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Internet Broadway Database (IBDB) This link opens in a new window
The official database for Broadway theatre information. IBDB provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today.
BDB provides a comprehensive database of shows produced on Broadway, including all "title page" information about each production. IBDB also offers historical information about theatres and various statistics and fun facts related to Broadway.

Information found in IBDB is derived primarily from theatre programs (in most cases from a production's opening night). Supplemental information was taken from newspaper and magazine reports, theatrical text books, interviews with theatre professionals, and League archives.

7 Tips to Remember
Creating a Production History
A LibGuide from the New York University libraries
Forms for Printing and Use
Cue sheets, sign-in sheets, forms for stage managers, auditions, props, costumes, etc.
How to Direct a Play
Video featuring Joseph Adler
Production Histories
A LibGuide from the Harvard library
Theatre Production 101
Performing arts from the local and regional perspective, from little theatres to regional venues, and encompassing all aspects of staging, production, administration, promotion, and more.

Useful LC Subject Headings

American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism

Drama -- 17th century

Drama -- 18th century

Drama -- 19th century

Drama -- 20th century

Drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism

Drama -- Bibliography

Drama -- Subject (browse for the specific subject or place)

Dramatic criticism

Off-Broadway theater

Off Off-Broadway theater -- History

Theater -- Bibliography

Theater production and direction

Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery

Theatrical companies

Theatrical producers and directors

Theatrical producers and directors -- United States -- Biography

Maag Library Books on Producing & Directing Theatre

Ancient Sun, Modern Light: Greek Drama on the Modern Stage by Marianne McDonald
Call Number: PA3238 .M37 1992
Publication Date: 1991
Directing in the Theatre: A Casebook by J. Robert Wills
Call Number: PN2053 .W5
Publication Date: 1980
Ghost Light: An Introductory Handbook for Dramaturgy by Michael Mark Chemers
Call Number: PN2053 .C428 2010
Publication Date: 2010
A Guide to Critical Reviews by James M. Salem
Call Number: Z5781 .S16
Publication Date: 1973 & 1984
In Contact with Gods: Directors Talk Theatre by Maria M. Delgado, Paul Heritage
Call Number: PN2053 .I5 1996
Publication Date: 1997
Period Style for the Theatre by Douglas A. Russell
Call Number: REF PN2061 .R75 1987
Publication Date: 1987
The Process of Dramaturgy: A Handbook by Scott R. Irelan
Call Number: PN2053 .I74 2010
Publication Date: 2010
Staging Modern Playwrights: From Director's Concept to Performance by Sidney Homan
Call Number: PN2053 .H63 2003
Publication Date: 2003
Theatre World: A Pictorial Review of West End Productions with a Record of Plays and Players by Frances Stephens
Call Number: PN2596.L6 T542
Theatrical Design and Production by J. Michael Gillette
Call Number: OVERSIZE PN2085 .G5 2013
ISBN: 0073382221
Publication Date: 2012
Theatrical Design and Production is a comprehensive and practical survey that examines the technical and design aspects of play production, including scene design and construction, lighting, sound, costume, and makeup. Design is presented as both an art closely integrated with the director's, actor's, and playwright's visions, and a craft that provides practical solutions for the physical manipulation of stage space.

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THTR 1559 - Play Production: Production/Direction

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