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You are welcome to ask
reference questions or to suggest other web sites to list on this
page.
Contact:
Saidah Ochoa,
Reference Librarian at ACC SAC
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Starting Points
- Playbill --Theatre Central: Sites
- The foremost collection
of drama-related web sites. Scroll down the screen to see lists of
specific topics. The host site of Theatre-Central is Playbill, which covers
the current theater scene and is updated daily.
- Yahoo's list
of Theater links
- An extensive collection
of web sites. You generally go through three or four screens that
list more and more specific topics. You can also search these lists
at any screen. Highly recommended.
- Theatre Library Association
- Theatre Resources
- Good collection of links
to web sites, online texts, organizations, etc.
- Infomine:
Visual & Performing Arts
- A list of scholarly web
sites selected by librarians. It can be searched by keyword or browsed
by alphabetical listing. General topics seem to work best at the start.
For instance, start by searching "Theatre" and then browsing through
the list. It avoids a lot of the "lightweight" web sites and can be
more useful for research.
World Wide Arts Resources -
Theater
- A large collection of
links to web sites on acting, production, and theater history.
- A combination of research
information and links to other theater web sites. Divided into Research
and Career. Recommended as a starting place for research. You can
also ask specific question by email. From East Los Angeles College
Theatre Arts Department.
- Applied and Interactive Theatre Guide
- Covers non-traditional
theater and theater as a social resource, including Improv, Drama
Therapy, Sociodrama, Theatre of the Oppressed, and more.
- Theatre History
on the Web
The "Area Studies" section
is probably the most useful. It is diivided into six time periods.
There are also many related areas for theater studies. Maintained
by a retired University of Washington drama professor.
Actorsite.com Mainly
practical information aimed at actors trying to get work.
Theatrecrafts.com Links
to sources on many aspects of staging, including props, special effects,
sound, wardrobe, etc. Also has extensive glossary of stage terminology.
From a university in Britain.
Artlynx International Theatre
Resources
Lots of useful links for
theater history, acting, stagecraft, and more.
Global
Performing Arts Database
International collection
of images, video and text on specific plays, people and various aspects
of play production.
Inter-Play
Input the name of a specific
play and see which collections of plays include it. You can then go
to the library catalog and
see if ACC has that collection.
Stagework
From the Royal National Theatre in Britain. Information on specific
productions, on acting, different jobs in theater, etc. There is a
section for educators.
Musicals 101
History of musicals on
stage, screen and TV. Special sections on notable figures in musicals
history.
Broadway: The American Musical
From Public Broadcasting
Service. History and biographies, plus the "Resources" section has a
good list of other websites.
The Costume Site
Huge list of links
relating to theatrical costumes. Divided into categories such as historical,
science fiction, armor, etc.
The Costume Page
Links to many specialized
web sites related to theater costumes.
Costumer's Manifesto
A large collection of links to all aspects of theatrical costumes.
From a professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
International Theatre Design Archive
Links to websites
of individual designers of sets, lighting, and costumes. Accessible
by play title, playwright, designer, or producer.
New York
Times Theater Reviews
Reviews published in the
Times, mainly back to the mid-nineties, but some go as far
back as 1905. Searchable by title, year, actor, etc.
Internet Broadway Database
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Information on the
shows currently on Broadway, casts, crew, writers, producers,
etc.
Sources of Monologues & Scenes
American Rhetoric
Almost 500 speeches and
excerpts from movies. The movie section
has both scenes and monologues. For most there is both an audio file
and a text transcription.
Alice in Theatreland - Collection of
Monologues
This site has a small collection
of monologues, mainly from classical and 19th century works. The links
to other web sources of monologues is quite large.
Monologue Archive
Hundreds of monologues
divided into comic, and dramatic, classical.
State
and Local Drama Info on the Web
ACC Drama Department
Basic information
and staff contacts.
Austin
Yahoo
A subset of the
Austin Yahoo search engine. This portion lists many local drama-related
sites or you can search for something specific.
Austin
CitySearch
A collection of Austin
arts information that includes drama. You can manipulate the information
by type of performing art.
Austin City Links - Arts
A number of local theater
organizations are listed.
Austin
Chronicle
The Theatre section covers the local scene.
University of Texas at Austin
Department of Theatre and Dance
Information about
their educational programs.
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