Musical Theatre  

About this Guide
This guide is designed to help you find the materials you need as a musical theatre performer and to help you in musical theatre research projects. You can click on the tabs above for links to pages with tips on finding scores, librettos, sound recordings, videos, and other materials. Each of these pages highlights particularly helpful and widely-used materials. You may also find it useful to consult the Theatre and Dance Subject Guide at this URL: http://guides.lib.ua.edu/theatre-dance

Please contact the music librarian for:
   Questions about using library resources.
   Assistance in finding research materials.
   Requests to schedule a research consultation.

A few basic resources
Here are a few electronic resources to get you started. Off-campus, log into these resources with your MyBama user name and password. 

Internet Broadway Database (IBDB) is the official database for Broadway theatre information. IBDB provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today. You can access IBDB by clicking on 'Databases' on the Libraries' home page and then clicking on 'I' in the alphabetical listings.

Oxford Music Online combines three music reference works: Grove Music Online, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music. Search this database for information about composers, lyricists, and performers.

UA Department of Theatre and Dance