Collected Reviews — Cushman Collected

In Memory of Tom Stoppard

CurrentMitchell CushmanJanuary 4, 2026Tom Stoppard, National Theatre, Trevor Nunn, John Wood, Felicity Kendal, Michael Hordern, Kenneth Tynan, Michael Billington, John Shrapnel, Richard Eyre, Brian Cox, Fiona Reid Comments

The Joy of Joe Ziegler

The Joy of Joe Ziegler

CurrentMitchell CushmanAugust 4, 2025Joseph Ziegler, Nancy Palk, Soulpepper, Shaw Festival, Stratford Festival Comments

Gosmersholm

Gosmersholm

Crow's Theatre, CurrentMitchell CushmanSeptember 7, 2024Miriam Margolyes, Peggy Ashcroft, Henrik Ibsen Comment

In Memoriam

In Memoriam

CurrentMitchell CushmanFebruary 3, 2024Brent Carver, Harold Prince, Diana Rigg, Sean Connery, Antony Sher, Michael Gambon, John Shrapnel, Clive James, Irving Wardle, David Fox, Christopher Newton, Marti Maraden, Peter Brook, Joss Ackland, Michael RudmanComment

Tribute to Angela Lansbury

CurrentMitchell CushmanNovember 24, 2022Angela Lansbury

Tribute to Christopher Plummer

Shakespeare, Stratford Festival, CurrentMitchell CushmanFebruary 7, 2021Christopher Plummer, Kenneth Tynan, Laurence Olivier, Des McAnuff

HAMILTON: Seen, Heard and Revisited

Gimme Those Old Time Religions

The Party's Over

CurrentMitchell CushmanFebruary 8, 2020Odon von Horvath, The Howland Company, Bertolt Brecht, Holger Syme, Paolo Santalucia, James Graham, Alexander Crowther, Hallie Seline, Michael Ayres, Cameron Laurie, Caroline Toal, Veronica Hortiguela, Shruti Kothari, Kimwun Perehinec, Michael Chiem

Caesarean Sections

Caesarean Sections

Shakespeare, Current, Groundling Theatre, Crow's TheatreMitchell CushmanJanuary 23, 2020Julius Caesar, Jim Mezon, Chris Abraham, Robert Lepage, Walter Borden, Zack Russell, Thomas Ryder Payne, Lorenzo Savoini, Dion Johnstone, Moya O'Connell, Michelle Giroux, Graham Abbey, Diego Matamoros

Late Stages: Looking Back at Some of the Last and Best of 2019

Current, Tarragon Theatre, MirvishMitchell CushmanJanuary 20, 2020Seana McKenna, Kat Sandler, Will Greenblatt, Claire Armstrong, Shannon Currie, Anthony MacMahon, Thomas McKechnie, Matthew Gin, Chilina Kennedy, Conor McPherson, Bob Dylan, Louise Pitre, Jayne Lewis

Personal Bests from a Decade of Theatre

Streetcars to Soulpepper Past

To Hell and Back

Shaw Festival, CurrentMitchell CushmanOctober 12, 2019Gray Powell, Sara Topham, Martha Burns, Tanja Jacobs, Sanjay Talwar, Ben Carlson, Kimberly Rampersad, Camelia Koo, Neil Munro, David Adams, Kyle Blair, Tom McCamus, Courtney Ch'ng Lancaster, Sharry Flett

Monosyllabic

Half Measure

Half Measure

Canadian Stage, Current, Shakespeare, Shakespeare in High ParkRobert CushmanAugust 26, 2019Measure for Measure, Severn Thompson, Natasha Mumba, Christopher Morris, Nora McLellan, Allan Louis

Fool Me Twice

Soulpepper, CurrentRobert CushmanJuly 23, 2019Sam Shepard, Frank Cox-O'Connell, Cara Gee, Lorenzo Savoini, Simon Rossiter, Andrew Penner, Eion Bailey, Stuart Hughes, Alex McCooeye

Baking Up A Storm

Mirvish, Musical, CurrentRobert CushmanJuly 20, 2019Sara Bareilles, Christine Dwyer, Stephen Good, Ephie Aardema, Jeremy Morse, Melody A. Betts, Ryan G. Dunkin, Jeremy Woodard, Dawn Bless, Frank Loesser

August: Osage County

Current, SoulpepperRobert CushmanJune 1, 2019Jackie Maxwell, Maev Beaty, Nancy Palk, Diego Matamoros, MIchelle Monteith, Kevin Hanchard, Leah Doz, Ari Cohen, Raquel Duffy, Laurie Paton, Oliver Dennis, Gregory Prest, Samantha Brown, Camelia Koo, Tracy Letts

Jennifer Phipps

Shaw Festival, CurrentRobert CushmanMay 18, 2019Jennifer Phipps, Shaw Festival, Stratford Festival, William Hutt, Martha Henry, Blair Williams