African American Theatre Directory 1816-1960: A Comprehensive Guide to Early Black Theatre Organizations, Companies, Theaters, and Performing Groups. Ed. Bernard L. Peterson and Lena McPhatter Gore. Westport, Ct.: Greenwood Press, 1997. Available in print and online
Allied Directory of Theatre Organizations. Website maintained by the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR), linking out to similar organizations worldwide.
Directory of Doctoral Programs. Another directory maintained by ASTR.
Dance Annual Directory. Information about companies, education, merchandise, equipment, and services for dancers.
Theatre World. Complete cast and production information for every production "On," "Off-," or "Off-Off-Broadway" as well as most professional regional companies, along with statistics (e.g., longest-running shows), lists of current and past awards, obituaries, and a thorough index. PN 2277 .N5 A17 Geisel 7th Fl. Ceased publication 2012/2013, intermittently published again from 2016-2020. Indexed in Int. Bibliog. of Theatre & Dance.
The Playbill Broadway Yearbook. PN 2277 .N5 P53 Geisel 2nd Fl. West Reference. Search Broadway Yearbook in UC LIbrary Search for a few online issues.
Bordman, Gerald. American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle. In print, ML 1711 .B67, Geisel 1st Fl. East
Bordman, Gerald. American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1869-1914. NY: Oxford UP, 1994. 1914-1930 (1995) 1930-1969 (1996). Continued by: Hischak, Thomas. American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1969-2000. NY: Oxford UP, 2001.
Greene, John C. Theatre in Dublin, 1745-1820: A Calendar of Performances. Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh UP; Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2011. 6 volumes.
Guernsey, Otis L. Directory of the American Theater, 1894-1971: Indexed to the Complete Series of Best Plays Theater Yearbooks ; Titles, Authors, and Composers of Broadway, off-Broadway, and off-off Broadway Shows and Their Sources. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1971.
Harbage, Alfred. Annals of English Drama, 975-1700: An Analytical Record of All Plays, Extant or Lost, Chronologically Arranged and Indexed by Authors, Titles, Dramatic Companies, Etc. S. Scheonbaum. 3rd ed. rev. Sylvia Stoler Wagonheim. London & NY: Routledge, 1989. PR 635 .C54 H37 1989 Geisel 7th Fl.
Kawachi, Yoshiko. Calendar of English Renaissance Drama, 1558-1642. NY: Garland, 1986. PN 2596 .K36 1986 Geisel 8th Fl. Oversize
The London Stage, 1660-1800: A Calendar of Plays, Entertainments, & Afterpieces .... Ed. W. Van Lennep et al. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1960-1968. 5 volumes in 11. Geisel 7th Fl. PN 2592 .L6
Norton, Richard C.A Chronology of American Musical Theater. NY: Oxford UP, 2002. 3 vols. Covers 1750-2001. ML 1711.8 .N3 N67 2002 Geisel 1st Fl. East
Odell, George C. D. Annals of the New York Stage. New York: Columbia University Press, 1927-1949.
Wearing, J.P. The London Stage [decade]: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. 2nd ed. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, [various dates from 1890-1899, 1900-1909, 1910-1919, 1920-1929, 1940-1949, 1950-1959]
