Theatre & Dance Resources

Subject Area Librarian

• Theatre Reference
• Theatre Information Super Sites
• Dance Information Super Sites
• Style Manuals & Writing Guides
• Ready Reference

Theatre Reference

• Inter-Play Title Page
  An online index to plays in collections, anthologies and periodicals.
• McCoy's Guide to Theatre and Performance Studies 
  Links  to useful information on theater and performance studies.
• Playbill On-Line - THE Theatre Source on the Web for Broadway Theater Information 
  Online resources for the professional theater.
• BroadwayStars 
  Clips from other Web sites, newspapers and trade papers, like Variety and The Hollywood Reporter.
• American Theater Web 
  Provides links to the Web pages of 2,300 theater companies in all 50 states.
• OnBroadway WWW Information Page
  Information about shows, musicals and the history of Broadway.
• Wooden Spoons (Died Onstage) 
  Show people who died onstage.

Theatre Information Super Sites   

• Broadway.com
  Listings, reviews, and blind items.
• Theatre-link.com  
  Theatrical news from more than 25 cities across the country, plus a comprehensive listing of awards.
• BackStage.com
  Covers labor issues and casting notices.
• SHOW BUSINESS ONLINE
  Listings, audition notices and actor services.
• Whatsonstage.com
  The United Kingdom's leading performance arts guide.
• Arts & Letters Daily - ideas, criticism, debate
  Information and commentary on the arts from around the world.
• League of Chicago Theatres
  Information on over 140 theatres and presenters in the Chicago area.
• FranceLink
  Information on the arts in Paris.

Dance Information Super Sites 

• ORCBA: The Ballet Resource Page
  Active links to many of the best ballet and dance resources on the web.
• American Ballet Theatre Home Page 
  Overview of the company and its activities.
• Dance Directory 
  Links for dance lovers and "doers."
• The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago
  Information on the Joffrey ballet and its performers.
• Dancemagazine.com
  Provides interviews, feature articles and reviews.
• Ballroom Dancing, DanceSport, Dance Supplies: Dancescape
  Provides information on ballroom dancing.

Style Manuals & Writing Guides

• MLA ONLINE 
  Authoritative information on MLA style. 
• Chicago Style 
  The Chicago or Turabian style, sometimes called documentary note or humanities style, places bibliographic citations at the bottom of a page or at the end of a paper.
• Web Extension to American Psychological Association Style 
  Citing web documents with APA style.
• Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association 
  More citing web documents with APA style.
• The Writing Center at GSU 
  Resources and assistance in writing at GSU.
• Lynch, Guide to Grammar and Writing
  A comprehensive guide for grammar and basic writing.
• Purdue Online Writing Lab 
  Valuable information for anyone involved in writing.

Ready Reference 

• Reference Resources 
  Almanacs, Associations, Calculators, Calendars, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Maps, Phone Books, Quotations, Statistics, Style Guides. 
• IPL General/Reference Collection: Reference 
  Almanacs, Associations, Biographies, Calculators, Calendars, Census Data, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Periodical Directories, Phone Books, Quotations, Style & Writing Guides.