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applied & interactive theater
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commedia dell'arte
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improvisation
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- Yahoo! Comedy Groups
- Yahoo! Institutes
- Plaintext Players - Internet's ground-breaking live, improvisational performance troupe.
- !nstant theatre co. - theatre company focusing solely on new forms of improvised theatre.
- FoolProof Improvisational Theatre Troupe - made up of Maryland teenagers presenting scenes dealing with drug abuse, alcoholism,
suicide, and other issues facing youth.
- Improbable Theatre - inventive theater company that performs all over the world.
- impronet
- Improv Across America - database of American improvisational comedy troupes.
- Improv Encyclopedia - improv and theater games, warmups, exercises, handles, references, and more.
- Improv Page - a clearinghouse of information about improvisational theatre.
- Improv Resource Center - essays, interviews, and message boards devoted to long-form improvisational theater.
- Improv Review - devoted to criticism and news of improvisational theater.
- ImprovChicago.com - dedicated to the art of improv theater in the Chicago area. Includes listings of groups, theaters, schools, and
more.
- Improvland - worldwide player profiles, articles, reviews, improv help and tips, games and genre lists, message boards, chat, and more.
- Insight Through Improvisation - improv workshops and retreats for personal insight, creativity, teambuilding, problem-solving, and
stage presence.
- Je77's Improv Page
- John Abbott's Improv Journal - journal, links, and more.
- Learn Improv - devoted to teaching and learning improvisational comedy.
- Nose to Nose - offers clowning and improvisation workshops in England, France, and Germany.
- Speed Of Thought Players - improvisational comedy and theatrical troupe.
- Theatre Strike Force - improvisational theatre troupe for the University of Florida. We do mainly comedy, but also skits about social
issues and problems that we wish to bring to the forefront.
- Umgeeum - non-profit performing troupe that offers improvised shows with audience participation.
- YESand - online improv information source, featuring news, articles, bulletin board, and events.
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miracle & mystery plays
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vaudeville
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- Bob Hope and American Variety - online exhibition from the Library of Congress. Traces the career of Bob Hope, and the
influence of vaudeville and variety shows upon his work.
- American Vaudeville Museum - includes magazine information and past articles.
- Backyard Variety Show - diverse live acts presented in cabaret form, in the spirit of American vaudeville.
- Dazzling Mills Family, The - comedy vaudeville entertainment involving lots of juggling and unicycling.
- Diamond Circle Melodrama and Vaudeville - schedule, ticket, and historical information.
- Lazer Vaudeville - juggling, magic, acrobatics, rope-spinning and comedy, with black-light, lasers, and special effects create an
international touring theater show.
- Legends of Vaudeville - musical comedy tribute show by Jeff Gardner and Jerold Goldstein that recreates Jimmy Durante, the Marx
Brothers, and Al Jolson.
- New Wave Vaudeville - troupe of variety artists who present a show filled with juggling, illusions, comedy, and audience
participation.
- Vaudeville Alley - these physical comedians will smash, crash, bounce, and hurtle you into uncontrollable laughter. It's
theatre in a trunk.
- Vintage Vaudeville & Ragtime Show
- Web Directory: Vaudeville Memories - links to performers, museums, theatres, trivia, and a Q&A page.
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| Canada - Alberta |
- OnStage Canada - A compendium of exclusively Canadian theatre websites
- SummerWorks Theatre Festival - promoting the works of Toronto artists. Press releases, general info, applications, schedules, and
on-line reviews. August 5-15, 1999.
- ATHE 99 Conference - Association for Theatre in Higher Education's annual convention. July 28-31, 1999, in Toronto.
- Atlantic Theatre Festival (ATF) - professional repertory theatre festival running from mid-June through mid-September.
- Festival de Théâtre des Amériques (FTA) - offers information and schedule for this international contemporary theatre festival.
- USITT Stage Expo - United States Institute for Theatre Technology's annual convention of
theatrical innovation. March 23-25, 2000.
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- transeuropa - offers contemporary theatre and performance art of young European artists from Denmark, Russia, Great Britain, and
Germany in Hildesheim, Germany.
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| Netherlands |
- IFTR World Congress - information on the conference of the International Federation for Theatre Research at the University of Amsterdam.
- Stip produkties - Jeugdtheater - We give you an overview of more than 20 professional theatre performances for children and youngsters
in the Netherlands.
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| United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales) |
- Old Mother Hubbard's Theatre Links - Theatre links with emphasis on the United Kingdom.
- UK Theatre Web - UK Theatre Web - information on performing arts (theatre, drama, musicals, opera, ballet and dance) throughout the UK.
Covers both amateur and professional activities. Links to UK related performing arts sites. Providers of listings information for over 1000 venues.
- LIFT - London International Festival of Theatre - committed to brining the best in international theatre and performance to London. 14
June-4 July 1999.
- What's On Stage - directory of theatre, opera and dance with listings of all plays and performances throughout the UK
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- Season of Concern - the local theater community's fund raising effort in the fight against AIDS.
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| USA - Iowa |
- Iowa Thespian Society, The - Read about the society's annual thespian festival. Includes a list of Iowa State hall of fame inductees,
and state theater event information. Doesn't have dates but has H.S. production listings.
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directories
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- ActingDepot.com
- American Theatre Resources - links to and information about American regional theatres.
- AmericanTheater Web - listings of U.S. theaters and their production schedules, plus news and a call board.
- Artslynx International Theatre Resources - links and resources in topics ranging from design and dramaturgy to playwriting,
musicals, a more.
- Dramalinks - resources for actors, teachers, and students of drama. Lesson plans, information, articles, and links.
- Scotts Theatre Links
- Sites About Acting and the Acting Business
- Theater Services Guide - international directory of classifieds, audition notices, businesses, organizations, and individuals.
- TheaterDog.com - search by term or category.
- Theatre and Drama Virtual Library - The World Wide Web Virtual Library of Theatre and Drama resources
- Performing Arts Links - Worldwide index of Internet resources (WWW sites, mailing lists, newsgroups)
related to the performing arts
- www.playbill.com
- Playbill Online - news and show listings for professional, amateur, and academic theatre.
- Theatre Central - International theatre news, searchable database, compendium of links, casting, and more.
- Gravel Walk to Theatre on the Net - Research directory for worldwide theatre resources. Especially Scandinavia and the other
Baltic Sea countries. Comprehensive index of dramatist links.
- Internet Theatre Database, The - searchable archive of theatre past, present, and future.
- StageBusiness.com - offers a cyber-community dedicated to theatre performers, directors, designers, and playwrights. Features
member-driven message boards and web directories.
- Yahoo! Theater Companies
- Yahoo! Mystery Dinner Theater
- OffOffOff Broadway
- OOBR: The Off-Off-Broadway Review
- NYtheatre.com
- Playbill On-Line - THE Theatre Source on the Web
- 1999–2000 Broadway Premieres
- 1998–1999 Broadway Premieres
- 1996–1998 Broadway Premieres
- 1996–1997 Broadway Touring Productions
- 1997–1998 Broadway Season Statistics
- Broadway Season Statistics
- 1998 Major Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway Productions
- Broadway Theaters
- Longest Broadway Runs
- 1997–1998 Major Dance Events
- 1996–1997 Major Dance Events
- Summer Music and Dance Festivals
- U.S. Dance Companies
- 1996–1997 Opera Premieres and New Productions
- Most Frequently Produced Operas in the U.S.
- Favorite Opera Stories
- U.S. Opera Companies
- Performing Arts Magazines and Journals
- Performing Arts Timeline
- Children's Theater Resource Page
- Indiana University Libraries Theater and Drama page - An outstanding site
- McCoy's Guide to Theatre and Performance Studies
- Performing Arts Online
- Theatre Central
- Theatre Resources - An index of world wide arts resources
- WEBCRAWLER Arts & Literature-Theater
- World Wide Arts Resources - A-Z guide to the arts. Click on "Theater Resources"
- Yahoo -Performing Arts
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organizations
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- SoloTogether - SoloTogether, New England's organization of solo performers. SoloTogether is where all those lonely solo performers
can meet with other lonely performers to commiserate, network or share ideas.
- DoveCrye: An Actor's Network - Performance Arts Networking site designed by an Actor for Performance Artists
everywhere.
- Yahoo! Organizations
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journals
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- Didaskalia - English-language publication about Greek and Roman drama, dance, and music as they are performed today.
- Helsinki ACT - magazine of the Theatre Academy of Finland.
- PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art - offers coverage of new works in theatre, dance, film, opera, and the
visual arts.
- Spotlight on American Drama - online venue for new writings in American drama.
- TDR - The Drama Review - forum for writing about the social, economic, and political contexts of performance.
- Theater Magazine - focuses on modern and contemporary theater with an emphasis on what's new, experimental, and even
radical.
- Theatre InSight - journal of performance and theatre studies designed as a publishing outlet for emerging scholars.
- Theatre Journal - features social and historical studies, production reviews, and theoretical inquiries that analyze
dramatic texts and production.
- Theatre Topics - focusing on performance studies, dramaturgy, and theatre pedagogy. Published by the Johns Hopkins
University Press.
- TheatreForum - focusing on new performance works that reflect contemporary sensibilities and articulate new concepts and forms.
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news & magazines
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- Give 'Em The Old Razzle Dazzle - Free monthly theatre ezine on 50 years of theatre in Toronto, New York
and London, with featured articles on actors in plays, musicals, dance and opera, playwrights, composers and lyricists, directors, producers, set, costume and lighting designers
- On the Boards and In the Wings with Janine - A column on legitimate theatre covering Broadway, London, on tour and in your city.
Backstage gossip; background info on actors
- Curtain Up - Job Postings - Subscription bimonthly ezine; theatre, TV and film for actors, musicians, playwrights,
designers and technicians
- Aisle Say
- Back Stage - articles, casting notices, and more for the performing arts community
- New York Theatre Experience, The - guide to the NYC theatre scene covering Broadway, off-Broadway, and off-off-Broadway
- offoffBway.com - focuses on off Broadway productions and companies
- On-A-Role - interviews with theatre and film artists in Phoenix, AZ
- OOBR ("the off-off-broadway review") - lists shows and reviews them
- POTO: The Phantom of the Opera Magazine - quarterly newsletter, collector's guide, and forum
- Show Business - weekly casting notices, trade resources, reviews, and more for the performing arts industry
- Show Music - features interviews and reviews of musical productions, recordings, videos, and books
- Show Tunes Review - online journal featuring reviews of music available on compact disc from the stage, motion pictures, and
television
- Stage Directions - national magazine written by and for regional, academic, and community theater participants
- Theater-Express Magazine - serving the theater community and their audiences: casting calls, reviews, show listings and more
- TheaterPro - magazine of the performing arts. Regular updates on the theater scene in London and New York
- TheatreHeaven.Com - reviews, articles, columns, and links on theatre in Austin and beyond
- Theatremail - weekly email newsletter outlining events, news, and listings for Britain's theatergoers
- Theatreworld Internet Magazine - offers news and reviews from all over the country and the world
- Thespian Times - e-zine dedicated to spotlighting community theatres around the country
- Vaudeville Times - American Vaudeville Museum - includes magazine information and past articles
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shopping
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- Dress Circle - The Showbusiness Shop - Source for items to do with the theatre, including posters, CDs, sheet music, etc.
- Yahoo! Casting
- Yahoo! Design Consulting
- Yahoo! Lighting
- Yahoo! Software
- Yahoo! Theater Companies
- McCoy Rigby Entertainment - producing national tours of musicals, and a season at the La Mirada Theatre in La Mirada, CA.
- Arthur Cantor Inc. - producer of on- and off-Broadway shows and distributor of theatre, fine art, and special interest videos.
- Big League Theatricals - theater production, management, and booking.
- Big Wheel - specialises in presenting interactive language and literature workshops to students learning to speak English.
- Broadway New York - souvenirs and memorabilia from the Empire State and Broadway shows.
- Broadway Theater Archive, The - featuring titles documenting great stage performances.
- BuyBroadway.com - souvenirs for all the major shows including clothing, books, CDs, and posters.
- Cara Freedman Productions - offers production kits for musicals for today's youth, based on religious Jewish teachings of
history, character, understanding, and tolerance.
- Center Stage Productions - creators of musicals for elementary and secondary students designed to teach academic subjects and
community issues through performance.
- Cinemusic Show - a three-hour show based on film music from the last 50 years with big band, singers, dancers, actors, and a
magician.
- Dodger Endemol Theatrical Productions, inc. - producers of Broadway, off-Broadway, and touring shows.
- DramaStuff - offering general and customized Christian dramas for worship and youth services, college groups, banquets, and special
events.
- Dramatists Play Service, Inc. - publishing and licensing the work of new and established playwrights.
- Entertainment Industries Inc. - offers consulting for theatrical events and productions, as well as employment services for theatre
technicians and designers.
- Essgee Entertainment - presenting theatrical shows in USA, Australia, and New Zealand.
- Fabric.com...No Easier Way To Buy Fabric
- Grace & Competra - theatrical presentations and other community activities and causes.
- Hank Beebe Music Library - original musicals for community theatres and churches.
- Heuer Publisher Company - specializes in plays for children and young adults with a selection of plays and musicals for schools, community
theatres, and churches.
- International Production Associates - created to realize work by artists of singular vision. Produces works by Philip Glass, Snakai
Juku, and others.
- Josef Weinberger Ltd - publishers and licensors of theatre and music stage and concert repertoire throughout
Europe.
- LodesTone and Internet Amazement Exploratorium - audio (radio) theatre from Norman Corwin, The Firesign Theatre, and many more.
Production, manufacturing, distribution, online catalog, plus graphics and web design.
- Mr. Broadway - Stewart F. Lane, producer and director.
- Music Theater International - licensing musicals for full productions, reviews, and concerts.
- Nederlander Producing Company of America - producer of Broadway and touring productions, and owner of theater venues.
- Raymond Interactive Theatre, Ltd. - interactive dramas.
- Red Herring Productions - offers interactive murder mysteries, westerns and melodramas for corporate events, such as sales
meetings, hospitality suites, and trade shows.
- Sachs Morgan Studio - specializing in theatre and playhouse design and restoration. We also designs stage curtains, lighting
fixtures, and custom carpet and fabrics.
- Sammy Smile Music - licensing plays and musicals for family audiences.
- Showaway Productions - provides cabaret and entertainment to hotels, trade shows, and conference centres around the world.
- StageLight Inc. - theatrical equipment, supplies, and answers to common questions about technical theatre.
- Susumu Productions - live theatre producers.
- TenEyck Design Studio - set design for theater and opera.
- TheaterTheatre - provides tickets for theater performances in London, New York, and Stratford UK.
- Theatre Maximus - licenses the musical Godspell for stock and amateur productions.
- Thomas F. Soare, Ph.D. Theatre Arts Consultant - actor, director, lighting designer, architectural consultant, university professor
for 25 years: theatre history, appreciation, lighting design, experimental production
- Triumvirate - sponsors of the N.J. Renaissance Festival & Kingdom, and the Annual Haunted Village.
- Walt Disney Theatrical Productions - official website for all performance, schedule,
ticket and contest information for all Disney theatrical productions, including "Beauty and the Beast."
- Wybron, Inc. - manufactures entertainment lighting equipment for sale worldwide.
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- Actors of the Early American Theater
- American Variety Stage - documenting vaudeville and popular entertainment, 1870-1920. Includes English and Yiddish
playscripts, a collection of Houdini memorabilia, and more
- Broadway: The Golden Age - dedicated to Rick Mckay's film about Broadway's Golden Age, told by the creators and stars
- Centre for Research in Early Theatre - Records of Early English Drama (REED) - includes links to theatre history,
music/dance history, and archives sites. Includes five 16th century Latin plays in English translation
- Digger Archives, The (1966-1968) - preserves and presents the history of the anarchist guerilla street theater group that challenged the
emerging Counterculture of the Sixties
- Drottningholms Slottsteater - provides information on the 18th century court theatre which is still in use
- Footlight Notes - explores the lives and careers of performers from the 1850s to the 1920s
- Shakespeare and the Globe: Then and Now - features video and audio clips, including several animated views of the Globe Theatre and
vintage audio and film clips of Shakespearean performances
- Shakespeare's Globe Research Database - offers a research database, the story of the original Globe Theatre, a virtual tour of the new
Globe, and more
- Shakespeare's Globe Theatre - official site. Includes theatre, education, and exhibition departments
- History of Theatre - briefly discusses each major period. From the Tupelo Community Theatre home page
- Looking at the Business of Theatre: 1896-1919 - considers American theatre at the turn of the
century
- Morality Play in English Drama - definitions for and introduction to the nonliturgical vernacular religious dramas
- Parisian Stage During the French Revolution, The - database of plays performed in Paris, 1789-99
- Shubert Archive, The - provides an introduction to the repository of records documenting the long history of the Shubert Brothers and
their involvement in theater
- Skenotheke: Images of the Ancient Stage - features images and descriptions of many historic venues in Greece and
Italy
- Theatre History on the Web - directory of useful resources for historians of ancient and modern theatre.
Maintained by Jack Wolcott
- Theatre History Sites on the WWW - directory of resources covering all periods
- TheatreHistory.com - directory of useful theatre resources divided by region
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