Research and Course Guides: Theatre: Articles

Find Articles & Reviews

International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text This link opens in a new window
index to articles (many full-text) from journals, magazines, and some books, in all areas of theatre and dance; coverage dates vary by publication
For reviews: select Entertainment Review or Product Review as the Document Type.
Art Full Text This link opens in a new window
art, architecture, art history, graphic arts, photography, motion pictures, and related fields; 1984-present
Limit: 4 simultaneous users
Art Index Retrospective This link opens in a new window
art, architecture, art history, graphic arts, photography, motion pictures, and related fields; 1929-1984
Limit: 1 user at a time
Arts and Humanities through the Eras This link opens in a new window
overview of architecture, dance, fashion, literature, music, philosophy, religion, theater, and visual arts from ancient Egypt through the Enlightenment
Music Index This link opens in a new window
classical and popular music, musicians, and the music industry; 1979-present
Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
all subject areas, 1965-present
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
full-text access to more than 300 scholarly journals
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
more than 1,300 full-text scholarly journals
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
literature, language, linguistics, rhetoric, composition, film, and folklore, 1926-present
Does not include reviews of theatrical productions.
Humanities International Index This link opens in a new window
all areas of the humanities, 1925-present
LGBTQ+ Source This link opens in a new window
LGBTQ+ Source content plus full text of significant journals, magazines, books, and regional newspapers and a thesaurus; dates vary by publication
British Periodicals Collection I & II This link opens in a new window
searchable page images & text of 300+ journals published from the early 17th-20th centuries; topics include literature, music, art, drama, archaeology, & architecture
World Shakespeare Bibliography This link opens in a new window
index to articles, books, reviews, production information, dissertations, etc. about Shakespeare, 1968-present
For reviews, do an advanced search and select Production as a document type.
L'Année Philologique This link opens in a new window
index to all aspects of life in ancient Greece and Rome (prehistory to 800 C.E.), 1924-present.
Note: Limited to 6-10 simultaneous users.
Google Scholar (with Clemson links) This link opens in a new window

Additional Review Sources

US Major Dailies This link opens in a new window
full-text articles from The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, New York Times Book Revew, New York Times Magazine, Wall Street Journal (eastern ed.), and Washington Post; dates vary by newspaper

New York Times Theatre Reviews
free access to most New York Times theater reviews published since 1996; reviews of selected shows dating back to 1905 are also available. (You may need to register (it's free) to use this site.)

Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis) This link opens in a new window
news (including reviews of performances), business, law, and general reference
New York Times, Historical This link opens in a new window
full-text New York Times articles, 1851-2005
For performance reviews: select review as the document type on the advanced search
Readers' Guide Retrospective This link opens in a new window
index to articles in popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States, 1890-1982 (limited to 2 simultaneous users)
* For performance reviews: include the word reviews in your search.

Did He Like It?
Reviews of Broadway shows from the New York Times as well as other major publications