Theatre: Theatre Reviews

Online Newspapers with Theatre Reviews

New York Times Historical This link opens in a new window
Full text of the complete run of New York Times from 1851 to three years ago, with page images, individual articles, ads, and illustrationss in downloadable PDF. It includes, and is searchable by, display and classified ads, cartoons, photos, maps, graphics, etc., editorials, obituaries, and commentary, as well as articles.
Times Digital Archive, 1785-2010 This link opens in a new window
Full-text London Times. Coverage: 1785-1985.
The index to the paper after 1985 is available in the King Index area at the end of the reference section. Older indexes are available in King Circulation. Microfilm of the newspaper is available by request from the Instructional Materials Center.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
English language, full-text news sources and foreign language news. Coverage: Varies for each publication, but earliest is 1980-
Previously called LexisNexis Academic. Nexis Uni is an outstanding source for researching news, business, and legal topics. It contains full-text of sources from all over the world, drawn from print, broadcast, and online media.

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Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
Indexing for hundreds of newspapers, often but not always with full text. Coverage (varies by paper): Indexing 1979- ; full-text 1984-

The New Yorker
1925-2015
The Guardian
Search for the name of your play. This doesn't have full text, but it does help you find articles that you can then order through interlibrary loan.

Readers' Guide Retrospective This link opens in a new window
Oxford campus users only. Index only to popular magazines (primarily United States) in the 20th century. 1890-1982.

Newspaper Archives Libguide
Still looking for reviews? You might find them in some of the newspaper archives listed in this guide.

The New York times theater reviews
Some of these are in SWORD and some are in King Reference. The call number is PN2266 .N48
A guide to critical reviews
King Reference | PN2266 .S18
Selected theatre criticism
King Reference | PN2277.N5 S44 1985
New York theatre critics' reviews
King Reference | PN2000 .N76
Critics' theatre reviews
King Reference | PN2000 .N76

Theatre in Context This link opens in a new window
O’Dell’s Annals of the New York Stage, the Oxford University Press Companion series, and Greenwood’s American Theatre Companies series are just a few of the many in-copyright sources included in the Theatre in Context Collection. Placed alongside thousands of playbills, posters, photographs, and related theatrical ephemera, users will be able to paint a more comprehensive picture of the life and evolution of dramatic works.
International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Lists books and articles about about theater, dance, and the performing arts. The resources covered by IBTD include articles in scholarly journals, books, chapters in books, and articles in literary and theater magazines, published around the world and in several languages. Emphasizes theater-as-performance in contrast to the emphasis on literary criticism in the MLA International Bibliography and other literature and humanities indexes. IBTD does not list reviews in newspapers, magazines, or popular media.

Subjects: Theatre