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• Databases
• Full-text reviews from 1870-1996 in Hunt Library
• Need a synopsis of a play or biographical information on a playwright?
• Free-Web Links
  

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Databases

The following databases are recommended first for finding performing arts reviews, especially those more recent.
Ask a librarian for other possibilities.

• Proquest Direct - First choice; Full-text and or PDF articles
• International Index to the Performing Arts

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Full-text print reviews from 1870-1996 in Hunt Library

Find these print resources on the Arts Reference shelves located directly behind the Arts Reference Desk.

Critics' Theatre Reviews. New York, N.Y. : Critics Theatre Reviews.
FA-REF-4 PN2000 .N76 (1940-1942)
Full-text weekly reviews as they originally appeared in appeared the New York Sun, New York Post, New York Herald Tribune, New York Newspaper "PM," New York Times, New York Daily News, New York World-Telegram and New York Journal American.

New York Theatre Critics' Reviews. New York, N.Y. : Critics' Theatre Reviews, Inc.
FA-REF-4 PN2000 .N76, 1943-1996.
Continuing Critics' Theatre Reviews.
Full-text reviews from prominent New York publications and other sources.

The New York Times Theater Reviews. New York: New York Times.
FA-REF-4 PN2266 .N48, 1870-1982, 1985-1990, 1993-2000

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Need a synopsis of a play or biographical information on a playwright?

• Start with the following. Ask at the Arts Reference Desk if you need further help.

International Dictionary of Theatre. Chicago: St. James Press.
Hawkins-Dady ; picture editor, Leanda Shrimpton. For history on plays and playwrights
FA-REF-4 PN2035 .I49 1992 (3 Volumes)

Plays
FA-REF-4 PN2035 .I49 1992 (Vol 1)
Includes first production information, criticism and other publications; synopsis of the play.

Playwrights
FA-REF-4 PN2035 .I49 1992 (Vol 2)
Includes biography, works, criticism and other publications; overview entry on the playwright.

Actors, Directors and Designers
FA-REF-4 PN2035 .I49 1992 (Vol 3)
Includes biography, works, criticism and other publications; overview entry on the artist.

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Free-Web Links

• Aisle Say (TheatreNet Enterprises)
  "An internet magazine of reviews and opinions." Full-text reviews from productions national-wide, including off-off broadway. Also features "related and reciprocal Web site URLs." Updated weekly.

• CurtainUp
  An internet magazine of theater reviews and features.

• The New York Times - Current day
  Full text, recent theater, film, video, TV, dance and music reviews. Currently free, but registration is required.
  For back issues ofthe NY Times online Carnegie Mellon users can log into the Proquest Direct databse.
  

• Playbill OnLine-Current day
  Includes reviews.