The Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (TOFT), a collection within the Billy Rose Theatre Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, produces video recordings of New York and regional theater productions, and provides research access at its Lucille Lortel screening room.

The collection maintains contracts with all theatrical unions and guilds, thus enabling clearances for the non-commercial videotaping of live theater.

The first play recorded by TOFT was Golden Bat, a 1970 Off-Broadway Japanese rock musical.

In addition to live performances, commercial recordings of theater-related films, documentaries, and television programs are also included in the collection.

Theater professionals account for the largest group of users, including actors, dancers, directors, choreographers, designers, playwrights, producers, and stage managers.

[5] Upon recording Side Show, the musical's co-creators Bill Russell and Henry Krieger said: What the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts does for our community is take something fleeting and ephemeral and make it immortal.