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Performing Arts and Entertainment
(For related sites, please visit the Music and News Media guides).
General Resources
ArtsJournal
http://www.artsjournal.com
A variety of news stories arranged by topic (dance, theater, etc.).
MSNBC Entertainment &
Celebrity News
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032084
News stories pertaining to television, radio, music, movies,
and more.
New York Times:
Arts
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/index.html
Stories and features within the arts including design, dance, music, and
television.
Performing Arts Encyclopedia
http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/guide/guide-home.html
"A guide to the performing arts collections and exhibitions
at the Library of Congress." Search by keyword or browse by
subject, person's name, or title. Results include an image of the
item and a description.
SIBMAS International
http://www.sibmas.org/idpac/index.html
The SIBMAS International Directory of Performing Arts
Collections and Institutions "lists over 7000 international
institutions with material relating to the performing arts."
Variety
http://www.variety.com
Entertainment news, reviews, interviews, photos, blogs,
and much more.
whatsonwhen
http://www.whatsonwhen.com/sisp/index.htm
Find events worldwide by category: festivals, music, arts, and more, or
search by keyword and location.
Concerts
Jazz
Concert Search
http://www.jazzreview.com/preview.cfm
Search by city, artist, venue, state, and date.
Mojam--Live Concert Search
http://mojam.wolfgangsvault.com
Search by artist, city, or venue. Also has links to international
events.
Musi-Cal Concerts
http://www.musi-cal.com
Search by performer or city. Listings will provide ticket
prices, location, and time.
Operabase
http://www.operabase.com
Organized by country. Search by performance, artist,
or opera company. Also offers information about festivals.
Opus 1 Classical
http://www.opus1classical.com
Search for classical music and opera performances, venues, and
festivals by location.
Pollstar
http://www.pollstar.com
Tour schedules and information about concerts worldwide.
Dance
An American
Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals Ca. 1490-1920
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml
From the Library of Congress, this online collection can be searched by
keyword or browsed by subject, author, or title. Also offers information
about how to read a dance manual.
Artslynx International
Dance Resources
http://www.artslynx.org/dance
Weblinks arranged by topic: African dance, choreographers,
competitions, forums, studio listings, and more.
Balletcompanies.com
http://www.balletcompanies.com
Select a country and find links to all sorts of dance resources such
as guilds, associations, ballet companies, encyclopedias, festivals,
and more.
Criticaldance Forum and &
Ballet-Dance Magazine
http://www.ballet-dance.com
Offers a dance forum, Ballet-Dance magazine, a gallery, and links
to other resources.
Culturebot
http://culturebot.org
An online magazine "devoted to contemporary performance and the
live arts: dance, theater, music and more."
CyberDance
http://www.cyberdance.org
Information on ballet companies, dance education, news, people,
organizations, international information and links to other sites.
The Dance Insider
http://www.danceinsider.com
Searchable reviews of dance performances.
Dance Magazine
http://www.dancemagazine.com
Reviews, a performance calendar, a dance finder, and blogs.
Dance
Style Locator
http://www.worldartswest.org/main/locator.asp
An online encyclopedia of world dance. Offers illustrated descriptions
of dances such as capoeira.
Dance/USA
http://www.danceusa.org
"Dance/USA, the national service organization for not-for-profit
professional dance, seeks to advance the artform of dance by addressing
the needs, concerns and interests of professional dance."
danceviewtimes
http://www.danceviewtimes.com
"Writers on dancing." Browse recent posts, archived
articles, and blogs.
Free to Dance
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/freetodance
The web companion to the PBS documentary about African-American dance.
"Offers information about the series, a dance timeline, essays
on dance history and the African-American contribution to modern dance,
biographies of notable dance personalities, links to relevant dance resources
online, and more."
Online Ballet Dictionary
http://www.abt.org/education/dictionary/index.html
A dictionary containing 170 terms related to ballet. Entries
provide a definition, pronunciation, and demonstrative
video clips.
Voice of Dance
http://www.voiceofdance.org
News, an events calendar, message boards, a dance directory,
and more.
Festivals
FestivalFinder.com
http://www.festivalfinder.com
Find festivals by date, location, performers or festival name.
Updated daily.
Festival Focus
http://www.festivalfocus.org
A database of film festivals. Search by country, category,
festival name, or location.
Film Festival Source
http://www.filmfestivalsource.com
Search for festivals by title, category, country, or description.
Film Festivals Server
http://www.filmfestivals.com/index.shtml
The "festivals" tab will direct users to festival updates,
a search, past coverage, and more.
IMDB Movie Festivals and Events
Worldwide
http://imdb.com/festivals
Events sorted by date from the Internet Movie Database.
Rutgers Film Co-op
http://www.njfilmfest.com
Information and schedules for the upcoming NJ Film Festival and other festivals.
Films
Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences
http://www.oscars.org
Information about the Academy awards, a database of motion
picture credits, history of the organization, past award
winners, and more. A
database of past winners and nominees (complete through 2006) is
also available.
AllMovie
http://wc04.allmovie.com
Browse by title, genre, locate box office statistics or read an
essay . Movie trailers, lists of new releases, and a glossary
are also available.
American Film Institute
http://www.afi.com
Details about the organization and its work. Offers top 100 lists and
information about jobs, education, and workshops.
American Movie Classics
http://www.amctv.com
Movie schedules, information about the AMC channel, and information
about the movies.
Backstage.com
http://www.backstage.com/bso/index.jsp
News, reviews, message boards, and advice columns for actors.
Based on the Book
http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/movies
"'Based on the Book' is a compilation of over 1,200 books, novels,
short stories, and plays that have been made into motion pictures." View
by movie title, movie release year, book title, or author.
Boxoffice
http://boxoffice.com
Reviews, news, schedules, charts, and other movie-related information.
British Film Institute
http://www.bfi.org.uk
Information about the BFI National Archive, statistics, in-depth
features, a film and tv database, research guides, and more.
Cinemachine
http://www.cinemachine.net
"Cinemachine will continue to explore the limits of storytelling
through the medium of film, illustration, and digital technologies,
with particular emphasis on 'story'."
CineMedia
http://www.cinemedia.org/welcomes/you.html
Although no longer updated, this directory offers many links to
film-related sites.
Disney
Archives
http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/characters_ai.html
Three browsable categories: movies, characters, and villains. Results
include a description and downloadable images.
Film.com
http://www.film.com
Movie news and reviews.
Film Site
http://www.filmsite.org
History, trivia, quotes, and resources about classic films.
Gnovies!
http://www.gnovies.com
Enter a name of a movie to find other titles you might like. Also
offers movie discussions.
Golden Globe Awards
http://www.goldenglobes.org
The official site of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Offers a video and photo gallery, lists nominees and
winners, news, and more.
indieWIRE
http://www.indiewire.com
"The leading source on independent film since 1996."
Lead stories, interviews, blogs, video, and more.
Internet Movie Database
http://imdb.com
A database of movie information including actors, directors, writers,
producers, filming locations and trivia, and provides links to reviews,
show times, and fan sites on the web.
Internet Movie Script Database
http://www.imsdb.com
"The biggest collection of movie scripts available anywhere
on the web." Read or download movie scripts for free.
Metacritic.com
http://www.metacritic.com
Reviews for film, tv, and video. The unique scoring shows "the
critical consensus at a glance by taking a weighted average of
critic grades."
The Motion Picture and Television
Photo Archive
http://www.mptv.net
Search the "vault" by keyword, personality, event,
photographer, and more. Thumbnail image results can be enlarged
for viewing.
Motion Picture Association of America
http://www.mpaa.org
Information about film ratings, research and statistics, and top issues.
Movie Quotes
http://www.moviequotes.com
A database containing over one million movie quotes.
Movie Review Query Engine
http://www.mrqe.com
Full text reviews of films, videos, and DVD's which can be searched by
title or category. Users can register for a free account to gain
total access to all reviews.
National Film Preservation Foundation
http://www.filmpreservation.org
Includes a directory of film archives in the United States and lists of
films they have preserved.
New York
Times Movies
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/movies/index.html
This section includes reviews, trailers, articles, and a complete list
of reviews from the New York Times dating back to 1929.
NothingButMovies.com
http://www.nothingbutmovies.com
A movie portal site with reviews, links to additional resources and
organizations, and information about movies either currently being shown or
ones coming to theaters soon.
Rotten Tomatoes
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/movies
Scores movies and provides both positive and negative reviews. Also
allows users to select a movie by genre, "tomatometer," and
MPAA rating.
Voice of the
Shuttle: Media Studies: Film/Video
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2720#id917
An extensive listing of links to resources related to film.
Women
in Cinema: A Reference Guide
http://people.virginia.edu/~pm9k/libsci/womFilm.html
An introductory essay and a thorough bibliography regarding the
study of women in film.
Radio
The Original Old Time Radio WWW
Pages
http://www.old-time.com
Radio's "Golden Age" shows.
PublicRadioFan.com
http://www.publicradiofan.com
Schedule listings for thousands of public radio stations and
programs around the world. Also includes a podcast directory.
Radio-Locator
http://www.radio-locator.com
"Links to over 10,000 radio station web pages and over
2,500 audio streams from radio stations in the U.S. and
around the world." Also, users can search for unused
frequencies on the FM dial.
Web-Radio
http://www.radio-directory.com
A directory of stations which broadcast online. Locate stations
by state, call letters, or format.
Youth Radio
http://www.youthradio.org/index.shtml
"Youth Radio's mission is to promote young people's intellectual,
creative and professional growth through training and access to media
and to produce the highest quality original media for local and
national outlets." Features include video, radio playlists, and
blogs.
Television
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
http://www.emmys.tv
Offers a database of Emmy winners and nominees from 1949 to the present,
selected interviews, and articles.
Classic TV Database
http://www.classic-tv.com
News and gossip, theme songs, lists of classic shows by decade,
and the top 100 tv shows.
The Encyclopedia of Television
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv
From the Museum of Broadcast Communications, the online browsable
encyclopedia contains more than 1,000 essays. Topics include quiz shows,
trends, and people. Entries often include photos and references for
further reading.
epguides.com
http://epguides.com
"This site contains Episode Lists for over 3800 TV shows." Other
features include tv show calendars, shows listed by year, and when shows
aired.
Museum of Broadcast Communications
http://www.museum.tv
Online exhibitions and information about its collections and publications.
TV Acres
http://www.tvacres.com
"TV Acres is an on-line subject guide to the 'Characters, Places & Things'
that appeared on TV Shows aired in the USA from the 1940s to the present."
TV.com
http://www.tv.com
News, tv listings, forums, pictures, downloads, and
more.
TV Guide
http://www.tvguide.com
Tv listings, discussions, news, photo galleries, and
other features.
What
a Character Actor Index
http://www.what-a-character.com/cgi-bin/main.cgi
An index of television and film actors arranged alphabetically.
Users can also find interviews, trivia, and links to other
websites.
Zap2It
http://www.zap2it.com
News, TV listings, contact information for networks, stations,
information about TV shows, and other links.
Theater
Aisle Say
http://www.aislesay.com
"The Internet Magazine of Stage Reviews and Opinion."
Links to reviews of current Broadway and off-Broadway shows,
and productions in major U.S. cities.
American Theater Web
http://www.americantheaterweb.com
Search for theaters or shows or find out what is happening by selecting
a geaographical region. Also provides news, reviews, and other features.
Artslynx Theater Resources
http://www.artslynx.org/theatre
A directory of theater-related internet sites. Special features
include "This Month in Theater History" and "The History of Props."
Backstage
http://www.backstage.com/bso/index.jsp
"The Actor's Resource." Daily news stories, and information
for actors about auditions, schools, resumes, etc.
Broadway.com
http://www.broadway.com
Broadway news, current reviews, an archive of past reviews,
multimedia clips, profiles, ticketing, and forums.
Broadway Stars
http://www.broadwaystars.com
"Daily digest and commentary about what is going on
in the world of theatre."
CurtainUp
http://www.curtainup.com
Information about off-Broadway events. Also offers reviews.
Doollee.com
http://www.doollee.com/index.htm
"The playwrights database of modern plays." Browse
by name of playwright, character, or name of play to locate
information about plays published since 1956. Also provides
helpful links to theater-related websites.
FINDaPLAY.com
http://www.findaplay.com
Search by author or title to find the North American publisher or rights manager
of a play.
Internet Broadway Database
http://www.ibdb.com
Search by show, people involved (actors, directors, designers,
stage managers, producers, etc.), theater, or character.
The Internet Theatre Database
http://www.theatredb.com
"A searchable archive of theatrical shows in the past,
present, and future."
Lortel Archives--The
Internet Off-Broadway Database
http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm
A database of shows that were produced off-Broadway. Search
by show title, theater, role, or award.
Playbill
http://www.playbill.com
The electronic version of Playbill Magazine. Provides news, show
reviews, and show listings.
playdatabase.com
http://www.playdatabase.com
Search over 12,000 plays by title or author. Advanced searching
categories include genre, number of characters, runtime, and
number of acts.
Play Index
This database indexes 30,000 plays written in, or translated
into, English — including classic drama, puppet performances,
and radio and television plays. Search by title; author; subject;
style; genre; cast type; and more. Provides the bibliographic
information needed to locate each play. Use in the Main Library's
Reference Center only.
TheatreMania
http://www.theatermania.com/home
News, reviews, interviews, and information about
theater festivals.
Tony
Awards
http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/index.html
Information about nominees and award winners, photos,
trivia, names of presenters and location of ceremonies
back to 1947, news, and more.
Tickets
High 5
http://www.highfivetix.org/splash.aspx#
"High 5 is a non-profit organization dedicated to making
the arts affordable for teens. Through High 5, any teen can
buy $5 tickets to hundreds of New York's best dance, music,
theater, film, museum and spoken word events all year round."
MovieTickets.com
http://movietickets.com
Create an account and then buy movie tickets online.
StubHub!
http://www.stubhub.com
Find and purchase tickets to concerts, theater performances, and
also sports events.
Ticketmaster
http://www.ticketmaster.com
Find tickets to concerts, plays, and many other types of shows.
TKTS
http://www.tdf.org/TDF_ServicePage.aspx?id=56
Information about the TKTS discount booths in New York City, which sell
discounted tickets to Broadway and off-Broadway shows.
Last updated 1/14/08
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