Research Guides: *Theatre: Find Reviews

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Humanities and Social Sciences Full Text (plus Retrospective)
Hint: Under "document type" select "choreography review," "drama," "drama (text of play)," "festival review," "performance review," or "theatre review."
Abbreviation: humanities
Vendor: EBSCO
Coverage: 1907–1984
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject
Type: Indexes / Catalogs
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text
Use the "document type" box to select a number of types of reviews (entertainment review, film review, music review, etc.)
Abbreviation: ibtd
Vendor: EBSCO
Subjects: Dance, Literature, Music, Theatre
Type: Indexes / Catalogs
Nexis Uni
Hint: Find the "all news" link under the "news" on the left-hand bar. Search here for theatre reviews.
Content:
Briefs, Pleadings and Motions
Cases
Company and Financial
Directories
Law Reviews and Journals
Legal News
News
Statutes and Legislation

Abbreviation: nexis
Vendor: LexisNexis
Subjects: Business, Business Legal Studies, Communication, Hospitality, Law, Psychology, Public Administration and Policy, Sociology
Type: Directories, Historical / Primary Sources, Newspapers and Newswires, Proceedings
Performing Arts Periodicals Database
Select "review" in the "document type" box on the Advanced Search. Use search bars to specify terms to search, such as performance title, artist, etc.
Subject coverage:
Dance
Theater
Film
Mime
Opera
Puppetry
Radio
Television
Storytelling
Video
Performance Art

Abbreviation: iipa
Vendor: ProQuest
Coverage: 1864–Current
Subjects: Dance, Literature, Music, Theatre
Type: Indexes / Catalogs
Web of Science
Hint: Use two fields in "advanced search" - search for artist or performance title in first field and add a second field with "document type" on the corresponding drop down menu. Select "theater review" as your document type.
Tutorials:
Web of Science LibGuide

Abbreviation: webofsci
Vendor: Clarivate Analytics
Subjects: *General Science, *General / Multi-Subject, Engineering
Type: Citation Management, Indexes / Catalogs

You will also find reviews in individual journals. See the "Find Articles" tab on this guide for a selection of Theatre journals at FSU.

African American Newspapers, 1827–1998
Provides online access to 280 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. This unique collection, which includes papers from more than 35 states, features many rare and historically significant 19th-century titles.
Abbreviation: afamnp
Vendor: NewsBank
Coverage: 1827–1998
Subjects: African-American Studies, Communication, History
Type: Historical / Primary Sources, Newspapers and Newswires
America's Historical Newspapers, 1690–1922
Searchable digital facsimiles of thousands of newspaper titles from all 50 states. With eyewitness reporting, editorials, letters, advertisements, obituaries and much more, this collection chronicles the evolution of American culture and daily life from the colonial era to the early twentieth century, with especially good coverage of the nineteenth century. Note: FSU has access to African American Newspapers, Series 1; Caribbean Newspapers, Series 1; Early American Newspapers, Series 1: From Colonies to Nation; Series 2: The New Republic; Series 3: From Farm to City; Series 4: The Rise of Industry; Series 5: An Emerging World Power; Series 12: The Specialized Press; and Series 15: Immigrant Communities.
Abbreviation: eana
Vendor: NewsBank
Coverage: 1690–1922
Subjects: Communication, History
Type: Historical / Primary Sources, Newspapers and Newswires
New York Times (Historical)
Offers full-page-images and article images from the New York Times newspaper from its first issue in 1851 to three years before the current date. This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand primary source accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
Abbreviation: nythist
Vendor: ProQuest
Coverage: 1850–Current - 3 years
Subjects: History
Type: Historical / Primary Sources, Newspapers and Newswires

For more newspapers resources and research tips see the FSU Libraries Newspapers Research Guide.

These websites also offer both recent and historical theatre reviews.