Helpful Theatre Links

• Unions & Associations
• Non-Profit Organizations
• Broadway-Specific Organizations
• Research and Databases
• News, Reviews, Careers
• Broadway Info, Tix, Tours and Shops

 

 

 

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Unions & Associations

• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
• Stagehands' Union, Local One
• American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
• AFL-CIO
• Screen Actors Guild
• American Federation of Radio and Television Artists
• American Guild of Musical Artists
• Actors Equity Association
• Local 802 - American Federation of Musicians
• Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers
• Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers
• United Scenic Artists
• Dramatists Guild of America
• Stage Managers Association
• HERE
• Actors Federal Credit Union

Non-Profit Organizations

• Theatre Communications Group
• Actors' Fund of America
• Theatre Development Fund
• Lucille Lortel Foundation
• Broadway Music International
• Labor Research Organization
• League of Chicago Theatres
• Stage Manager’s Network

Broadway-Specific Organizations

• Tony Awards
• American Theatre Wing
• League of American Theatres and Producers
• League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers
• The Nederlander Organization
• The Walt Disney Company
• Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Research and Databases

• New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
• Shubert Archives
• Reference Desk
• Internet Broadway Database
• Internet Theatre Database
• Touring Broadway Awards
• Musical Cast Album Database
• Lortel.org
• Lortel archives (Internet Off-Broadway Database)
• Artslynx
• Shakespeare Resource Center

News, Reviews, Careers

• Backstage
• The New York Theatre Wire
• Variety
• PerformInk ONLINE
• Talkin' Broadway's All That Chat
• Artsjournal
• Hollywood Reporter
• Digital City
• Artswire (NYFA Job Listings)

Broadway Info, Tix, Tours and Shops

• LiveBroadway.com
• ILoveNYTheater.com
• Playbill.com
• Broadway Stars
• NYTheatre.com
• New York Theatre Guide
• Broadway World
• Broadway.com
• Theatermania.com
• Dodger Theatricals
• Really Useful Group
• London Theatre Guide
• Official London Theatre Guide
• Chicago Southland Arts Alliance
• Chicago Theatre Homepage
• Online City Guide to Chicago

• Royalty Houses, Scripts and Bookstores
• Technical Resources - Scenic, Lighting, Sound, Costume, Makeup and Prop
• Schools (Graduate - MFA)
• Schools (Undergraduate - BFA, BA)
• General Guides for College and University Searches
• Non-Degree Acting Schools
• Top Headshot Photographers
• Top Photo Reproduction Services (for 8X10s and Postcards)

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Royalty Houses, Scripts and Bookstores

• Dramatists Play Service
• Samuel French, Inc. 
• Music Theatre International
• Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc.
• Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization
• Drama Book Shop
• Act I Bookstore (Soon to be Soliloquy)
• Classics On Stage

Technical Resources - Scenic, Lighting, Sound, Costume, Makeup and Prop

• Chicago Scenic Studios, Inc.
• Rosco International
• Designlab
• Tools for Stagecraft
• Grand Stage Company
• Chicago Spotlight, Inc.
• Altman Stage Lighting Company, Inc.
• Strand Lighting
• SewingPatterns.com
• Broadway Costumes Inc.
• Chicago Costume Company
• Ben NYE Makeup
• Kryolan Professional Makeup
• Chuck's House of Magic
• Ticket Craft
• Ticket Meister
• Center Stage Software

Schools (Graduate - MFA)

• Boston Conservatory of Music
• DePaul University
• NYU, Tisch School of the Arts
• Northwestern University
• Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts
• UCLA
• University of California, Davis
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• University of Texas at Austin
• Yale School of Drama

Schools (Undergraduate - BFA, BA)

• Boston Conservatory of Music
• University of Cincinnati – Conservatory of Music
• DePaul University
• Illinois State University
• Indiana University, Bloomington
• Julliard
• NYU, Tisch School of the Arts
• North Carolina School of the Arts
• Northern Illinois University
• Northwestern University
• Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts
• Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
• University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana  

General Guides for College and University Searches

• http://www.ram.org/notme/col_a.htm
• http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~intuiton/guide/departments.html
• http://www.netusa1.net/~mchale/univlink.html

Non-Degree Acting Schools

• New School (Actor’s Studio)
• William Esper Studio
• Lee Strasberg
• HB (Herbert-Bergoff)  
• Stella Adler
• Neighborhood Playhouse
• NY Academy of Performing Arts
• Nat’l Council for Drama Training (England)
• Actors Studio – West
• Second City

Top Headshot Photographers

• Arthur Cohen (NYC)
• Gerry Goodstein (NYC)

Top Photo Reproduction Services (for 8X10s and Postcards)

• Modernage (NYC)