THEATRE RESEARCH GUIDE: Websites

News, interviews, schedules, stats, award listings, etc. for Broadway, Off-Broadway, London, and beyond

From Jon Primrose of the University of Exeter Drama Department.

Invests in brave work, supports creative growth, and celebrates excellence to bring inclusive stories to our national culture through theatre.

Artists, educators, scholars, students and theatre lovers who are dedicated to the exploration and preservation of the theatrical visions of the African Diaspora

A U.S.-based professional organization that fosters scholarship on worldwide theatre and performance, both historical and contemporary.

The national trade association for the Broadway industry

Games for use in acting workshops and classes

Devoted to the promotion of Mime as a specialized theatrical art

Presents a large set of speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds. The archive is used by people who wish to compare and analyze the accents of different English speakers.

Gives practical information and advice about technical theatre at all levels.

Original articles about stage lighting techniques, modern equipment and best practice - all written by lighting industry professionals

From Columbia University

Costuming resources online

Hundreds of links, including images, patterns, detailing, supplies, etc.

Historical dress from antiquity to the end of the 19th century.

Licenses and rents production materials for classic Broadway musicals

Licenses and rents production materials for plays and musicals

Licenses and rents production materials for, you know, those guys.

Ford’s Theatre’s mission is to celebrate the legacy of Abraham Lincoln and to explore the American experience through theatre and education.

The official database for Broadway theatre information, providing records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today.

The official site of the American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards

Highlights Broadway news and gossip about all the shows currently appearing on Broadway in New York City

Images of items selected from the Library of Congress's Federal Theatre Project Collection, one of the five arts-related projects established during the first term of President Franklin D. Roosevelt under the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

The Library of Congress's digitized collections for Music, Theatre, Dance, and other performing arts.

explores the many ways Greek drama was interpreted by ancient Greek artists. Features a wide variety of objects, including maps, sculptures, painted vases, and a rare fragmentary papyrus.

A digital edition (in Spanish) of this landmark work