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American Memory Project (Library of Congress)
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/amhome.html
Superb collection of American historical links, plus prints, photographic images, and other excellent graphics.
Broadway Theater Online
http://www.broadwaytheater.com/
Lists current productions on and off Broadway as well as a history of Broadway.
Center for Arts Management and Technology
http://camt.artsnet.org/aboutCAMT/tabid/112/Default.aspx
Information on the use of technology in arts management.
Current Jobs
http://www.graduatejobs.com/
National employment bulletin. Updated monthly. UH access only.
Internet Broadway Database
http://www.ibdb.com/
Created by the League of American Theatres and Producers' research department, this site provides information about past and current Broadway shows. Based primarily on theater programs as well as media reports and interviews.
Inter-Play
http://www.lib.pdx.edu/systems/interplay/
International in scope, this index locates plays in collections, anthologies, and periodicals published any time from the late 19th century through the current year.
Labyrinth (Georgetown University)
http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/
Indispensable guide to the Medieval world online, with extensive links to texts, images, and archival databases. A truly extraordinary resource.
Literary Resources on the Net (Rutgers University)
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/%7Ejlynch/Lit/
All periods and genres of English and American literature; links to texts, bibliographies, scholarly articles and more.
Music Theatre International
http://www.mtishows.com/
Web site of a major licensing company which provides information and links to many theatrical resources: licensing and production information, study guides, scores, musicals database, etc.
NetSERF: The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources (Catholic University of America)
http://www.netserf.org/
Enjoyable, well-organized site for all things medieval. Extensive links to museum collections, primary source documents, and image archives.
The Online Communicator
http://www.online-communicator.com/toppage.html
Annotated collections of links to practical information on film, video, audio, multimedia, writing for the media,etc.
UCLA E-Resources
http://www2.library.ucla.edu/search/1486.cfm
Selected internet Sources on various academic topics. A most comprehensive and thoughtfully organized collection of links.
WWW Virtual Library
http://vlib.org/Overview.html
Distributed subject catalog. Megasite, constantly updated.
Career Guides
http://library.hartford.edu/WRT/wrtname.asp?database_category=Career+Guides&Submit=Submit
This lengthy list of web sites includes those with information about searching for a job and sites listing available jobs in all fields. Maintained by Mortensen Library.
Current Jobs in Performing Arts
http://libill.hartford.edu:2048/login?URL=http://www.graduatejobs.com
National employment bulletin for the performing arts professions. Updated monthly. UH access only.
NYFA Interactive
http://www.artswire.org/
This New York Foundation for the Arts site lists Jobs in the Arts and Opportunities for Artists.
R&R Jobs!
http://www.radioandrecords.com/Resources/Jobs.asp
Listing of national positions in radio and broadcasting.
WESTAF ArtJob
http://www.artjob.com/
A fee-for-service of the Western States Arts Federation, ArtJob lists full- and part-time employment, internships, grants, public art projects, residencies which can be searched by region, art discipline, type of organization, Federation, etc. This is a free site, but registration is required.
Alliance of Artists Community
http://www.artistcommunities.org/index.html
Service organization for the field of artists’ communities. Lists residences in the performing and media arts and opportunities for interdiscplinary collaboration; offers workshops, research, financial resources, and advocacy.
Artslynx International Theatre Resources
http://www.artslynx.org/theatre/
This comprehensive site includes links to theatre libraries and research resources, publications, organizations, children's theatre, ethnic theatre, playwrighting and directing, jobs, and more.
A Brief Guide to Internet Resources in Theatre and Performance Studies
http://www.stetson.edu/artsci/csata/custom/thr_guid.html
Maintained by Prof. Ken McCoy of Stetson University, this is an extensive site of general and theater resources.
Infomine Scholarly Internet Resource Collections: Visual & Performing Arts
http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?arts
Maintained by the University of California, this is an annotated search and browse virtual library containing a wide variety of information on performing arts subjects.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
http://www.lincolncenter.org/
Comprehensive site that includes information about resident companies, festivals, broadcasts, programs, box office, etc.
New York Public Library: CATNYP
http://catnyp.nypl.org/
Search the Research Libraries Online Catalog.
Performing Arts Encyclopedia
http://loc.gov/performingarts/encyclopedia
Guide to musical, theatrical, and dance collections available at the Library of Congress, such as Women in the Performing Arts. Includes collections, databases, online presentations, exhibits, and finding aids.
Theatre History on the Web
http://www.videoccasions-nw.com/history/jack.html
Maintained by Jack Wolcott (retired, School of Drama, University of Washington), this site contains directories of scholarly sites, categorized by era and type.
WWW Virtual Library for Theatre and Drama
http://vl-theatre.com/
From the World Wide Web Virtual Library, this site includes links to theatre companies and festivals, image collections, studies and archival texts.
Performing Arts Encyclopedia
http://loc.gov/performingarts/encyclopedia
Guide to musical, theatrical, and dance collections available at the Library of Congress, such as Women in the Performing Arts. Includes collections, databases, online presentations, exhibits, and finding aids.
Alexander Technique
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/jeff/alextech.html
Includes a full description of the technique, recommended publications, and links to societies.
Coping with Performance Anxiety
http://www.engr.unl.edu/eeshop/anxiety.html
Articles about performance anxiety.
International Arts Medicine Association
http://members.aol.com/iamaorg/index.html
The IAMA home page has a good list of links to related sites.
Performing Arts Medicine at Ithaca College
http://www.ithaca.edu/hshp/pt/pt1/
Developed by Ithaca College's School of Health Science and Human Performance and the School of Music, this site has links to various topics of interest where you will find informative articles.
Complete Works of William Shakespeare
http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html
The web's first edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare, including internet resources, a discussion area, quotations, and a glossary.
Drama Book Shop
http://dramabookshop.com/
Searchable database of scripts in stock at The Drama Book Shop.
Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
http://www.dramatists.com/
This site is handy for identifying and purchasing specific plays. Users can apply for licenses online. Search by cast size, gender, length, keyword, author, title. Includes links to web sites on acting, costuming, and regional theater.
Internet Classics Archive
http://classics.mit.edu//
This site is an award-winning, searchable collection of over 400 classical Greek and Latin texts (in English translation) with user-provided commentary and trivia sections.
Inter-play
http://www.lib.pdx.edu/systems/interplay/
An on-line index to plays in collections, anthologies and periodicals.
Samuel French, Inc.
http://www.samuelfrench.com/
Published scripts, ranging from Broadway and England's West End to unsolicited scripts submitted by unpublished authors. Their sales catalogue includes monologues, audition material, classroom guides, classic works, and the latest plays from the professional theater.
Awards
http://www.playbill.com/theatrecentral/sites/category/2023
Available via Theatre Central on the Playbill Online site, this page includes links to the Connecticut Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Obie, Outer Critics, Olivier, Pulitzer, Tony, and other awards.
CastingAudition.com
http://www.castingaudition.com/
Free online database.
Didaskalia: ancient theater today
http://www.didaskalia.net
Contains a wealth of information about the roots and the modern uses of ancient drama and theater, organized into easily accessible sections providing links to ancient production techniques; digitalized reconstructions of ancient theaters; schedules, articles, and reviews of modern productions of classic texts; and conferences.
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/
A comprehensive site that provides links to online scholarly resources as well as new Shakespeare materials, such as a geneology, a time line, information about the Shakespeare canon, and a biography quiz.
New Deal Stage: Selections from the Federal Theatre Project, 1935-1939
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/fedtp/fthome.html
This online presentation includes over 3,000 images of items selected from the Federal Theatre Project Collection at the Library of Congress. Featured here are stage and costume designs, still photographs, posters, and scripts for productions of Macbeth and The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus as staged by Orson Welles, and for Power, a topical drama of the period. Additional documents from the collection will be added.
Stage Agent
http://www.stageagent.com/
Constructed and maintained by Stanford University students and alumni, this site offers national coverage for show synopses and castings, current production listings, a udition and callback announcements, classified ads, and a bulletin board.
UK Theatre Web
http://www.uktw.co.uk/
Although not an easy site to navigate, the UK Theatre Web has current and comprehensive coverage of theatre in Britain. Includes links to ticketing, competitions, festivals, agents, jobs, gossip, consultants, supplies, etc.
vasta.org
http://www.vasta.org/
Web site of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association, Inc. includes information about conferences, vocal coaches, and publications.
New York Public Library Picture Collection Online
http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/
A collection of 30,000 digitized images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923.
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