Streaming VIdeo
- Digital Theatre+Digital Theatre Plus offers video of full-length performances from the English stage, including Shakespeare, modern dramas, musicals, and adaptations, as well as supplementary material such as interviews, behind-the-scenes documentaries, and study guides.
- National Theatre Collection (Alexander Street Press) This link opens in a new windowNational Theatre Collection features 50 high-definition video performances covering a wide range of works regularly studied in secondary and higher education. Exclusive digitized archival materials such as prompt scripts, costume designs, and costume bibles are available to provide behind-the-scenes background and contextual information.
- Academic Video OnlineAcademic Video Online: Premium is designed to bring the highest-quality video content to the broadest range of subject areas. Search for BroadwayHD or navigate to the BroadwayHD collection to watch performances.
- BBC Shakespeare Plays OnlineThe entire BBC Shakespeare, produced in the 1970s and 1980s. These productions include some of Britain’s most distinguished performers, and productions range from quite traditional to more adventurous. View the plays in their entirety, or link to specific Acts for teaching and presentation.
- Kanopy StreamingKanopy offers a wide array of videos available for streaming, including Criterion Collection, international and Oscar-nominated films.
- National Film RegistryThe National Film Registry is a list of movies deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" that are earmarked for preservation by the Library of Congress. They are selected as works of enduring importance to American culture. They are historical documents which reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of different times. The Library of Congress does not endorse the views expressed in these movies, which may contain content offensive to users.
- Hemispheric Institute Digital Video LibraryThe Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library (HIDVL) is the first major digital video library of performance practices in the Americas. Created in partnership with NYU Libraries and with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, this growing repository guarantees historical preservation and free, online access to almost 900 hours of video through the Hemispheric Institute website.
Audio
- DRAM (Database of Recorded American Music)Diverse American recorded music, from folk to opera, Native American to jazz, 19th century classical to early rock, musical theater, contemporary, electronic and beyond, available for streaming.
- Music OnlineSearch Jazz Music Library and Smithsonian Global Sound together for an international collection of streaming music. Includes the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music.
- Naxos Music LibraryOver 85,000 tracks, emphasizing classical, but also including world music, jazz, folk, and more, available for streaming.
- Smithsonian Global SoundAn international network of music audio archives grounded in the mission of the Smithsonian's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Offers access to the "smaller voices" of people all over the world via digital downloads.
Images
- Mondays with Merce: Merce Cunningham Dance CompanyThis online series of video webisodes explores the work of Merce Cunningham (1919-2009) and the artists associated with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
- NYPL Digital Galleries in Arts & LiteratureRich collections of digitized material from Italian and Indonesian dance, Broadway marquees, theatre actors and actresses, more.
- Billy Rose Theatre Collection Photograph FilePhotographs of actors and actresses from the 19th century to recent years from the New York Public Library for Performing Arts.
- Vandamm Theatrical Photographs, 1900 - 1957Images of theatrical personalities and productions. A near comprehensive documentation of New York theatre from 1900 through 1957 from the Vandamm archival collection at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.