Additional full text options in IIMP and IIPA

There are now more full text link options for the International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP) and the International Index to the Performing Arts (IIPA) databases. If the full text of an article is available directly from one of those...

Posted by dougan on June 25, 2009 9:59 AM

Tony Awards

Overall coverage in the NYTimes Billy Elliot wins Best Musical (NYTimes) Complete list of winners (NYTimes) 33 Variations won best scenic design of a play...

Posted by dougan on June 8, 2009 8:30 AM

Summer Studio Theatre at Illinois

(from Krannert Center web site) Summer Studio Theatre Returns to Krannert Center The Summer Studio Theatre returns to Krannert Center for its 19th season as a professional repertory company. Under the direction of UI Department of Theatre Head Brant Pope,...

Posted by dougan on June 4, 2009 4:10 PM

Theater in Video

The Library now has a subscription to Alexander Street Press's Theater in Video "Theatre in Video contains more than 250 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video - more...

Posted by dougan on May 26, 2009 2:42 PM

33 Variations nominated for Best Play Tony Award

Backstory: 33 Variations and Its 190-Year Trip to Broadway by Smith Galtney Broadway.com May 15, 2009...

Posted by dougan on May 15, 2009 9:13 AM

Theaters' worst acts take place in the seats

Theaters' worst acts take place in the seats "Bad behavior has become so pervasive, it's ordinary" By John Moore Denver Post Theater Critic 4/26/09...

Posted by dougan on April 28, 2009 8:40 AM

Theatre project streams rehearsals online

Noises off: The rehearsal's the thing Posted by Chris Wilkinson December 2 2008 The Guardian Theatre Blog "The New York-based Ontological-Hysteric Theatre is in the process of rehearsing its new show, Astronome – A Night at the Opera, and will...

Posted by dougan on December 5, 2008 10:22 AM

Music, Dance, and Theatre groups recipients of national arts medals

3 Academics and a Student Chorus Are Among Recipients of National Medals Chronicle of Higher Education By REEVES WIEDEMAN Tuesday, November 18, 2008 "...the Fisk Jubilee Singers were among four organizations honored [with National Medals of Arts]. The group, a...

Posted by dougan on November 18, 2008 8:20 AM

Musicians, music critic, and lighting designer win genius grant

13 Academics Are Among 2008 MacArthur Fellows Chronicle of Higher Education By CAITLIN MORAN 9/23/08 Leila Josefowicz, 30, violinist, in New York. She captivates audiences with her technically precise and emotionally resonant performances of both traditional and contemporary works. Walter...

Posted by dougan on September 23, 2008 8:38 AM

American Players Theatre inside edition

American Players will renew construction on black box theater Posted: Sept. 20, 2008 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Damien Jaques "At this time next year, American Players Theatre [just up the road, near Madison, WI] audiences will be attending productions indoors as...

Posted by dougan on September 23, 2008 8:25 AM

The play's the thing

As many of you know, we acquired many theatre-related materials from the English Library over the Spring and Summer. We've got ---> periodicals (1st floor, on the new periodicals shelves facing the reading room and in the periodicals stacks near...

Posted by dougan on August 26, 2008 9:23 AM

Opera and Shakespeare

Mark the Music: Singing Shakespeare at Glimmerglass by Alex Ross The New Yorker 8/18/08 "When composers have tried to set Shakespeare, they have run up against the problem that his verse creates music in the mind, next to which even...

Posted by dougan on August 19, 2008 8:24 AM

YouTube and Research

It comes as no surprise that students use YouTube for fun and for research, because it's easy to use and has a lot of content. Respected music writer Norman Lebrecht writes about how he too has been pulled into YouTube....

Posted by dougan on July 1, 2008 9:23 AM

New journals area

You might have noticed the new journals display area near the reading room on the first floor. We've selected several dozen of the top journal titles in music, dance, and theatre, and will display current issues face-out (recent issues are...

Posted by dougan on June 10, 2008 3:46 PM

Chicago theater scene

(Chicago theater) Community vibrant despite some cuts (Chicago Tribune) By Chris Jones | Tribune critic May 25, 2008...

Posted by dougan on May 30, 2008 10:15 AM

Theatre Festivals (and more)

Summer Stages (From NY Times) Theater Published: May 11, 2008 Plays by Shakespeare, John Guare, Michael John LaChiusa and more, in festivals from Alabama to Washington....

Posted by dougan on May 16, 2008 9:00 AM

Theatre and Performing Arts blog

A thought-provoking blog focusing on theatre and the performing arts from the UK's Guardian. I think this source is useful for several reasons, not least for its international perspective. Here are a few recent entries to illustrate: Is Ballet's Future...

Posted by dougan on May 7, 2008 1:38 PM

What makes or breaks an artist?

From Chronicle of Higher Education New Survey Will Examine What Makes Arts-School Graduates Succeed or Fail By CAROLYN MOONEY May 1, 2008...

Posted by dougan on May 1, 2008 10:26 AM

Search Music Index and RILM at the same time (and more!)

Several of our music and other databases are available through the same vendor (Ebsco). This means that you can search in more than one of these databases simultaneously. 1. Go to the Online Research Resources page 2. Do a title...

Posted by dougan on April 18, 2008 8:47 AM

Lincoln Center Festival 2008

(From Playbillarts.com) Lincoln Center Festival 2008 By Marilyn Stasio 18 Apr 2008 "Bold productions anchor this year's Lincoln Center Festival, which is scheduled to take place July 2–27. This year's lineup includes such names as Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Alan...

Posted by dougan on April 18, 2008 8:36 AM

The Economics of Off-Off Broadway

From the NY Times Examining the Economics of Off Off Broadway By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON Published: April 12, 2008 This week the New York Innovative Theater Foundation released what is intended to be the first of several studies of Off Off...

Posted by dougan on April 16, 2008 12:50 PM