Theatre & Dance (SUBJECT GUIDE): Web Resources

"The collection appears to feature all Broadway shows associated with Playbill, starting with the 1930-31 season, with daily updating. Clickable tabs divide the collection into 6 major areas: People, Shows, Theatres, Awards, Seasons, and Grosses."

This official database for Broadway theater information provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theater to the present. Includes details on pertinent people involved in the theater as well as interesting facts and statistics about individual productions.

The Internet Off-Broadway Database, also known as the IOBDB,
provides a catalogue of all shows ever produced Off-Broadway.

THSA preserves the architectural, cultural and social history of America's theatres. Through its collections and publications, THSA makes available information on more than 15,000 theatres in the form of photographs, slides, negatives, books, blueprints, clippings, videos, printed programs, and other material on historic theatres, primarily in the U.S.

Provides access to over 275000 images digitized from the library collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, etc. Browse subjects A-Z. Then type something in to explore subjects such as uniforms or clothing or hairstyles.

Images Online is the Picture library of the British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom.

A digital collection of pre-1642 editions of William Shakespeare's plays. Users can view full cover-to-cover digital reproductions and transcriptions of thirty-two copies of the five earliest editions of the play Hamlet. You can view quartos separately, or alongside any number of copies.

Over 77,000 items in their various collections, including art, decorative objects, furniture, textiles, etc.

A vast collection of world art and artefacts, highlights of which can be viewed online.

Clothing, jewelry, artifacts, and more from the history of Chicago

Online collections of art, textiles, photography, and more

Links to many online collections provided by the Fashion Institute of Technology

The mission of the Museum is to advance knowledge of fashion through exhibitions, programs and publications. Founded in 1969, the Museum was installed in the current building in 1974, and exhibitions began to be presented in 1975.

Online exhibits around the history of Louisiana

The mission of The Metropolitan Museum of Art is to collect, preserve, study, exhibit, and stimulate appreciation for and advance knowledge of works of art that collectively represent the broadest spectrum of human achievement at the highest level of quality.

Museumfurniture.com is an online museum of antique furniture styles.

A virtual tour of the museum that contains many artifacts from the 1860's.

A virtual display of a private collection of authentic Titanic artifacts and related memorabilia from every stage of her short life – from pre-sinking souvenirs taken off the ship, items ejected from the ship as she broke apart during her final moments, to post-sinking memorial memorabilia.

The digital collections of the Seattle Art Museum Research Libraries

The Smithsonian's collections represent our nation's rich heritage, art from across the globe, and the immense diversity of the natural and cultural world.

Explore their digital museum, garden, and library collections

A place to find acting parts and it also offers a database of monologues and scenes. Visitors can search for different types of monologues, by clicking on "Monologues and Scenes" on the menu at the top of the page. The monologues can be browsed by whether the role is for a man or woman, or whether it's comic, dramatic, or serio-comic. In order to "Upload" the "Scene" or "Monologue", visitors must sign in (it's free). They can upload summaries, comments, and videos for any scene or monologues.

The American Memory Project at the Library of Congress has struck gold again with this most excellent digital collection. The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) Collection features approximately 118 hours of recordings documenting North American English dialects. These recordings were made from
1941 to 1984, and they reveal "distinctions in speech related to gender, race, social class, education, age, literacy, ethnic background, and occupational group."

Includes 3 sections: images (providing examples of vase paintings and sculpture that relate to ancient Greek plays or production practices), an interactive map (showing the locations of Greek theaters throughout the area, many of which include a picture of the site and directions to the area), and a papyrus fragment (featuring a frament from Sophocles' satyr paly, THE TRACKERS and an audio clip in ancient Greek).

comprehensive reference source to theatrical entertainments and venues throughout France during hte 17th and 18th centuries, including operas, dances (or ballets), masquerades, parodies, heroic orlyric dramas, historical or lyric comedies...etc.

"Collects East London theater ephemera provided by the Victoria and Albert Theatre Collections, East London theaters, Univ. of East London archives, and other individual collections ... Material is primarily from 1830 to 1880 and includes scanned copied os original playbills, programs, press clippings, and photographs from those theaters ..." from A.J. Adam for CHOICE

GloPAD (Global Performing Arts Database) records include authoritative, detailed, multilingual descriptions of digital images, texts, video clips, sound recordings, and complex media objects related to the performing arts around the world, plus informatio

GloPAD (Global Performing Arts Database) records include authoritative, detailed, multilingual descriptions of digital images, texts, video clips, sound recordings, and complex media objects related to the performing arts around the world, plus informatio

"We are committed to promoting playwriting and playwrights internationally and also to strengthen young playwrights worldwide."

Enjoy the sights and sounds of this traditional Japanese art form and read up on the history of a tradition that dates back to the 17th Century.

From Dr. McCoy: "This edition of my Brief Guide to Internet Resources in Theatre and Performance Studies is based on what I have learned as a seeker of information on the internet, which is mainly how to quickly find information and resources in a medium where their sheer quantity is overwhelming. As a researcher in search of useful information, I find myself turning again and again to the same information sources, engaging in the same techniques, and using the tools at my disposal in similar ways.

The digitized version of the Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design is based on originals housed in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Motley Collection consists of over 5000 costume and set designs, sketches, notes, photographs, prop lists, storyboards, and swatches of fabric. The collection documents 150 productions of Shakespeare and modern classics, dating from 1932 to 1976, staged in England and the United States, from the West

The digital arts collection of the Library of Congress.

The New York Public Library's performing arts collection online.

This site offers the latest news from Broadway and beyond, PLAYBILL archives, performance listings, seating charts, and many other special features.

"Offering 'cabinet cards, postcards and photographs of American and British actors and actresses,' this user-friendly collection 'traces the history of stagecraft through Shakespeare prints, 18th, 19th, and 20th century European and American handbills, posters, heralds, souvenir photographs and prints." R. Sugarman

Assembed by Steven H. Weinberger, has the most examples from the U.S., Europe, West Africa, India, East Asia and the Middle East, though the collection is growing and users can submit samples.

The aim of this site is to eventually be the best resource for practical information and advice about technical theatre techniques for theatre folk at any level.

Provides a variety of theatre resources, including an online script archive, changing feature topics, articles about theater around the world, and a daily "Today in Theatre History" feature.

The official Website of the American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards.