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Academic Search Premier -- Magazines and journals on many subjects, includes peer-reviewed and scholarly works.

Gale Virtual Library -- Online reference book collection with basic information from a variety of disciplines.

Master File Premier -- General magazines, journals, and newspapers covering many subjects

ProQuest -- Multi-disciplinary database with many scholarly journals available in full text

 

 

AisleSay: The Internet Magazine of Stage Reviews and Opinions -- AisleSay includes reviews written by theatre critics in New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Florida, with indexes to other regions as well.

Artslynx International Theatre Resources -- Artslynx's portal to theatre sites arranged by topic and also searchable by keyword.

Glossary of Technical Theatre Terms (Jon Primrose, University of Exeter) -- More than 1600 terms searchable and browsable by letter, with a random word generator and a category search.

Internet Broadway Database -- The Internet Broadway Database provides facts and biographical information on productions from the beginning of New York theatre until today.

JSTOR -- JSTOR offers a high-quality, interdisciplinary archive to support scholarship and teaching. Journals are always included from volume 1, issue 1 and include previous and related titles.

Ken McCoy's A Brief Guide to Internet Resources in Theatre and Performance Studies -- A carefully selected, scholarly collection of theatre websites, chosen because they "offer comprehensive listings, offer something unique or interesting, are somewhat off the beaten path, or serve as significant examples of well-managed and productive sites."

Musicals101.com (John Kendrick) -- "The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV, and Film," Musicals101 includes histories of music theatre, reference features, tips on finding rights and putting on a musical, a musical film index, reviews and essays, and special features on individuals, plays, and topics.

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (Lincoln Center) -- The NYPL for the Performing Arts houses the world's most extensive collection of circulating and non-circulating reference and research materials on music, dance, theatre, recorded sound, and other performing arts. There are separate catalogs for the circulating and research collections.

OOBR: The Off-Off Broadway Review -- Includes current listings, reviews, review archives, and tickets.

Playscripts, Inc. -- A commercial site with an excellent index by title, author, venue (e.g. high school theatre, festival one-acts), themes, casting, genre, and settiing. Approximately 80% of the plays can be read online (but not downloaded or printed) before purchasing.

Primer for Actors (Louis E. Catron) -- Nuts and bolts advice for actors on helpful books, creating a résumé, headshots, constructing an actor's website, and auditioning.

10-Minute Plays -- Full-text 1- to 10-minute plays, arranged by playwright, cast size, monologues, and comedy/drama.

Theatre and Drama: World Wide Web Virtual Library -- Links to theatre resources in more than 50 countries for scholars, students, professionals, and amateurs. Includes auditions, plays online, companies, image collections, a syllabus bank, and organizations.

Theatre Central (Playbill) -- Comprehensive directory of theatre-related sites. Includes "Connections," a resource for locating and contacting theatre professionals on the Internet.

Theatre History on the Web (Jack Wolcott, University of Washington School of Drama) -- Portal to websites on theatre history and on historical topics of interest to theatre students, professionals, costsume and set designers, and researchers.