Students will be able to analyze, synthesize and articulate the significant facets of music, dance and theatre within the historical context of the musical theatre genre.
BroadwayHD (ASP)This link opens in a new windowFilmed live theatre straight from Broadway
Digital Theatre PlusThis link opens in a new windowOver 200 live full length productions – including Digital Theatre’s own recordings alongside collections such as BBC, Royal Shakespeare Company, Broadway Digital Archive, Royal Opera House, London Symphony Orchestra, Shakespeare’s Globe etc… And including audio radio-plays from LA Theatre Works. Over 140 in-depth interviews with industry professionals including actors, directors as well as all backstage staff: lighting technicians, fight coordinators, stage managers et al.
Dance in Video (ASP)This link opens in a new windowDance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance.
OntheBoards.tvThis link opens in a new windowOn the Boards provides access to a growing catalog of 45 full-length performance films by the world's leading contemporary artists. Featuring dance, theater and multi-disciplinary works.
Musical Theatre Websites
Concord TheatricalsProducers of plays and musicals, including theatrical licensing, music publishing, script publishing, cast recording and first-class production.
Internet Broadway DatabaseA website that serves as a comprehensive history of Broadway for the benefit of League members, press, theatre professionals and enthusiasts.
Lazy Bee Scripts (UK)Lazy Bee supplies full musical scores with some of their scripts. These include full musicals, musical plays/pantomimes and plays with the occasional song.
Musicals 101John Kenrick combines a passion for entertainment history with the practical know-how earned working on stage productions at every level from amateur to Broadway.
New Musical TheatreNewMusicalTheatre.com is dedicated to the distribution and promotion of a new generation of musical theater writers who self-publish their own digital sheet music.
Its goal is to create a direct connection between the people who write music and the people who want to perform and listen to it. It provides an affordable and legal one-stop shop to discover and share the work of self-published writers. It aspires to foster a dynamic community where fans and actors can directly connect and impact the writers of tomorrow’s next big hits.
Playbill VaultA comprehensive online database of Broadway history.
The Broadway Musical HomeFrom Rodgers and Hammerstein to Sondheim, award-winners to cult flops, big-budget spectacles to Fringe transfers, the Broadway Musical Home strives to provide everything you ever wanted to know about the musicals, people and theatres of the Great White Way.
The Guide to Musical TheatreDesigned for those who enjoy musicals, especially for those who participate in productions of Broadway, West End and shows written with the amateur in mind.
Tony AwardsNamed for Antoinette Perry, an actress, director, producer, and the dynamic wartime leader of the American Theatre Wing who had recently passed away, the Tony Awards made their official debut on Easter Sunday, April 6, 1947.
Musical Theatre around the World
Informational websites or documents. A few have links to purchase music.