Internet Resources : Theater
General
Acting
Awards
Costume Design
E-journals
Image Databases
Internet Directories
Lighting Design
Musical Theater
Scene Design
Sound Design
Theater Companies
General
American Variety Stage : Historical exhibit from the Library of Congress
Applied & Interactive Theatre Guide : From NYU
ArtsLynx
Playbill Online : News, interviews, theater listings, job information
and shopping. Updated daily
Broadway.com
: Broadway listings, awards, and chronology
Culture Finder.com - Theater : Online dictionary, musical theater CultureBriefs
(summaries), biographical information and nationwide theater listings
Entertainments Web : Theatre links in the United Kingdom
FX Glossary -- Glossary of terms and techniques used in movie,
TV, and theatre special effects
Glossary of Technical Theatre Terms
New Deal Stage : Selections from the Federal Theater Project 1935
- 1939
Theatre Resource : The business of theater and its organizations
TheaterMania.com
: Reviews, news, information
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Acting
Acting Page
AWOL (Acting Workshop Online)
Actor's Resource for Basic Technique
Actorsource Hompage
Andy's Show Biz Page
Method Acting Procedures : From TheatrGroup
YourType.com
: Survival Guide for Performing Artists, information for singers / actors and casting directors
My Acting Agent
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Awards
OBIES
(Off-Broadway Theatre Awards)
Pulitzer
Prizes
Tonies
(American Theater Wing's Antoinette Perry Awards)
Tony
Awards at Broadway.com
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Costume Design
General
Costume Gallery : Library, store, designers and Web sites of
costume resources
Costume
History : Costumes by time period
Costume
Institute : From the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York,
large collections of costume photographs. Select "View
50 highlights"
Costume
Source : Many links to costume sites relating to arms and armor
Costumer's Manifesto
: Links to costume resources including supplies
Costumes
of All Nations : Plates from the 1882 work of Albert Kretschmer
depicting costumes from the earliest times to the nineteenth century
Costuming
Resources Online : Not currently maintained, buy still a valuable
list of online resources for a wide variety of costume styles and
ethnicities
Davne
Dial Modiste : Catalog of handmade millinery (hats)
Harper
House Vintage Costuming Pattern Catalog
International
Theatre Design Archive : Costume designs organized by title
of play, playwright, designer, producer
Masks.org
: Masks from a variety of cultures and countries
Shan's
Online Portfolio : Costume renderings
Solemates
: The century in shoes
Vintage
Pattern Lending Library : Images of clothing and accessories
from vintage patterns from 1850 -1940.
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Period
18th Century
Costume Resources Online
Baroque Living History : Baroque
costume and art images (1660-1700)
Elizabethan
Costuming Page : 16th century dress
History
of Costume : 500 plates from the book published by Braun
& Schneider in 1861 showing costumes from the earliest times
to the nineteenth century
La Couturiere
Pariesinne : European costume from the Renaissance through the
20th century
Pilgrim
Clothing : Dress in early New England.
Premier
Designs Historic Clothing : Catalog of Victorian and 1920s clothing
and accessories for men and women
Regency
Fashion -- Costumes and images of real clothing from 1790
- 1829 from France and England, including the period of Jane Austen.
Twentieth Century Fashion
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Ethnic / Regional
Art
of Traditional Chinese Dress
Blanket
Brigade -- Western and Native American costumes
Cambodian
Classical Dance Costumes
Chinese
Dress Adornments
China
Experience -- Chinese cultural index.
Clothing
of the Ancient Celts -- Costumes of Ireland and Scotland from
500 - 1800 A.D.
Clothing,
Regalia, and Textiles -- of indigenous Native Americans
Costuming
Resources Online -- Links to sites featuring ethnic and folk
costume from all regions of the world
Costumes
of the Levant -- Historical Lebanese, Syrian, Bedouin and Kurdish
clothing
Court
Costumes of Japan -- From the Kyoto National Museum
Danish
National Costumes
Finnish
National Costume -- From Virtual Finland, costumes from various
regions
Finnish
National Costumes
Greek
Costume -- History of Greek Costume
Handbook of
German Dress
History
of Japanese Clothing -- Brief history with photos
History
of Kimono -- traditional clothing of Japan for women, men, and
children
Japanese
Clothing -- Contemporary clothing including kimono, yukata,
happi, and tabi.
Japanese
Kimono & Yakuta
Kabuki
for Everyone -- Online theater section includes many images
of traditional Japanese theater
Kimono
Mongolian
Folk Costumes
Norske
Bunader -- Traditional Norwegian costume
Oriental
Costumes -- 128 plates of Eastern costumes designs and colors
from Max Tilke of Indiana University
Random
Bits of Japanese Theater -- And other traditional Japanese costumes
PowWow
Dance Styles -- Pictures from Southern U.S. Native American
PowWows
Scandinavian
Folk Costumes -- Costumes from Denmark, Norway, Finland,
and Sweden
Swedish
Folk Costumes
Traditional
Swiss Costumes
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E-journals
Aisle
Say -- Internet magazine of stage reviews and opinion
Art
& Culture -- Performing and Design Arts, Visual Arts, Film,
Literature and Music
Backstage
-- "Complete online performing arts resource"
Didaskalia
-- Online journal dedicated to ancient Greek and Roman theater in
performance
Entertainment
Design -- Online journal about "the art and technology
of show business"
London
Theatre Guide Online -- News and information about London theatre
MakeUp
Artist Magazine -- Online magazine about theater makeup
Playbill
Online -- News, interviews, theater listings, job information
and shopping. Updated daily
Stage
Directions
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Image Databases
American
Memory -- Historical collections of images in the National Digital
Library from the Library of Congress
Finding
Images Online -- A large collection of links to online
images organized by subject, artist or collections
Google
Image Search
Theatre
Images Online -- Links to theater images from the WWW Virtual
Library
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Internet Directories
Tech
Theatre Links -- Websites on a large variety of theater-related
topics including specific lighting and sound design and professional
organizations
World
Wide Arts Resources -- Organized by subject.
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Lighting Design
ALIA
Lighting Links -- Australiasian
Lighting Industry Association list of lighting sites
Dan
Covey, Lighting Designer -- Online portfolio of award-winning
lighting designer
International
Theatre Design Archive -- Lighting designs organized by title
of play, playwright, designer, producer
TheatreCrafts.com
-- Lighting design process and equipment
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Musical Theater
Light
Opera Works
Musical
on Broadway
Musicals
Musicals
Collection
Musicals,
Rock Operas, Whatnot
Now
Playing: Musicals
St.
George Musical Theater
Theatricopia
-- Musical theater links and more
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Scene Design
Brooklyn
Scenic & Theatrical Online
Cobalt
Studios
Designer's
Showcase -- Links to online portfolios of multiple members of
United Scenic Artists
International
Theatre Design Archive -- Scene designs organized by title of
play, playwright, designer, producer
Riggers
Page -- Technical information about stage rigging equipment;
includes rigging formulas
Scene
Design & Stage Lighting -- Encyclopedia entry from Bartleby
. com
Slavic
Theatre Design
TenEyck
Design Studio -- Online portfolio of Los Angeles set designer
Karen TenEyck
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Sound Design
Aural Imagination -- Step-by-step guide to sound design for drama
FP Sound -- London-based collective of sound designers
Kai's Sound Handbook -- A guidebook from Harada Sound Design
Listen Hear Sound Projects -- Portfolio and links from Stephen Brown,
Sound Designer
LiveSound International -- Online sound design magazine
Theatre Sound Design Resource: United States -- Links to sound designers' Web pages
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Theater Companies
Guthrie Theater -- Regional theater in Minneapolis
Professional Theatre Companies -- from Playbill
Theatres and Troupes -- Listings and links
Seattle Repertory Theatre -- Renowned theater company in Seattle
Steppenwolf Theatre Company -- Well-known regional theater in Chicago
Theatre Companies from Yahoo -- Listings and links
Theatres by State -- Geographic listings
Utah Shakespearean Festival -- In Cedar City, Utah, past winner of Tony Award for Outstanding egional Theater
Victory Gardens Theater -- In Chicago, winner of 2001 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theater
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