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Musical Theatre Resources

These Musical Theatre Resources link to a massive collection of musical theatre materials. Enjoy! Send more link suggestions in this category to Richard Finkelstein 

See what musical theatre (and other) anniversaries we celebrate this month, see... 
This Month in Theatre History 

See Also:

Artslynx Links to the sites of composers, lyricists, playwrights 

Most convicted felons are just people who were not taken to museums or Broadway musicals as children. 
Libby Gelman-Waxner 

Best All-Around Information Sites:

• Musicals 101 - Great site. Lots of resources. This is really an astonishing site, well worth a visit
• Musical Theatre Show Reference - Lots of Information here 
• American Musical Theatre Reference Library

Other Master Sites:

• Cast Recordings FAQ - Includes a database
• Cast Album Database
• Definitive Musical Theatre Website - I wouldn't say "definitive" but site strengths are lists of currently playing Broadway and West End shows and a chat forum. Turn your computer sound down first or you'll be blasted!
• The Great MGM Musicals Page 
• Historic American Sheet Music - images from Duke University. Great site!
• Musical Theatre - Hope pages of specific musicals
• Musicals.nu

Publishers, Distributors etc. 

• Music Theatre International 
• Rogers and Hammerstein Theatre Library
• Samuel French 
• Tams - Witmark Music Library, Inc.
  

Listings of Performance Companies:

• Musical Theatres and Opera Companies Listed by State

Libraries & Book Sources:
Artslynx does NOT link to individual books or book writers

• Books on Musical Theatre from Amazon.com  
• Goodspeed Musical Theatre library 
• Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music at Johns Hopkins U

Support Organizations: (see also, Artslynx Theatre Organizations page)

• American Federation of Musicians, Local 802 (NY) 
• Association of Canadian Librettists, Composers, and Lyricists
• National Alliance for Musical Theatre  
• Parlor Songs Association - Has a great collection of vintage music
• Theater Musicians Association

Research Sources, Listings,  and Databases
         (See also Artslynx Theatre Library and Research Page)

• Guide to Musical Shows - Lists 700 Musicals available for production. Great site!
• Lyrics Search  
• Musical Cast Album Database - Extensive listings
• Tower Lyrics Archive - Lists lyrics from many musicals Lists lyrics from many musicals

Journals and Magazines: (see also Artslynx' Theatre Journals Page)

• The Sondheim Review - Great Journal and online resource

Pages on Individual Composers, Lyricists, etc: 
(use your BACK button to return)

• Artslynx Playwrights, Composers, Lyricists Listings

Non English Language Musical Theatre Pages & Resources

• Czech Republic Musicals Page 
• Russian Musicals - Site is in English and Russian

A sampling of "Cult" or unusual Musical Pages

• Bat Boy, The Musical - Yes it too is true (horror genre)
• Goethe's Faust Die Rockoper - Yes it too is true!
• Original Rock Musicals 
• Pope Joan
• The History of Industrial Musicals - Incredible topic!

Festivals and Companies Devoted to the Nurturing of New Musicals

• The New York Musical Theatre Festival

A Sampling of the BEST of the fan pages of individual musicals.

In general, Artslynx tries to link to MASTER sites since these folk do the best at getting you to individual pages and resources. However, if Artslynx discovers an exceptional such page, it may be listed here. View this as a sort of "Editors Choice". For comprehensive listings though, select from the master site links above.

• Annie Orphans Page

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