PLAYBILL® This site contains news and current events related to the theater world: Broadway, off Broadway, regional, London, etc. See especially Theatre Central for international theatre links listed by subjects, with a search window.
Internet Broadway Database “...records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today. Details include pertinent people involved as well as interesting facts and production statistics.”
American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1970-1920 American popular culture as it appeared on variety stages, from the Library of Congress. Paybills, programs, scripts (also in Yiddish), and more.
Performing Arts in America, 1875-1923 This is a searchable database of 16,000 objects from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
The Development of Scenic Spectacle From Appalachian State University, computer-generated reproductions of scenes from the 16th C on. Also links to full text articles.
Didaskalia: Ancient Theater Today From the UK Open University, includes full articles from their journal online.
WWW Virtual Library: Theatre and Drama A gateway site that includes links to sources for Electronic Text Archives and Plays Online and for Journals Online.
Kate Seifert
kwseifert@csupomona.edu
July 2008
