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The Society of this Victorian actor-manager includes selections from past and present newsletters with illustrated articles describing Irving's life and cultural milieu.
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"An extraordinary collection of 138 priceless autograph manuscripts, sketches, engravers proofs, and first editions, which were donated to the School in February 2006 by Juilliard Board Chairman Bruce Kovner..."
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The Kitchen is a non-profit, interdisciplinary organization that provides innovative artists working in the media, literary, and performing arts exhibition and performance opportunities to create and present new work.
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Contemporary dance.
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"Popular American music [from] 1780 to 1960." Includes covers and music for P.D. works, covers only for works still under copyright.
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"An archive of 19,281 texts used in Lieder and other classical Art Songs as well as in many choral works and other types of classical vocal pieces...currently includes 31,200 settings and 4,670 translations to English, Italian, Dutch, German, Spanish, French, and other languages."
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"A non-profit database...which aims to provide composers, listeners, performers, and researchers with a source of information about the music of our time." Includes links to the home pages of hundreds of contemporary composers.
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"Find opera synopses, biographies for singers, conductors and composers, production photos, sound clips, background information, and teacher study guides for each opera in our broadcast season."
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Assessed academic performance of fourth, eighth, and twelfth graders in a range of subjects, including NAEP administered assessment of students' knowledge and skills in music, theatre, and visual arts.
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Directed toward adventurous theatregoers, this site features topical articles and reviews about the NYC performance community, reporting by writers published in the New York Times, listings, and notes on activities of notable theatrical artists in New York.
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Listings of "organizations and individuals engaged primarily in the creation, interpretation and support of contemporary music".
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Over 1500 books online
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Features "Opera companies on the Web" & "Opera related information pages on the Web".
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A rapidly expanding Digital Library from Tufts with a plentiful collection of Greek playtexts and other classical resources. The site also contains full-text versions of Christopher Marlowe's work, an edition of Shakespeare's First Folio, and source material on the history and founding of London. Atlases identify places mentioned in the collection of online texts.
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This 229-page site by Richard Toscan is a detailed manual of the playwright's craft, with a plethora of Quotes on Craft from more than 375 professionals. Major Sections: " Starting from Scratch " Structure of Plays " Working as a Playwright " Format for Manuscripts " The Business of Playwriting " Resources " Running New Play Competitions.
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A unique set of resources can be found at the bottom of this webpage: Puppet News, Organizations, Festivals, Theatres, Puppetry Definitions, Traditions, Schools, Workshops, Internships, Exhibits & Museums, Puppet Building & Materials, Puppet Builders & Sellers, Performers & Companies.
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Leads to a variety of informative resources on Beckett, his influence, his work.
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(M.A. in Arts Administration)
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Located in Stratford-on-Avon, the Trust preserves Shakespeare's birthplace and maintains a museum and a library with a rich Shakespeare collection as well as the archives of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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Emphasizes Shakespeare in performance, with images, set designs, and a virtual tour of the new Globe Theater in London, as well as texts of the plays and guides to other Shakespeare websites.
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Emphasizes late 19th & 20th centuries including Big Band jazz, Gospel and African American sacred music, and folk music includes the Duke Ellington Collection & the Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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Articles describing the work of Viola Spolin, the teacher and writer on the art of improvisation, and her son Paul Sills, who founded Second City.
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The Institute, the Festival, the film programs, the theater, the college and more. .
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The library at the Univ. of Kent in England holds 5 separate collections of papers, ephemera, playbills, & photos about Victorian Theatre.
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Access to bibliographic records and (for public domain works) digitized images of "over 10,000 pieces of pieces of classical, popular, and sacred music from the 19th and early 20th centuries".
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Lessons on the anatomy and mechanics of voice and speech and other resources on voice training for actors. (This page is underdevelopment).
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Includes a timeline, a bibliography, and brief visual and textual commentary on the plays, casts, and staging of Restoration Drama, as well as on life in 17th Century London.
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Devoted to promoting mime as a serious theatrical art, this attractive site holds articles, web and print resources, directories, calendars, and an index.
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Listings of graduate programs in theater, with descriptions and contact information, in the U.S. and internationally.
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From Playbill Online, a large compendium of contemporary theatre links, geared toward the performer, the practitioner, the audience member, the devotee. Many of the sites are from individuals, reflecting their enthusiasms.
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The national organization for the American theatre, TCG supports the not-for-profit theatre community with programs for artists and managers, advocacy, and publications, including ArtSearch, American Theatre, plays, and theatre reference books.
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Jack Wolcott's spare but lucid directory of theatre history resources, regularly maintained.
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Jerry Bangham, a theatre history scholar, has organized a multitude of theatre history sites from the Greeks to early 19th and 20th Century American theatre. The link at the bottom of the page will take you to a large list of general theatre sites, organized by subject.
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An informative gateway to Welsh theatre companies, reviews, news, playwrights, resources and links.
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Fully searchable, full-text versions of up to five years of such scholarly journals as Asian Theatre Journal, PAJ, TDR (The Drama Review), Theater, Theatre Journal and Theatre Topics can be accessed at The New York Public Library. Tables of contents, selected full-text articles, and the impressive search feature are available to anyone with an internet connection.
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This organization of theatre archivists, librarians, & scholars promotes research and publishing in performing arts. The site includes a page of internet resources.
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From the Burcardo Library and Theatre Collection in Rome, this selection of links is noteworthy for its scholarly flavor, its international focus, and some unusual resources. The site, primarily categorized by country, also contains links to cinema and dance resources.
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Provided by the Masters of Arts Management Program at Carnegie Mellon University. Current and past issues full text. Not searchable.
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Britain's National Museum of the Performing Arts holds the world's largest collections relating to the British stage. Exhibitions, education and more.
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Up-to-date Theatre Resources maintained by volunteer contributors.
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TWB is an informal group of individual artists around the world who are working to support international theatre exchange. The website offers opportunities to discover people and organizations, find resources, and exchange information and conversation about international theatre projects.
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A primer on how to do dramaturgical research. Links to databases at the Library of the University of Puget Sound don't work, but the resources mentioned are online at The Humanities and Social Sciences Research Library of NYPL.
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Yet another theatre e-zine, with info, news, reviews, interviews about the theatre scene in New York, Boston, Chicago & Los Angeles. Also contains a Festivals Button, which links to information about various theatre festivals across the U.S.
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This well-designed site functions like an encyclopedia on theatre, with descriptions of terms, biographical data on actors, directors, playwrights and other theatre people, critical material on plays, and career information. Internet links are woven into each topical article.
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Abundance of musical theatre links--to performers, to shows, to librettos and lyrics, to recordings & multimedia clips, to magazines, mailing lists, newsletters & reviews.
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Search engine "which allows searching of databases containing musical themes or incipits".
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Compiled and edited by Richard Finkelstein.
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Search for events throughout the United States.
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Official site for the Tony Awards. Searchable database of nominees & winners from 1947 to present. Also search by presenter of award.
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A stunning collection of art images, with annotations relating to historical accuracy, from Hope Greenbert, a Humanities Computing Specialist at the Univ. of Vermont.
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Information about how to register sound recordings of music, drama or lectures. Includes link to copyright registration form for sound recordings.
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(in PDF format)
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Containing over 220,000 films and television programs, and 27 million feet of newsreel footage, we are the largest university held moving image archive in the world. (University of California, Los Angeles)
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Videotape standard may be PAL.
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The professional union for stage designers, scenic artists, and allied crafts. Recently affiliated with IATSE.
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Official site of the U.S. Copyright Office featuring general information, legislation and publications. Download Copyright Office application forms.
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Information on audio preservation & restoration, including sticky shed syndrome, magnetic tape storage, 78rpm records & cylinders, compact disc rot, bronzing & corrosion, digital audio & media, film & video tape preservation, media disaster plans, audio restoration/preservation products & service links, organizations.
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(M.A. in Business)
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New Zealand site with world wide links.
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The oldest and largest consortium of professional theatre training graduate programs and associated theatre companies.
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Jackson, Mississippi.
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The University of San Francisco's compendium of links to Asian theatre, arranged by country.
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"Provides access to about 50,000 songs in more than 1,500 published song anthologies owned by the George F. DeVine Music Library at the University of Tennessee."
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Includes complete scores for operas, art songs, orchestral/chamber/piano/solo instrumental music literature (Indiana University site)
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The foremost provider of entertainment news. The current day's articles are available full-text, along with other industry information. Paid subscribers to the online site can access a year's worth of full-text archives, as well as other features.
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Bulgaria.
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A discography of complete opera recordings on LP and CD.
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Choose 'Dance' from list of categories and find this week's performance schedule.
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A 3D simulation of a complete act by legendary vaudeville comedian Frank Bush and a 3D tour of an extravagant Victorian theater, as well as extensive historical information.
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"Focuses solely on vocal ensemble and choir performances around the New York area."
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Vocal ensemble activities and information in the NYC area includes link to Concert Calendar.
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VSA(Vision, Strength, and Artistic Expression) is a nonprofit organization providing support for artists with disabilities. Contains affiliate network, national and international programs.
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Every year the Wagner College Theatre presents a full season of dramas, comedies and musicals.
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Just for fun.
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Features some audio clips, pictures, discography, filmography,listing of opera performances.
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(Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana, Library of Congress) "More than two hundred sheet-music compositions that represent Lincoln and the war as reflected in popular music."
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Free sheet music indexed by composer or editor.