Links
Carol de Giere's Sites
http://www.musicalschwartz.com/
http://www.theschwartzscene.com/blog
http://www.musicalsingers.com/
http://www.wickedwestend.co.uk
Carol's Broadway Shop - Thanks for shopping here (anything you buy helps support my writing efforts)
http://www.musicalschwartz.com/wicked-shop.htm
Theatre
Discussion Boards and e-mail Groups
- All That Chat
- Broadwayworld.com
- Rec.Arts.Theatre.Musicals
- For Wicked boards see the links on the Wicked links page
- Godspell forum at Musicals.net
- Pippin Forum at Musicals.net
Best One-Stop Theatre Sites
Broadwaystars.com [new browser window] Broadwaystars offers timely links to news and features posted on all major theatre sites, as does Broadwayworld.com.
See also comprehsive sites like: nytheatre.com a nonprofit site that includes theatre seating charts, reviews, etc, Playbill.com, Broadway.com, Theatremania.com, various newspapers and magazines with theatre stories such as NYTimes.com and more.
New York Theatre Discount Codes Info
Show Music Radio on the Internet
www.maximumbroadway.com [new browser window]
www.broadwaybeat.com [new browser window]
www.broadwayworld.com/radio.cfm [new browser window]
Other Theatre links
- www.aislesay.com
- www.americantheaterweb.com
- www.broadway.org
- www.broadwayarchive.com
- www.curtainup.com
- www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck
- www.musicaltheatre.cc
- www.talkinbroadway.com
- www.theatredb.com
- www.theatre-link.com
- www.oobr.com
- Virtual Library for Theatre
- www.21stcenturymusicals.co.uk
Links with descriptions:
- The Drama Book Shop [new browser window] is a nice place to stop in NYC, or shop online. They often hold valuable classes or book signings.
- www.scene4.com International Magazine of Contemporary Theatre&Film and Journal of the Stage&Screen Forum
- www.stageandscreen.org The Stag&Screen Forum is a discussion-mail list for professional actors, directors, playwrights, screenwriters, teachers and other professional artists. Serious students and amateurs are also welcome. The Forum also has a Members Suite which displays members photos and credits and direct links to their web pages and email, and a journal, SCENE4 at www.scene4.com.
- Theatre history has links to directories as well as historical information.
- Theatrescene.net [new browser window] A professional, independent source of thoughtful reviews for a wide range of performances in the New York metro area.
- www.about-arts.com/theatre/
directory of theatre related websites and discussion groups. - www.aviar.com/ensemble Talos TheatreEnsemble is an international touring repertory company with an original vision of the illusion and magic of theatre
Music and Musicals
- www.MusicShopper.infowww.musicalheaven.com
- www.musicals.net
- www.lyricist.com
- www.allmusic.com One nice thing about All Music.com is that you can look up individual songs and see who has recorded them. Try "Corner of the Sky" for example.
- http://www.castalbums.org aids in research on cast albums.
Arts Links
www.about-arts.com [new browser window] - directory for the arts
Carol's friends' and associates' theatre/music sites
http://scottcoulter.com/ - Scott Coulter
http://www.stephenschwartz.com/ - Stephen Schwartz
http://middermusic.com/ - David Friedman
http://www.johnbucchino.com/ - John Bucchino
http://www.jonathanfrank.com/ - Jonathan Frank
http://www.timdipasqua.com/ - Tim DiPasqua
http://www.caroleandpaula.com/ - Carole Demas
Internet, Books, and Book Marketing - A few of my friends and acquaintances
John Kremer's www.bookmarket.com/ (I used to work for John, author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Book) John is one of the chief gurus of book marketing.
Susannah Greenberg Book Buzz. Susannah knows the PR world well! When she spoke to a group of writers, she explained about developing the "story of the story." The concept that has been quite useful to me for planning PR strategies.
Jim Karpen - Internet Guru - Jim was one of my college professors
Networking - I'm a member of WNBA:
Authors who are also speakers or workshop leaders
Beth Levine - about writing
Some of my favorite authors
Jon Krakauer - Author of Into Thin Air and others
Simon Winchester - author of The Professor, the Madman, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
Gregory Maguire - author of Wicked and others
Carolyn Myss - author of Sacred Contracts and others