Theatre Arts

The Performing Arts Reading Room is the service point for the broad and diverse collections of the Music Division at the Library of Congress.

Research & circulating collections in dance, music, recorded sound and theatre.

Information about current Broadway productions.

Official database for Broadway theatre information. Provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today.

Public radio's podcast about the business of show business. Half-hour show hosted by Kim Masters.

This list attempts to gather digitized archival collection material scattered across the internet together and provide resources for searching. Only free, open resources are currently included.
Also listed are digital humanities projects focused on the global performing arts, and crowdsourcing projects that can easily be integrated into class projects.

Established in the early 1970’s, La MaMa Archives collects, preserves, and exhibits records of permanent historical value relating to La MaMa and the Off-Off Broadway movement.

Images of theatrical & vaudeville performers, musicians & entertainers who playes in Seattle between about 1900 & 1955.

Free archive of primary source dialect and accent recordings.

A wide range of materials that document the history of the Theatre Guild from 1918 through the late twentieth century.

Authoritative, multilingual descriptions of digital images, texts, video clips, sound recordings, and complex media objects related to the performing arts around the world, plus information about related pieces, productions, performers, and creators.

Volunteer membership organization for the professions of literary management and dramaturgy, with members throughout North America and abroad.

The Society, a U.S.-based professional organization, fosters scholarship on worldwide theatre & performance. It provides a space to share scholarship & a home for networking within the profession.

Articles of clothing for men, women, and children that date back to the early- to mid-1800s.

Original costume drawings, actual costumes, and costume “bibles” may be searched by designer name or production title.

Database of photographs of entertainers, actors & actresses who performed on the American stage in the mid- to late 1800s.

Digital images of dramatic performance in all its diversity, including dramas and dance.

Authoritative, multilingual descriptions of digital images, texts, video clips, sound recordings, and complex media objects related to the performing arts around the world, plus information about related pieces, productions, performers, and creators.

Catalog of visual resources at Harvard, focusing on artistic and cultural materials.

Images of theatrical & vaudeville performers, musicians & entertainers who playes in Seattle between about 1900 & 1955.

Theatre collections focused on Bernard Shaw; modern Ontario theatre companies; and playwrights, actors, directors, and designers active in Ontario theatre life.

Original costume drawings, actual costumes, and costume “bibles” may be searched by designer name or production title.