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Images of various papers found in a box that hadn't been opened in over 100 years. The Theatre section has seating plans, program covers, and clippings of theatres and productions in the 1870's and 1880's.
(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) "Approximately 2250 titles...have been indexed approximately 1200 [of these] have been fully scanned and are available on this site."
Special New Zealand coverage.
An online illustrated textbook which describes in detail what life was like during Shakespeare's time.
Major search site that merges out-of-print listings from hundreds of dealers.
An excellent Emmy winners and nominees database from 1949 to the present. Also has selected interviews from its Archive of American Television, an oral and video history project to document radio and television history, with over 150 videos completed so far. Full-text articles from the current issue of Emmy Magazine are also here.
From SACD(The French Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers), this publication and website contains articles about and excerpts from the work of contemporary French playwrights. A playwright database is included, as well as electronic issues of Actes du Theatre in French and English since 1999.
Joshua Siegel and his colleagues write helpful articles on numerous facets of the business, provide sample resumes, headshots, agentdirectories, and other actors' tools, and offer a selection of links to other acting sites.
Instructional dance videos.
PDF version of casting notices. The East Coast section is mostly student film. The West Coast section includes a list of 1999-2000 casting directors assigned all current television series (CD assignment list) as well as a list of those cast in all current television series (Series Regular list), both in PDF format.
The Fund provides services for entertainment professionals nationwide. Comprehensive health and insurance options for the self-employed are listed by state. The Fund provides counseling, substance abuse and mental health services, senior and disabled care, nursing home and assisted living care, emergency grants for food, rent and medical care, the Actors' Work Program, and an AIDS Initiative.
The professional union for stage actors and stage managers in the United States.
Offers a variety of social, vocational, housing, and insurance services.
Personal site with articles for beginning actors on how to get started in the business, contacting casting and talent agencies (withaddresses), advice about actor services and choosing monologues. Don't miss the FAQ on talent agents.
Online almanac listing awards for organizations without a web presence.
Online almanac listing awards for organizations without a web presence.
Current searchable information in English and Spanish.
(Brown University Library) "1,305 pieces of African-American sheet music..., includes many songs from the heyday of antebellum black face minstrelsy in the 1850s and from the abolitionist movement of the same period."
Represents actors and other professional performers and broadcasters in television, radio, sound recordings,non-broadcast/industrial programming and new technologies such as interactive programming and CD ROMs.
A useful resource for New York City residents.
Scroll down past the ads to find links to informal, chatty reviews of current Broadway and off-Broadway shows, as well as productions in major U.S. cities, by the magazine's band of critics. Updated biweekly.
"Information on 475+ composers and 1250+ operas. Our goal is to provide links from each composer and opera to external web pages of interest. You can search by composer's name or opera title."
Guides to the plays (plot summaries, thematic discussions, character analysis, etc.), quotes, critical essays, biographical info, questions and answers, all in an easy-to-navigate, searchable site.
National service organization that supports artists communities. Members listed as well as application requirements for selected residences. In-depth profiles of member communities.
NYC theatrical agents and agencies from ALLNY.com. Address and telephone numbers only.
Browse the popular videos or search for more.
Since July 1995 Amazon has been selling books music videos and other products. This site contains links to Amazon's international sites.
(Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress)
The American Association of Community Theatre (AACT) is the national voice of community theatre, representing the interests of its members and over 7,000 theatres across the U.S. and with the armed forces overseas.
This resource offers demonstrations of ballet steps in QuickTime, as well as textual definitions.
ACE is an honorary society of film editors dedicated to the advancement of the craft. This site features membership and magazine subscription information, an organization history, and internship and competition details.
Durham, North Carolina.
This Local of members living or working in and around New York City is the largest local union of professional musicians in the world. Includes orchestral musicians performing at Lincoln Center, Broadway pit musicians,freelance musicians performing in and around New York, jazz artists, hotel, club date and cabaret musicians, recording musicians, and musicians in the rock, blues and contemporary music scenes. Part of the AFM (American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada)
National arts organization devoted to film, television and video, serves as a point of national focus and coordination for the many individuals and institutions concerned with the moving image as art. Institute programs emanate from the AFI campus in Los Angeles and the AFI Theater in the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Website links to programs, training and education opportunities, festivals.
Established in 1956, ASTR provides a public voice for theatre scholars and promotes theatre as a field for serious scholarly study and research.
•ACE (Database of titles licensed by ASCAP)
Links to the home pages of hundreds of theatre companies, professional, semi-professional, and amateur, nationwide.
The American Theatre Wing operates an array of programs to support excellence and education in theatre, including televised seminars with top practitioners, a weekly radio program on XM Satellite Radio, a free audio and video archive on its website, grants and scholarships for New York City theatres and students, and the annual presentation of The Tony Awards.
The Library of Congress site includes theatre programs, vaudeville scripts, recordings, motion pictures of performers, and a section on Houdini.
Americans for the Arts is a national organization promoting leadership, education and information, that will encourage support for the arts and culture in our nations communities. Includes a database of Arts Policy and Research, provided through a partnership with Arts Wire and Carnegie Mellon University. Includes legislative updates, arts advocacy programs, and extensive lists of publications.
Library of Congress American Memory Project.
Thoughtful overview of standard and scholarly print sources on Commedia dell'Arte and its theatrical descendants, by Jose Garriga.
Non-profit pop music library and research center. Specializes in pop music created since 1950.
Covers years from 1923-1971.
To reach the Resources page, on the opening ARSC page, hit the Committees link, and then Education and Training Committee link. Resources compiled by the Education and Training Committee of ARSC(Association for Recorded Sound Collections). Features discussion lists, training courses including distance education(online) classes, organizations, and other related audiovisual archival websites.
Good gateway for information on contemporary playwrights, including Ayckbourn, Ensler, Fo, Hansberry, Hwang, Kushner, Ravenhill, Shepard, Anna Devere Smith, Vogel & Wasserstein.
Links to other sites.
French dance site.
Arts & Business Council's signature program, Business Volunteers for the Arts promotes mutually beneficial partnerships between corporations and nonprofit arts groups. Includes an interactive business guide to the arts, job openings, and newsletters.
AEP is a nonprofit coalition of organizations dedicated to demonstrating the role of arts education in helping students to excel in school and later in life. Includes information on applying for federal funds, arts education task forces (including links), and resources from past efforts and conferences.
Excellent list of links for arts education links including funding, national standards, and community programs. See also the Healing Power of the Arts which contains many more research sites.
"A worldwide calendar and information center for new music and the media arts."
As a service of the Arts & Business Council, Inc. this website lists arts management job opportunities in the New York metro area, arranged by job category.
Linking the arts and education (k-12) through technology. Includes lesson plans and activities for teachers and students. Also includes the National and State Standards for Arts Education full text.
This website was created for the Colorado Council on the Arts but is international in scope. Excellent resource information on all facets of the arts, from the visual arts to dance and film. Also includes information on arts advocacy, arts policy and arts education. See also the Healing Power of the Arts, a comprehensive list of how the arts can heal minds, bodies, and communities. Highly recommended.
Maintained by Richard Finkelstein, a college professor, stage designer, and arts advocate, this compendium of internet sites includes material from unusual topics, like Drama Therapy, Fight Direction, Performance Art, Stage Management, Storytelling, Theatre Architecture, and Theatre of Social Responsibility. Also included is This Month in Theatre History, which lists landmark theatre events and the birthdays of influential theatre practitioners.
Essays and related links on all aspects of arts marketing: strategy, research, communications, audience retention, and alternative funding.
AHA is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of Latino arts and artists in the United States. Lists of programs and services available. Also contains Opportunities For Artists: A listing of grants, fellowships and other resources for artists.
UK-based organization supporting film sound technicians. Provides a members list and a newsletter
AMIA "is a non-profit professional association established to advance the field of moving image archiving by fostering cooperation among individuals and organizations concerned with the acquisition, preservation, exhibition and use of moving image materials."
Includes texts 19th Century posters performance schedules bibliographic databases on Canadian Theatre from its beginnings through 1984, and from 1984 to the present and the publication Theatre Research in Canada.
Shadows (1826). NYPL Art and Architecture Collection.
One of 700,000 pictures in the NYPL Digital Gallery
