This set of books, located in the New Library reference area, contains the full texts of theatre reviews published in the New York Times from 1870 to 1970. PAN is part of the OLE system and can be accessed anywhere OLE is accessed. RefIndexArea AI3 R227 Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature. This long-running index provides citations to reviews published in popular U.S. magazines. To find citations to reviews, look under the playwright's name.
Older volumes are on shelves against the nearby wall.
Readers' Guide provides indexing from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present. Look under the subject heading Theater , and under that heading look for the title of the play you are researching. Once you have a citation to a review, you can find the review itself on the microfilm New York Times , which is also located in the New Library periodicals room. New York Times Newspaper Index provides indexing from 1857 to the present. The Internet Magazine of Stage Reviews and Opinions.