THEATRE

Discounted tickets to live arts events in Boston

BPT offers a number of opportunities to local playwrights, including the Boston Theater Marathon.

Independent reviews of regional and local theater

The speech accent archive uniformly presents a large set of speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds. Native and non-native speakers of English read the same paragraph and are carefully transcribed. The archive is used by people who wish to compare and analyze the accents of different English speakers.

For the aspiring professional actor, links to everything and anything related to the industry.

A professional organization that fosters scholarship on worldwide theatre and performance, both historical and contemporary.

A developing reference source to theatrical entertainments and venues throughout France during the 17th & 18th centuries, the period of the ancien regime & the French Revolution. The majority of the content is in French and some English titles.

Ancient to modern theatre history presented by the Tupelo Community Theatre. The backstage section has technical tips and a glossary. A good introductory site.

This archive is the official database for Broadway theatre information. IBDB provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today.

This site features high-quality scans of 5,000+ renderings and sketches produced by the Motley Gorup (Margaret Harris, her sister Sophia Harris, and Elizabeth Montgomery) from 1932-1976.

Listings for stage productions in the United States and in London, job postings, Tony Awards, and who's who in theater.

Links to information on worldwide traditions of puppetry, and on using puppetry in performance. Also links to puppetry performance companies, organizations, builders, exhibitions and festivals, schools, workshops, internships, scholarships, and awards. Free classified ads for buying and selling puppets.

A well-organized gateway to links on the history of theater, plays, and production, from classical Greek to modern. Includes links to e-texts for the complete plays of Shakespeare, Greek and Roman plays, and other public-domain plays, as well as links to information on period costume, dance, and music.