Editing Internet Broadway Database

{{short description|Database of theatre productions and personnel}}
{{Use mdy dates|date = February 2025}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Internet Broadway Database
| logo_size = 300px
| screenshot = Ibdb-header-page.png
| screenshot_size = 400px
| url = {{URL|http://www.ibdb.com/}}
| type = [[theater|Theatrical]] [[database]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| owner = [[The Broadway League]]
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2000|11|20}}
| current_status = Active
}}

The '''Internet Broadway Database''' ('''IBDB''') is an online [[database]] of [[Broadway theatre]] productions and their personnel. It was conceived and created by Karen Hauser in 1996 and is operated by the Research Department of [[The Broadway League]], a [[trade association]] for the [[North America]]n commercial [[theatre]] community.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ibdb.com/index.php |title=IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information |website=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=July 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725083741/http://ibdb.com/index.php |archive-date=July 25, 2012}}</ref>

==History==
Karen Hauser, research director for the [[Broadway League]], developed the Internet Broadway Database, which was launched in 1996 or 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ostermiller |first=Hillary |title=Research Guides: Musical Theatre: History & Bios |url=https://libguides.colum.edu/musicaltheatre/history |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=libguides.colum.edu |language=en}}</ref><ref name="curtis">{{Cite news |last=Curtis |first=Mary Jo |date=2007-04-21 |title=Everything You Wanted to Know About Broadway |language=en |work=Brown Alumni Magazine |url=https://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/articles/2007-04-21/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-broadway |access-date=2022-05-22}}</ref> Prior to that, she served  as the League's media director.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2006-06-14 |title=New Study Reveals Economic Health of Touring Broadway |language=en |work=Broadway World |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/New-Study-Reveals-Economic-Health-of-Touring-Broadway-20060614 |access-date=2022-05-22}}</ref> She has written on the economic health of Broadway and how it contributes to New York City's economy as well as that of the cities that touring productions visit.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hauser |first=Karen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AhtwmAEACAAJ |title=Broadway's Economic Contribution to NYC |date=February 2012 |publisher=Broadway League, Incorporated |isbn=978-0-9846323-2-9 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hauser |first=Karen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BWcFHQAACAAJ |title=Safety in Numbers: An Analysis of Group Sales Activity for Broadway Shows |date=1999 |publisher=League of American Theatres and Producers |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=HAUSER |first=KAREN |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8F2PxgEACAAJ |title=The Economic Impact of Touring Broadway |date=2019-06-30 |publisher=Broadway League, Incorporated |isbn=978-0-9973744-7-6 |language=en}}</ref> Hauser co-produced the 2000 production of [[Keith Reddin]]'s ''The Perpetual Patient''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000-08-12 |title=The Perpetual Patient Is Discharged OOB, Aug. 12 |url=https://playbill.com/article/the-perpetual-patient-is-discharged-oob-aug-12-com-91217 |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=Playbill}}</ref>

==Overview==
This comprehensive history of [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre in the 18th century up to today. Details include cast and creative lists for opening night and current day, song lists, awards and other interesting facts about every Broadway production.  Other features of IBDB include an extensive archive of photos from past and present Broadway productions, headshots, links to cast recordings on iTunes or Amazon, gross and attendance information.

Its mission was to be an interactive, user-friendly, searchable database for League members, journalists, researchers, and Broadway fans.

The League recently{{When|date=March 2021}} added Broadway Touring shows to the database for ease of tracking shows that play in theatres across the country.

It is managed by Michael Abourizk of the Broadway League.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikidata property|P1217|P1218|P1219|P1220}}
*{{Official website|http://www.ibdb.com}}
*[http://www.broadwayleague.com/ Broadway League website]

[[Category:Online databases]]
[[Category:Broadway theatre]]
[[Category:Internet properties established in 2000]]
[[Category:Theatre databases]]


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