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  • American Association of Community Theatre

    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.

  • American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR)

    Established in 1956, ASTR provides a public voice for theatre scholars and promotes theatre as a field for serious scholarly study and research.

  • American Theatre Wing

    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.

  • Broadway University

    This site training new theatrical producers includes a good glossary of terms, sample Broadway and off-Broadway budget workups, and a comparison of Broadway, off-Broadway and Alliance production expenses. (Some parts of the site are members-only).

  • Journals and E-zines about theatre in New York City

    Please see the Theatre Journals section of Selected Internet Resources in Theatre for descriptions of journals and e-zines about Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway, most of which include listings and reviews of current productions.

  • Live Broadway

    The League of American Theatres and Producers provides up-to-date news, listings and ticketing for Broadway shows and touring productions, as well as summaries of Broadway demographics and economics, and technical information on theatres across the country that host touring productions.

  • Lucille Lortel Foundation

    This comprehensive site features the Internet Off-Broadway Database, a work-in-progress assembling information about productions playing Off-Broadway from the beginning to the present documents the Lucille Lortel awards provides current and historical information about the Lortel Theatre and Playwrights Sidewalk and describes the activities of the Lucille Lortel Foundation, including guidelines for grants.

  • Playbill

    This site provides listings of acting and threatrical support positions on and off Broadway and throughout the United States, London, Canada, and Brazil.

  • TCG Member Theaters

    Theatre Communications Group offers the addresses, phone numbers, and websites of member theaters accessible by name or by state. On the left navigation menu, click on "membership" and then click on "search member theatres."

  • The Dramatists Guild of America

    The website of this association of Playwrights, Composers, and Lyricists holds information about membership, copyright, contracts, events &amp seminars, ways to contact playwrights and their agents, and articles from The Dramatist.

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