Featured Reference Books
Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater, 1930-2010 by
Call Number: PN2266.3 .F575 2011 ReferenceISBN: 9780810855328Publication Date: 2011v.1-v.2
Critical Survey of Drama by Call Number: Reference PN1625 .C74 2003ISBN: 1587651025Publication Date: 2003v.1-v.8
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance by Call Number: Reference PN2035 .O94 2003ISBN: 0198601743Publication Date: 20032 volumes
The Oxford Companion to American Theatre by Call Number: Reference PN2220 .B6 2004ISBN: 0195169867Publication Date: 2004
World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre by Call Number: Reference PN1861 .W67 1994ISBN: 0415059283Publication Date: 19956 volumes
Play indexCall Number: Reference Z5781 .P53Publication Date: 1949/52-2003/2007A resource for finding plays by subject, style, setting, staff, and production requirements, as well as by title and author. The main author entry provides details about the play: a summary of the plot, the number of acts and scenes, the size of the cast, genders of cast members, number of sets, and dancing or music requirements, plus all the bibliographic data needed to locate the script.
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Stage Actors and Acting by Call Number: PN2061 .C33 2015 ReferenceISBN: 9780521769549Publication Date: 2015-01-08Theatre World
Call Number: PN2277.N5 A17 ReferencePublication Date: 1981Library has: 1951/52 - 2012/13
Theatre World was an annual chronology of Broadway and Off Broadway productions. Each volume includes biographical information, awards lists, and obituaries. The index provides quick access to the contents of each volume.- New York theatre critics’ reviews by Call Number: Reference PN1601 .N4Complete reviews from these New York publications and stations whenever covered by the critic: New York daily news, Wall Street journal, Time, New York post, Women’s wear daily, WABC-TV, CBS-TV, New York times, Chrstian Science monitor, Newsweek from 1967-1996
The New York Times Directory of the Theater by Call Number: PN2275.N5 N48 1973 ReferenceISBN: 0812903641Contains the appendix and index to The New York times theater reviews, 1920-1970.
