line Seating Chart
Gives seating charts for U.S. and U.K. theatres.
Performing Arts Libraries
- International Federation for Theatre Research
The IFTR promotes “collaboration and the exchange of information between individuals and organisations concerned with theatre research.” - New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
- Yale University School of Drama Library
- Theatre Library Association
Dance and Theatre Movement
- Association of Theatre Movement Educators (ATME)
The association promotes standards for theatre movement training and the application of those standards to educational and professional theatre. - American College Dance Festival Association
ACDFA supports and affirms the “role of dance in higher education primarily through the sponsorship of regional and national college/university dance festivals.” - The National Dance Council of America (NDCA)
An inter-association agency that represents “the interests of those in the dance profession and other dance-related entities and organizations.”
Biographies
- Filmographies
Produced by washingtonpost.com, this database lists film credits. - Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
IMDb lists film credits for actors and actresses, as well as notable TV roles.
This page is maintained by Linda Lawrence Stein, Reference Department.
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Last modified: 07/01/09
