LibGuides: Theatre and Performance: Scripts, Reviews, &amp; Online Performance Resources

Scripts

New Play Exchange This link opens in a new window The world's largest digital library of scripts by living writers 22,000+ scripts by 5,500+ writers (and growing) Scope: Worldwide. Dates: Varies.

UCLA Film & Television Guide: Scripts Research Guide presented by UCLA that lists useful script resources for film students.
INTER-PLAY Indexes citations for international plays and playwrights in collections, anthologies, and periodicals held by the PSU Library. No longer updated as of December 2013.
Complete Works of William Shakespeare - MIT The Web's first edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare. This site has offered Shakespeare's plays and poetry to the Internet community since 1993.
Federal Theatre Project Playscripts at the Library of Congress Digitized playscripts from the Federal Theatre project.

Performance Reviews

New York Times This link opens in a new window Comprehensive digital coverage back to 1980 is available for this internationally renowned U.S. newspaper through the ProQuest database. The complete text of recent articles is provided in the ASCII format. The New York Times Book Review and Sunday Magazine are provided in PDF format. Scope: Worldwide. Dates: 1980 to present.
Nexis Uni (formerly Lexis-Nexis) This link opens in a new window Nearly 10,000 full text resources on news (national and international), legal information and business. General news topics and transcripts can be searched for by either a keyword or source title. Legal information can be searched by citation, parties involved, or topic. Company information can be searched by either company name, or ticker. A full company dossier is available. Searches can also be done by content type or by using the advanced search options. Scope: Worldwide. Dates: Varies.
Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window Full text access for more than 60 U.S. and international newspapers, including Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Times (London), and Toronto Star. Also contains full text television and radio news transcripts from CBS News, CNN, FOX News, NPR, and other stations. Scope: Worldwide. Dates: Varies
US Newsstream This link opens in a new window This database allows users to search recent U.S. news coverage in addition to newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites going back into the 1980s. Features exclusive access to exclusive access to the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune. Also includes a large collection of local and regional newspapers. Scope: United States. Dates: 1980 to present.
ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new window Provides access to thousands of periodicals from one of the most inclusive general reference databases that ProQuest has to offer. Search through a diverse mix of scholarly journals, trade publications and magazines covering over 150 topics. Scope: Worldwide. Dates: Varies.

Performance Reviews - Bomb Magazine

Online Performance Resources

The Center for Artistic Activism The Center for Artistic Activism is transforming the practices of art and activism, helping activists, artists, organizations, and foundations be more effective and affective in bringing about social change.
La Mama Experimental Theater Club Digital Catalog
The Playbill Vault The Playbill Vault is a comprehensive online database of Broadway history. Playbill Vault provides records of Broadway productions from 1930 to the present.[4] Information on the website includes original and current casts, actor head shots, production credits, Playbill cover images, scanned Playbill Who's Who pages, production photos, and videos.
Theatre of the Oppressed NYC Resource Page
The Yes Men We're an ever-expanding, increasingly diverse group who, through the Yes School, partner with activist groups on creative tactics to further campaigns, and train new Yes people in the process.