LibGuides: Drama: Journals &amp; Periodicals

Journals & Periodicals

American Drama
Publishes studies of dramatic literature from the earliest to the most recent playwrights, featuring critical examination of trends and discussions of diversity in the script for stage, film, radio, and television.
American Theatre
Each issue features reports on plays in print, performances, and theater season schedules in the US and abroad. Includes full-length play scripts five times per year.
Bandwagon
The Circus Historical Society’s bimonthly journal publishes articles relating to circus history.
CSA News
Covers membership activities and regional events of the Costume Society of America.
The Dramatist
Covers all aspects of theatre.
The Dramatist: A Journal of Dramatic Technology
The Dramatists Guild Quarterly
Previous title: Dramatist Bulletin
Later title: The Dramatist
Dramatists Sourcebook
Information for playwrites.
Published by the Theatre Communications Group.
Equity News
Fashion Theory
Offers an interdisciplinary forum for the rigorous analysis of the role of fashion in the cultural construction of embodied identity. Each issue contains at least four essays on topics ranging from the history of costume to the place of fashion in contemporary art, literature and commerce.
Journal of American Drama and Theatre
Brings out articles that contribute to the varied conversations in dramatic theory and criticism, and explores the relationship between theory and theatre practice, and/or examine recent scholarship by a single author.
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Journal devoted to drama and theatre in the United States - past and present. Provocative, thoughtful articles by the leading scholars of our time providing valuable insight and information on the heritage of U.S. theatre, as well as its continuing contribution to world literature and the performing arts.
Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism
Brings out articles that contribute to the varied conversations in dramatic theory and criticism, and explores the relationship between theory and theatre practice, and/or examine recent scholarship by a single author.
Latin American Theatre Review
Presents interviews, theatre history, international stories, profiles, news, and articles about leading theatre companies and innovators in the field.
Live Design
Presents a new view of the art and technology of show business. Features the latest in lighting design and technology, sound design and reinforcement, set design and construction. Includes Annual Source Book.
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Merger of: Entertainment design; Lighting dimensions; and: SRO (Overland Park Kan.); and continues numbering of Entertainment design. With May 2006 issue, absorbed: Live design's TQ which continues as a separately dated section.
New Theatre Quarterly
Publishes news, analysis and debate within the field of theatre studies. Provides an international forum where theatrical scholarship and practice can meet and where prevailing dramatic assumptions can be subjected to vigorous critical questioning.
Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film
Publishes essays, documents, bibliographies and filmographies, and review essays. Includes the various arts of performance which emerged over the long period period from the Age of Revolution to the advent of sound motion pictures.
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This journal considers narrative or variety entertainments from all countries and regions. Its scope embraces not only drama but dance, opera, music hall, circus, fairground entertainment, and other forms which implicate live audiences (actual, potential, or imaginary). The journal's emphasis on the value of primary materials is reflected in the publication of documents in photographic or critical facsimile and in annotated critical edition, carrying out the policy of contributing directly to the research needs of the working scholar.

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Lists articles from scholarly and popular periodicals covering dance, film, television, theater, opera, stagecraft, broadcast arts, storytelling and more. Some journals include full text.

RSC Magazine
Journal of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Southern Theatre
Technical Brief
Publishes articles by and for technical theater practitioners complete with mechanical drawings representing solutions to technical theater problems.
Theater Heute
Reports monthly on all the major events in performance and theatre as well as the outstanding actors, directors and stage artists in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Theatre Arts Monthly
Contains in-depth coverage of every aspect of the theatre-world. Provides a record of American dramatic art in its formative period, directing readers to dramatic trends and events, and to the emergence of new and important dramatists, directors, playwrights and stage designers.
Theatre Annual
A publication of information and research in the arts and history of the theatre.
Theatre Design and Technology
The journal for design and production professionals in the performing arts and entertainment industries.
Theatre Directory
Theatre Notebook
A journal of the history and technique of the British theatre. It interprets theatre widely covering theatrical activities inside and outside theatre buildings, professional and amateur theatre, the business of theatre, stage design, the history of theatre buildings, acting technique, and theatre outside the British Isles that relates directly to the history and technique of British theatre.
Theatre Symposium
Publishes scholarly work in theatre studies resulting from a single-topic meeting held on a southeastern university campus each spring. Published by the University of Alabama Press.
Theatre Topics
Addresses the concerns of scholars and artists in the areas of performance studies, dramaturgy, and theatre pedagogy. Published by Johns Hopkins University Press.
Theatre World
Provides cast lists and production information for professional theatre in the US and Canada. Includes over 1000 pictures.

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