Best of the Web: Performing Arts

An online illustrated textbook which describes in detail what life was like during Shakespeare's time.

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.

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.

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.

Online almanac listing awards for organizations without a web presence.

Current searchable information in English and Spanish.

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."

National service organization that supports artists communities. Members listed as well as application requirements for selected residences. In-depth profiles of member communities.

Browse the popular videos or search for more.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Non-profit pop music library and research center. Specializes in pop music created since 1950.

Covers years from 1923-1971.

Good gateway for information on contemporary playwrights, including Ayckbourn, Ensler, Fo, Hansberry, Hwang, Kushner, Ravenhill, Shepard, Anna Devere Smith, Vogel & Wasserstein.

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.

"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.

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.

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."

A directory of regional combined auditions, with contact information for each.

Some listings available to subscribers only.

Frequently updated job postings, efficiently organized by category.