Theatre Arts

Useful Web Sites

The Costume Page  Julie Zetterberg Sardo's personal library of costuming-related links with a number of good links to give you starting points to explore further.

Dramatists Play Services, Inc.  This commercial site will help you order scripts and apply for performance rights.

Playbill  Offers online chat and message boards as well as links to news and listings.  The colorful flashing ads will remind you that it is a commercial site.

Theatre Development Fund  A non-profit service organization for the performing arts, specifically theatre and dance.

Theatre History on the Web  Maintained by Jack Wolcot, retired from the University of Washington's School of Drama, this site accepts suggested links from current educators and verifies them once a week.

Library of Congress Subject Headings:

The preferred term for Theatre is spelled THEATER.  LCSH suggests also using 

Electronic Reference Materials:                        (Available online)

Andrew Lloyd Webber [electronic resource] ML 410 L78 S64 2004 E-BOOK
The megamusical [electronic resource]  ML 2054 S74 2006 E-BOOK

Reference Materials:    (Located in the Grossmont Library)

Dictionaries

  
Cambridge guide to theatre  REF PN 2035 C27 1995 
Dictionary of the theatre:  terms, concepts, and analysis  REF PN 2035 P2913 1998 
The Ivan R. Dee guide to plays and playwrights REF PN 2035 G73 2003
Who's who in contemporary world theatre  REF PN 2035 W485 2000 

 
Directories

  
Directory of theatre training programs  REF L 902 T4 C4 1997 
Music, dance & theater scholarships  REF LB 2338 M8 1998 
Performing arts directory REF PN 1561 G74 2003


Encyclopedias

  
Encyclopedia of world theater  REF PN 2035 E52 
World encyclopedia of contemporary theatre REF PN 2035 W67

 
Reviews

  
National theatre critics' reviews REF PN 1707 N74 [year]

Last updated on 5/13/2008 by Michelle Blackman