Resources for Theatre Educators From access to recorded performances, digitized photo collections, blog series and librarian appointments, we have a variety of resources for educators and students to use even when we're closed.

Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary The Billy Rose Theatre Division is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive this year.

Explore White Studio's Theatrical Photography Online White Studio was the preeminent industry photographer of commercial theatre in the first two decades of the 20th century. NYPL has over 2,000 of its images in our collection available online.

The World of Broadway and Sherlock Holmes: Rediscovering 'Baker Street' (1965) The show not only reflected the theatrical styles of the 1960s, but also demonstrated the curious place that the Broadway musical occupied in American life in the 1960s.

The Spectacular World of R.H. Burnside Emerging scholars engage with NYPL's online resources to examine little known works of R.H. Burnside.

Musical of the Month Reboot: Clare Kummer's "The Choir Rehearsal" Now available: the first edition of composer Clare Kummer's work to be made available by a small group of enthusiasts transcribing her scripts and tracking down her scores. Download the libretto and find out more about this exceptionally prolific musical mind.

Call for Papers: Digital Humanities and Theatre Research (IFTR Working Group) Now's the time to prepare abstracts for an upcoming special session of the working group of the IFTR. Abstracts are due March 1, for the session starting May 1.

The Show That Got Away: Lucky in the Rain Sherman Yellen writes about "the one that everyone assured [me] was destined for great success" but "eluded [my] grasp and got away."

More of West Side Story Enjoy more animated GIFS created from digitized images, made possible through a generous grant for the Theatre Division.

Musical of the Month: The Scottsboro Boys The story of the Scottsboro Boys feels especially timely. The musical is challenging and certain to provoke discussion among those willing to seriously consider the questions it forces audiences to ask.

Moving Pictures: West Side Story Last fall, the Google Cultural Institute supported the digitization of over 1300 photographs of the original 1957 production of West Side Story from our Martha Swope, Friedman-Abeles, Florence Vandamm, Kenn Duncan, and Avery Willard photography collections.

Olive Wong and a Guide to the NYPL Costume Collections Professional television, film, and theatrical costume designer Aileen Abercrombie designed, wrote, and edited an e-book guide to the library’s costume collections inspired by Olive’s work. The guide is freely downloadable in PDF form.

Announcing the Broadway Hackathon 2016 Teams will spend Monday morning imagining apps aimed at helping theater professionals of all kinds. Then, developers will have 24 hours to develop a prototype to demonstrate in a public presentation on Tuesday afternoon.

Public Domain Theater: The Black Crook This month, thanks to the Library’s release of all of our high resolution photographs of objects with no known U.S. copyright restrictions, the promptbook, the sheet music, and the photos may be used without restriction for any purpose, including commercially.

Musical of the Month: Golden Dawn Considered today, Golden Dawn is obviously problematic on multiple levels, and the lack of any revivals of the show is not necessarily a bad thing. However, the study of non-canonical works like Golden Dawn remains crucial to understanding the history of musicals.

HAMILTON: The Archive In the musical Hamilton, which opened last night on Broadway, George Washington tells Alexander Hamilton, “You have no control...who tells your story.” At the New York Public Library, we preserve the artifacts that allow such stories to be told, and we have an especially strong collection of archives related to the women and men whose lives inspired the characters in the musical.

Musical of the Month: Little Nemo Little Nemo opened on Broadway at the opulent New Amsterdam Theatre on October 20, 1908, after a three-week tryout in Philadelphia. According to the New York Times, the city had “seen nothing bigger or better in extravaganza than ‘Little Nemo.’” It had also never seen a theatrical production more expensive.

Across A Crowded Room: 2015 Edition After the wildly successful 2013 edition of Across A Crowded Room, we are about to launch a second edition that is more exciting than ever before.

Musical of the Month: Rex A guest post by Sherman Yellen.