Potomac Stages theatre review collection
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Potomac Stages, a theatre review website, was created in 2001 by theatre critic Brad Hathaway. From 2001 until 2010, Potomac Stages published nearly 2,200 reviews of professional and community theatre productions in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, as well as some reviews of productions outside the Potomac region. Potomac Stages sought to educate theatre-goers, providing reviews of a wide variety of productions and information about over two hundred venues in the region, all within a single website. The majority of reviews were written by Brad Hathaway, with additional reviews by David Siegel and web design by Teddie Hathaway. The final update to the website occurred on January 1, 2010.
The collection must be accessed online at this link. There are no restricted files in this collection.
Review authors retain all rights to any composed review. Intellectual property rights were not transferred to the University of Maryland. The University of Maryland Libraries is granted permission for the use in scholarly research by the Libraries’ patrons under fair use in Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act.
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This collection consists of approximately 850 theatre reviews culled from the Potomac Stages website. Potomac Stages reviewed professional and community theatre productions in the Washington, D.C.-area from 2001 to 2010. The bulk of the reviews are from 2002 to 2009.
Potomac Stages, a theatre review website, was created in 2001 by theatre critic Brad Hathaway. From 2001 until 2010, Potomac Stages published nearly 2,200 reviews of professional and community theatre productions in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, as well as some reviews of productions outside the Potomac region. Potomac Stages sought to educate theatre-goers, providing reviews of a wide variety of productions and information about over two hundred venues in the region, all within a single website. As the theatre community in the Washington, D.C.-area grew throughout the first decade of 21st century, Potomac Stages grew alongside it, covering productions staged by local theatres large and small. The majority of reviews were written by Brad Hathaway, with additional reviews by David Siegel and web design by Teddie Hathaway. The final update to the website was made on January 1, 2010.
This collection is arranged in four series:
Website harvested using Archive-It by Joanne Archer, May 2010. Donated by Brad Hathaway.
This collection consists of an archived version of a website.
Collection processed by John Davis, August 2014. Web pages are retained in their original state and order.
Part of the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library