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Playbill Online

News and information about plays in production on Broadway and across the country.
Source: Playbill Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes

Broadway.com

Get the latest news about what's happening on Broadway. You'll find reviews, reviews, actor bios, interviews, and video clips highlights from shows.
Source: Broadway.com Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No

Internet Broadway Database

This is the official database for Broadway theatre information. You will find information about productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today. Want to know who played Billy Flynn in the original production of Chicago? Want a list of the plays Bernadette Peters has appeared in? This site contains cast and production staff lists of both on and off Broadway plays back to the 1820s. Check out the media section for radio interviews of broadway stars conducted by Isobel Robins and Richard Seff in 1977.
Source: The Broadway League Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes

Backstage

This site features news, articles, and resources for the performing arts. The Artist's Toolbox section lists acting schools, colleges, and theatre companies.
Source: Backstage Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No

The Hollywood Reporter

Get the latest film, television, and entertainment news. You will also find interviews and production listings, and other entertainment resources.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes

Variety

News, reviews, charts, and data, are all at your fingertips at this site that covers the entertainment industry.
Source: Variety Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes

The Educational Theatre Association

You'll find job postings, professional resources, links, and articles from some of the organization's publications.
Source: Educational Theatre Association Intended Audience: Teachers Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No

Internet Off-Broadway Database

You'll find production details including cast lists, production crew, biographies, and photos for Off-Broadway productions back to the 1950s.
Source: Lucille Lortel Foundation Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes

London Theatre Guide

Find out what's going on in the West End. This site includes show listings, reviews, forums and other information on London Theatre.
Source: London Theatre Guide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes

Virtual Globe Theatre
Take a tour of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre!
Source: University of Cambridge

Online Video

Great Performances
GREAT PERFORMANCES brings the best in the performing arts from across America and around the world to a US television audience. It presents a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries. Source: NHPTV Online Video

American Masters
Since its premiere in 1986, AMERICAN MASTERS has been the only PBS series committed to developing and producing comprehensive film biographies about the broad cast of characters who comprise our cultural history. Source: NHPTV Online Video

The Kennedy Center
Check out this collection of audio and video podcasts for educators from the Kennedy Center.

Playbill Multimedia Gallery
Collection of images, video and audio clips from productions. Source: Playbill

Lesson Plans

ArtsEdge
Locate tons of drama lesson plans by secondary subject and grade! Source: Kennedy Center

Thornton Wilder's Our Town: the Reader as Writer - Gr. 6-8
To appreciate some of the extra-literary elements of a play, students pause at various intervals in their study of Thornton Wilder's Our Town to develop their own settings, characters, and conflicts. Source: EdSITEment

William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream: Conflict Resolution and Happy Endings - Gr. 6-8
The activities in this lesson invite students to focus on the characters from A Midsummer Night's Dream, to describe and analyze their conflicts, and then to watch how those conflicts get resolved. Source: EdSITEment

A Raisin in the Sun: The Quest for the American Dream - Gr. 9-12
The play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is used as a focal point for discussion of "The American Dream" as students explore how the social, educational, economical and political climate of the 1950's affected African Americans' quest for "The American Dream." Source: EdSITEment

Twelve Angry Men: Trial by Jury as a Right and as a Political Institution - Gr. 9-12
The classic American drama Twelve Angry Men serves as the starting point for a discussion of the constitutional right and civic function of the trial by jury. Source: EdSITEment

Ancient Greek Theatre: Live From Antiquity! - Gr. 9-12
Return to ancient Athens for the world premier of Antigone. Source: EdSITEment

Being in the Noh: An Introduction to Japanese Noh Plays - Gr. 9-12
This lesson provides an introduction to the elements of Noh plays and to the text of two plays. Source: EdSITEment

Dramatizing History in Arthur Miller's The Crucible - Gr. 9-12
By closely reading historical documents and attempting to interpret them, students consider how Arthur Miller interpreted the facts of the Salem witch trials and how he successfully dramatized them in his play. Source: EdSITEment