Subject Guides: Theatre: Theatre Home

Streaming Theatre Productions

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Digital Theatre Plus This link opens in a new window Over 200 live full length productions –BBC, Royal Shakespeare Company, Broadway Digital Archive, Royal Opera House, London Symphony Orchestra, Shakespeare’s Globe etc… Includes audio radio-plays from LA Theatre Works. Over 140 in-depth interviews with industry professionals including actors, directors as well as all backstage staff.

Broadway HD Content 2023

BroadwayHD (ASP) This link opens in a new window
The library package includes 19 Broadway plays, including a few musicals.
National Theatre Collection (Drama Online) This link opens in a new window Video performances of live plays from National Theater Live broadcasts as well as recordings never previously seen outside of the National Theatre’s archive. As a supplement to the filmed productions, exclusive digitized archival materials such as prompt scripts, costume designs, and more are available to provide behind-the-scenes background and contextual information.
Asian Theatre Video Collection This link opens in a new window Asian Theater video collection from Drama Online offers interviews with leading performers and practitioners, and houses a tranche of filmed performances, documentaries, rehearsal footage, and training videos. From Butoh to Bollywood, Bunraku to Topeng, this collection is a vital repository for students and academics interested in Asia’s rich theatrical traditions.
Theatre in Video (ASP) This link opens in a new window Theatre in Video contains more than 200 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 150 film documentaries, online in streaming video - more than 400 hours in all. Included are landmark performances such as The Iceman Cometh, Awake and Sing, Krapp's Last Tape, and several works of Shakespeare. Notable actors include Claire Bloom, Colleen Dewhurst, Richard Dreyfuss, Walter Matthau, Meryl Streep and more.
Ambrose Digital Video This link opens in a new window Streaming video including: The BBC Shakespeare Plays, The Great Directors: The Making of 21st Century Hollywood, A History of Great Playwrights, Hollywood's Greatest Directors, Shakespeare in Italy, and Shakespeare: The Animated Tales.
BYU Library Streaming Media This link opens in a new window
Not available off campus.
Kanopy Streaming Video This link opens in a new window Videos on theatre performance, behind the scenes, youth theatre plus more. 334 performing arts titles.
Public performance rights are included.

Victor Victoria
Provided by the Julie Andrews Archive.
The Julie Andrews Archive An assortment of Julie's performances including Camelot on Broadway (1960) plus much more.
Working in the Theatre American Theatre Wing's Emmy® Nominated documentary series produced to entertain audiences by revealing theatre’s inner-workings, profiling industry luminaries, and taking a closer look at unique stories that surround important work.
Ubu Web UbuWeb is a large web-based educational resource for avant-garde material available on the internet, founded in 1996 by poet Kenneth Goldsmith. It offers visual, concrete and sound poetry, expanding to include film and sound art mp3 archives.

Technical Theatre

An Introduction to Technical Theatre
An Introduction to Technical Theatre is a peer-reviewed, openly licensed textbook (written by Tal Sanders) intended for college or high school use. The text’s modular format is also intended to assist teachers approach the subject at their own pace and structure, a necessity for those who may regularly rearrange their syllabi around productions and space scheduling.

The book draws on the author’s experience in both the theatre and the classroom over the last 30 years. It provides a comprehensive overview of technical theatre, including terminology and general practices.