Theater and Plays

KPL staff-selected resources. We welcome your comments and suggestions.

Staff Recommends

The Traveling Companion and Other Plays by Tennessee WilliamsIn the Frame by Helen MirrenThe Complete Idiot's Guide to Shakespeare's Plays by Cynthia GreenwoodWicked by Stephen SchwartzAll in This Together by Scott Thomas

Databases (most require KPL library card)

eLibrary Plus (Electric Library Plus) (Home Access)

Full text articles, plus maps and pictures and TV and radio transcripts

InfoTrac All Using PowerSearch

Magazines, journals, newspapers, reference books, ebooks available in the library or at home with your KPL library card or with your Michigan Driver's License or ID by going to Mel.org
Includes Computer Database; Custom Newspapers; General Reference Center Gold; Grand Rapids Press; Expanded Academic ASAP; General Business File ASAP; Legal Trac; InfoTrac Onefile; Health Reference Center Academic ASAP

InfoTrac Custom 120 Full Text Newspapers

A collection of approximately 900 full text newspapers from around the country and the world. Includes the last 12 months of the New York Times and the Grand Rapids Press (1996-current).

MeL Michigan eLibrary

Magazines, journals, newspapers, and reference books provided to Michigan libraries and Michigan residents at home with their Michigan Driver's License or ID or from libraries in Michigan.  Also includes links to Michigan related websites.

Michigan Newspapers via NewsBank (Home Access)

Selected full text articles from the following Michigan newspapers:  Detroit News, Grand Rapids Press, and Lansing State Journal.

NetLibrary

Michigan eLibrary collection of ebooks.

New York Times Index

All full text. The daily newspaper New York Times 1995-present.

World Book Encyclopedia (Home Access)

Articles from the World Book Encyclopedia.  Includes related articles from major newspapers and magazines. Graphic and multimedia enhancements, including photographs, maps, illustrations, tables, animations, and audio/video clips.

Newspapers and Magazines

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Chicago

Plays

Variety

Community Resources

All Ears Theatre

Phone 269-342-5059

Live radio theater using local performers and taped for future broadcast on WMUK.

Black Arts & Cultural Center

Phone 269-349-1035

Produce annual Black Arts Festival; fine art exhibitions; classes; workshops; artistic demonstrations.

Civic Youth Theatre

Phone 269-343-2280

Produces three shows a year; theatre classes for grades K-12; summer workshops and camps.

Kalamazoo Civic Theatre

Phone 269-343-2280

New Vic Theatre

Phone 269-381-3328

Whole Art Theater

Phone 269-345-7529

Websites

Broadway - Internet Broadway Database

The official database for Broadway theatre information.

Lyric Opera of Chicago

Get information about this elite singer-training program.

Playbill On-line (theater news)

Online version of Playbill magazine.

The Tony Awards

The official Tony Awards web site.

Theater History On The Web

A resource for theatre historians and students of the theatre's history.

Kalamazoo Area

Barn Theatre

Explore the theatrical world of The Barn Theatre in Augusta, the oldest resident summer stock theater in Michigan.

Kalamazoo Civic Theater

Explore the history and future of the theatre via the Kalamazoo Civic Theater's web site.

Kalamazoo-Theatre Kalamazoo

An information source for live theatre in the Kalamazoo area.

Miller Auditorium (WMU)(Kalamazoo)

What's playing at Miller Auditorium, features film, dance, and theater events.

New Vic Theatre (Kalamazoo)

An historical overview, a schedule of events, donation opportunities, and an online newsletter.

Whole Arts Theater

Schedules, tickets and history of local theater company.


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Performance of Ragtime, 2007, Photo: Fred Western

Performance of Ragtime, 2007, Photo: Fred Western

Source: The Kalamazoo Civic Theatre 

Chenery Auditorium after the 1997 remodel.

Chenery Auditorium after the 1997 remodel.

Photo: Chenery Auditorium

Photo of The New Vic Theatre stage and seating areas.

The New Vic Theatre stage and seating areas.

Photo: The New Vic Theatre