THTR 480: The Business of Show Biz
- State & Local Government on the Net
- links to official pages for states and cities. The city's home page should provide you with a brief history of the city and links to city guides.
- ESRI geographic information/mapping
- Craigslist
- can give you a flavor for the city.
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Theater Organizations
- Actors' Equity
- American Federation of Musicians
- American Guild of Musical Artists
- The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
- IATSE
- Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers
- Teamsters Motion Picture & Theatrical Trade Division Associations
- Actors' Fund of America
- American Association of Community Theatre
- Educational Theatre Association
- Fractured Atlas
- International Amateur Theatre Association
- Network of Ensemble Theaters
- North American Performing Arts Managers and Agents
- Society of American Fight Directors
- Theatre Communications Group
Unions
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Royalty/licensing houses
- Baker's Plays
- Broadway Play Publishing Inc. (BPPI)
- Dramatic Publishing
- Dramatists Play Service
- Musical Theatre International
- Plays and Musicals
- Plays for Young Audiences
- Playscript's Find-a-Play
- R&H Theatricals
- Samuel French
- Tams-Witmark Music Library
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City theater information
- American Theater Web
- Doollee's guide to regional theaters
- Theater Mania
- See what's on in your city
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Theater information, history, stagecraft and genres
- Doollee
- Jack Wolcott's Theater History on the Web
- Includes information on minority theater by state
- Justin's Theatre Links
- Playbill
- Really Useful Group (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
- Theatre dictionary
- Variety's website
- Variety via Lexis Nexis Use 14-digit barcode from College ID to log in from off-campus Find books
- Search for the city as a subject heading. Example: Chicago (Ill.) In the subject list, look for subheadings such as "economics," and "history."
- If we do not own the book, you can order it from another library. Allow at least one week for books to be delivered.
Use the Library Book Catalog to find books on your city.
Find articles in magazines and journals
EbscoHost
Periodical Abstracts
Other library databases, arranged by subject
Local newspapers
News and Newspapers Online lists newspapers for different states. Most newspapers have the most recent issues available for free on their site. Find Journals - Older issues of your newspaper may be available online through one of the library databases. Use this search to check.
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe contains full-text articles from many major newspapers. Choose "U.S. News" and then select your state. Click "source list" to see which newspapers are included for that state. If you find the right newspaper, check the box in front of it and click "paste to search."
EbscoHost Newspaper Source also has a large number of newspapers. Click on "Newspaper search" to see if it has your newspaper.News Databases - check our other newspaper databases.
Using the census
Quick demographic data
Find quick census data from 1980-2000 on
population, race, and housing.