Books and Literary Resources
Drama Book Store has become iconic – it’s even won a Tony – and carries all the scripts and theater books worth carrying. Lincoln Center Library is a fabulous resource, not only for books, but tapings of shows you haven’t seen or want to see again.
London Theater
London Theatre Guide National Theatre tells what’s going on at its three theatres, as well as which shows will be shown in movie theaters via NTLive.
Tony Award Winners
Historical Tony Award Winners Best Musicals – The Tony Awards Best Plays – The Tony Awards
Reviews
Stage Grade assigns a grade to the reviews for a particular show, and then averages then averages them for easy reference. Didhelikeit.com uses the Ben Brantley reviews as the stepping-off points, but also gives shortened versions from other reviews. Average critics scores can also be found at broadwayworld.com, which compiles the reviews the morning after a show opens and […]
Musical Theater
Bluegobo.com for videos from musicals dating back to the ‘20s. Broadway Musical Home offers an alphabetical list of major Broadway musicals including a synopsis, awards, creative team.
General Theater Information
Wikipedia is a good source that tells how a show fared financially. IMDB is a vast database of people in the theater and film business; you can look up producers here! Glossarist gives definitions and explanations of terms and words used in theater; it’s based in London, so you’ll find “interval” defined, with a note that we […]
Theater Sites
Visit each site for a vast array of information about Broadway happenings, past, present and future! These sites include information on all kinds of things related to Broadway theater, including historical notes, book reviews, restaurant recommendations and more! Broadwayworld Average critics scores Weekly grosses Broadway message boards Playbill online Schedule of Broadway openings Announcements of […]
Theatre Communications Group
TCG Mission To strengthen, nurture and promote the professional not-for-profit American theatre. Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre, was founded in 1961 with a grant from the Ford Foundation to foster communication among professional, community and university theatres. Today, TCG’s constituency has grown from a handful of groundbreaking theatres to […]
The Broadway League
The Broadway League 729 Seventh Avenue, 5th Floor New York, NY 10019 (212) 764-1122 The Broadway League is the national trade association for the Broadway industry. There are 600-plus members who include theatre owners and operators, producers, presenters, and general managers in North American cities, as well as suppliers of goods and services to the commercial theatre industry. […]
Historical Narratives
History of Latinos on Broadway Written and read by Neyda Martinez HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS ON BROADWAY Written by Maxine Lyle Read by Coleman Domingo (A Boy and His Soul and Passing Strange)
Theater Terms and Definitions
1) Glossary of Theater Terms: Downloadable PDF/ crossword puzzles 2) Glossary of Theater terms online www.theatrecrafts.com www.upstagereview.org www.tctwebstage.com 3) Glossary of theater terms -downloadable to smartphone www.cnet.com
Theater Publications
www.backstage.com www.playbill.com www.artslynx.org www.littleviews.com www.ibdb.com (Internet Broadway Database) www.artsjournal.com www.broadwayfanclub.com www.broadwayworld.com www.nytheatre.com
Buy Theater Tickets
Broadway.com – www.broadway.com Telecharge – www.telecharge.com Theatre Development Fund – www.tdf.org Theater Mania – www.theatermania.com Givenik.com – www.givenik.com Studentrush.org – www.studentrush.org Tickets for Memphis – Click Here Tickets for Porgy and Bess – Click Here TIckets for Sistas, the Musical –Click Here