ARTICLES and ESSAYS
Here are a few samples of Peter Royston’s published work

ALMOST, MAINE: MAGIC REALISM UNDER A BIG SKY
(AMERICAN THEATRE, NOVEMBER 2004)

EQUITY AL FRESCO: OUTDOOR THEATRE IN THE UNITED STATES
(EQUITY NEWS, MARCH 2005)

THE SECRET HISTORY: Actors' Equity Celebrates Its 90th Anniversary
in the Place where (shhhhhh!) it all began.
(Equity News and actorsequity.com, April 2004)

ALL THE RISK IS ON STAGE or HOW THE UNICORN GOT ITS NAME:
Kansas City's Unicorn Celebrates 30 years of Cutting Edge Theatre!
(Equity News and actorsequity.com, March 2004)

OPEN ACCESS: The New York Library for the Performing Arts
(Stagebill, January 2002)

MEREDITH WILLSON: The Real "Music Man"
(Center Stage, Winter/Spring 2002)0

KISS ME, KATE: The Love Connection
(Center Stage, Fall, 2001)

RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN: A PERFECT COLLABORATION
(Center Stage Magazine, Fall 2001)

SWING IN AMERICA AND GERMANY: LIFTING UP THE SPIRIT
(The Rhythm Club web site)

CATS: A SENSE OF WONDER
(Center Stage Magazine, Summer, 2001)

THE HIDDEN HERO: BARONESS ORCZY AND THE MYTH OF THE SECRET IDENTITY
(The Scarlet Pimpernel Souvenir Brochure, later reprinted in Center
Stage Magazine, Winter, 2000)

ALFRED UHRY AND THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY
(Theatre Direct International Web Site, Spring 1997)

THE DUSTY ROAD: THE BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL WAR
(Souvenir brochure for The Civil War)

HISTORIES and BIOGRAPHIES

History/Timeline of the Actors' Equity Association
for the Union's 90th Anniversary in May of 2003

FRIEDRICH DURRENMATT, CREATOR OF THE VISIT

BARONESS ORCZY, THE CREATOR OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
(Study guide and souvenir brochure for The Scarlet Pimpernel)

STUDY GUIDES
Peter Royston has written the following study guides

BROADWAY
The Phantom of the Opera, The Civil War, Miss Saigon (co-author), Swan Lake, Les Misérables (co-author), Martin Guerre, Sunset Boulevard, Annie Get Your Gun, Rent, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Forever Tango, Riverdance, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, The Rhythm Club, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Lion King, King Hedley II, The Diary of Anne Frank (co-author), Thoroughly Modern Millie, Sly Fox, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, All Shook Up, Lennon

OFF-BROADWAY
Picasso At the Lapin Agile, Jam On The Groove, Magic On Broadway, Mindgames, The Exonerated

TOURING PRODUCTIONS
The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, A Chorus Line, Gumboots, Saturday Night Fever, On the Record, Dancing On Common Ground

BEYOND BROADWAY
A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden, Harlem Song, Like Jazz (Mark Taper Forum), Topdog/Underdog (Mark Taper Forum), Dallas Summer Musicals (2004 Season), Little Shop of Horrors (Ahmanson Theatre), Nothing But the Truth (Mark Taper Forum), The Perfect Wedding (Kirk Douglas Theatre), 2004 Dallas Summer Musicals Season, Play Without Words (Ahmanson Theatre)

MUSEUMS
"Toon Town"  The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, NYC, October 8, 2004 - April 6, 2005

WEB SITES & PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL
Peter Royston has written promotional material for the following productions and events
The Scarlet Pimpernel  (Souvenir Brochure)
The Civil War  (Souvenir Brochure)
The Rhythm Club - ("Teaser" brochure for initial readings; historical essay for press material)

Peter's writing can be found on the following web sites
The Phantom of the Opera (www.ThePhantomOfTheOpera.com)
Miss Saigon (www.Miss-Saigon.com)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (www.ThePimpernel.com)
The Lion King (disney.go.com/disneyonbroadway/lionking/index.html)