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Finding Theatre Reviews
Research Databases
- Academic Search Complete
Theater reviews are available here with a keyword search on play title, director or playwright, or with the subject search
"theater reviews"
- Humanities International Complete
"...provides citations and abstracts for books, book articles, dissertations, journal articles, essays and reviews, as well
as original creative works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations "
- LexisNexis Academic
Select the "Arts & Sports News" category for Step One, for Step Two choose Book, Movie, Music, and Play Reviews, then for
Step Three type in your search terms, and don't forget to select an appropriate date range for Step Four
- MLA International Bibliography
Try keyword searches for the play title, director or playwright, or "theat$ and review$"
- New York Times Historical
Can search for reviews, but only receive the first paragraph. The New York Times is available in Jerome Library since 1851
and full text in LexisNexis Academic Universe since June 1, 1980.
Reference
- A Guide to Critical Reviews
James M. Salem
ref PN 2266.S25
popref PN 2266.S25
- The New York Times Theater Reviews 1870 - present
Ref PN 2266.N48
- Plays in Review, 1956-1980
edited by Gareth and Barbara Lloyd Evans
PR 737.P58 1985
Ref PN 2266.N48
Periodicals
- New York Theatre Critics Reviews 1940-1994
Main Periodicals
- National Theatre Critic's Reviews 1995-1996
Main Periodicals
- Children's Theatre Review
Main Periodicals
v. 31.1, v. 31.3-4 (1982)
v. 32-33 (1983-1984)
v. 34-35 (1985-1986, incomplete)
Main Library 1st Floor
- No Turn Unstoned: The Worst Ever Theatrical Reviews
compiled by Diane Rigg
PN 1707.N58 1983
- On Stage: Selected Theater Reviews from the New York Times, 1920-1970
Edited and introduced by Bernarn Beckerman and Howard Siegman
PN 2277.N5 B4
- On Innovative Performances(s): Three Decades of Recollections on Alternative Theatre
Richard Kostelanetz
PN 2193.E86 K67 1994
- Canada on Stage (1977)
PN 2300.C36
Northwest Ohio Regional Book Depository
1975-76, 1980-81
PN 2300.C36
Music Library
- The Blackwell Guide to the Musical Theatre on Record
Kurt Ganzi
ML 156.9G36 1990
Northwest Ohio Regional Book Depository
- Theatre World Annual (London)
792.09421 T374
- The Contemporary Theatre, 1923-1944-45
James Agate
792.0942 A26c
- Reference Guide to Reviews: A Checklist of Sources in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Fine Arts
Jennifer Forbes
O28.1 G17r2
- Critical Standards and Assumptions in New York Daily Newspapers/Theatre Reviews 1955-1956
film 792.O97471 F86c
- Lies Like Truth: Theatre Reviews and Essays
792.O9C64L
- Theatre Review
792.9 T375
- NewsBank: Review of the Arts
1979-1997
Main Microforms
Web Sites
The authors of this website are members of or affiliated with the BGSU Department of Theatre and Film. They are: Kurt Edwards,
Travis Malone, Erin Miller, Molly Weisser, Christine Woodworth, Dr. Cynthia Baron, and Stefanie Hunker.
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