Production History: Professional Theatres

You can find the production histories of many plays listed at:

http://tcg.org/tools/profiles/member_profiles/main.cfm?CFID=15655201&CFTOKEN=98318324

Musical Videos

"The Guilty Ones" from Musical's Website

http://www.springawakening.com/spring_awakening_music_and_video.php


From A&E's Breakfast with the Arts

Educational Guides: Samples

Note: These are not necessarily all great examples. You should compare and contrast in determining how you will format your own Educational Guide for your play. Note also that almost all are in .pdf format.

Stage Notes: A Field Guide for Teachers: Spring Awakening (The Musical)
http://www.carolinatix.org/resources/pdfs/Spring_Awakening_Study_Guide.pdf

Cal State Long Beach's Spring Awakening (The Play)
http://www.csulb.edu/depts/theatre/Study%20Guides/SpringAwakening_StudyGuide.pdf

Milwaukee Repertory Theatre's Eurydice
http://www.milwaukeerep.com/education/documents/Euridyce_000.pdf

San Jose State University: Big Love
http://www.trft.org/TRFTPix/BigLoveStudyGuide.pdf

East Bay Children's Theatre: Rumplestiltskin
http://www.childrens-theatre.org/images/Rumpel%20Ed%20Packet.pdf

Blue Man Group
http://www.blueman.com/files/BM_EDPressKit.pdf

Deaf West Theatre: Big River
http://www.deafwest.org/productions/br_discoveryguide.pdf

Folger Shakespeare Library: Romeo & Juliet
http://www.simonsays.com/assets/series/859/CG17_859.pdf

SUNY Osego: A Doll's House
http://www.oswego.edu/academics/colleges_and_departments/departments/theatre/performance/0708/Dolls%20House%20Ed%20Packet.html

Coterie Theatre: In Spite of Thunder: The Macbeth Project
http://www.coterietheatre.org/MCP%20Resource%20Guide.pdf

and lots, lots more at
http://www.patelconservatory.org/onschooltime/study_guides.htm

Medea

Translation Tools

No online, automatic language translator is going to provide an accurate translation that accommodates syntax, idiomatic language, archaisms, etc.; however, the "Bing" translator from Microsoft may help you with basic information.

http://www.microsofttranslator.com/

Less effective, in my opinion, is Yahoo's online translator, Babelfish:

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/

Production Reviews Online

Newton Gresham Library Databases Online

http://library.shsu.edu/research/databases/alphabetical.php

Journalistic Reviews

LexisNexis Academic
Provides access to the full-text of hundreds of newspapers, magazines, journals, law reviews, legal cases, and public laws.

New York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
The Historical New York Times offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue published in 1851 through 2005. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

The Times of London Digital Archive (1785-1985)
The Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985 delivers every page as published from 200 years of The Times (London). The Times is the "world's newspaper of record" and covers all major international historical events from the French Revolution to the Falkland War. For the first time users are able to search the full-text of the entire newspaper, including articles, editorials and advertising.

Academic Reviews

JSTOR
Search or browse for full-text articles in back issues of about 100 journals in the areas of African American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Sociology, and Statistics. Review dates and journals included by subject and alphabetically.

Reviews in Blogs
http://www.blogged.com/directory/entertainment/performing-arts/theatre

TheaterMania
http://www.theatermania.com/content/news_archive.cfm

Spring Awakening Video