Research Guides: Theatre: Find Performance Reviews

Current Newspapers

New York Times (Online) This link opens in a new window
Why search here? Register for an account to access the the entirety of the newspaper's articles and web content online and in their mobile apps.
Content type: Newspaper articles, videos, games, recipes
Coverage dates: 1851-present
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Access includes all sections of the New York Times, including: Games (Spelling Bee, Worlde, etc), Cooking, Wirecutter, and The Athletic. Access to the archives (1851-2002) at TimesMachine is included, with 5 PDF downloads per day.
Language: English, Spanish, Mandarin
Los Angeles Times (current) This link opens in a new window
Where you can find articles about local theatre productions and performance reviews. (1985-present)
Does not include ads, images, or other web-only content
Language: English
America's News This link opens in a new window
Why search here? Good for finding historical and current articles from newspapers and news sources across the U.S., including smaller regional and local newspapers.
Content type: Newspaper articles, broadcast transcripts, newswires
Coverage dates: 1700s-present
Includes historical and current content for the Sacremento Bee, the San Diego Union Tribune, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Language: English
Keywords: NewsBank News Bank
Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Newspaper articles about theatre from around the world.
Includes titles such as, The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications.
Language: English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Urdu‎, etc.
Keywords: News Stream International Newsstand Stand
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Includes reviews and news stories relating to theatre.
Language: English, Spanish, French, Dutch, German, Portuguese
Keywords: Lexis Nexis

Archival Newspapers

Los Angeles Times, Historical This link opens in a new window
Includes information about theatrical productions in Los Angeles and environs from 1881 to 1992.
Full page digitization of the newspaper, including all articles, illustrations, and advertisements.
Language: English
Keywords: ProQuest Historical Newspapers
New York Times, Historical This link opens in a new window
Newspaper includes coverage of the New York theatere scene from 1851 to 2012.
Language: English
Keywords: NYT ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Times Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
Source to check for information about the arts from 1785 to 1985.
Includes coverage of business, sports, and the arts, as well as weather reports, birth and marriage announcements, death notices, and obituaries.
Language: English