Tribute to Christopher Plummer
Caesarean Sections
Shakespeare, Current, Groundling Theatre, Crow's TheatreMitchell CushmanJulius 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
Half Measure
Robert Lepage’s Coriolanus
Shakespeare, Stratford Festival, CurrentRobert CushmanStratford Festival, Robert Lepage, Coriolanus, Andre Sills, Lucy Peacock, Alexis Gordon, Graham Abbey, Tom McCamus, Tom Rooney, Stephen Ouimette, 2018, July
Lampoon Lacks a Proper Resolution
Shakespeare, National Post, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanTimon of Athens, Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford Festival, Stephen Ouimette, Peter Donaldson, Joseph Ziegler, Ben Carlson, Michael Spencer-Davis, Tim Campbell, Robert King, Rylan Wilkie, Josue Labourcane, Mike Nadajewski, Tyrone Savage, 2017, June
A Shadowed Enchantment
Shakespeare, National Post, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanTwelfth Night, Stratford Festival, Festival theatre, Martha Henry, Brent Carver, E. B. Smith, Reza Jacobs, Sarah Afful, Michael Blake, John Pennoyer, Rod Beattie, Geraint Wyn Davies, Tom Rooney, Lucy Peacock, Gordon S. Miller, Stephen Russell, 1982, March
Stratford's Newest Romeo and Juliet May Be the Best of Them All
Shakespeare, Stratford Festival, Globe and MailRobert CushmanSara Farb, Antoine Yared, Sarah Dodd, Christina Poddubiuk, Seana McKenna, Evan Buliung, Randy Hughson, Wayne Best, Jamie Mac, Scott Wentworth, Romeo and Juliet, 2017, June
Hamlet Deconstructed
Shakespeare, National Post, Why Not Theatre, Theatre Centre, Riffs on ShakespeareRobert CushmanPrince Hamlet, Theatre Centre, Why Not Theatre, Ravi Jain, Dawn Jani Birley, Christine Horne, Rick Roberts, Karen Robinson, Maria Vacratsis, Jeff Ho, Lorenzo Savoini, Thomas Ryder Payne, Andre du Toit, 2017, April, Hamlet
An Innovative Problem
Groundling Theatre, Shakespeare, National PostRobert CushmanMeasure for Measure, Winter Garden, Groundling Theatre, Graham Abbey, Lucy Peacock, Tom McCamus, Michelle Giroux, Patrick Galligan, Charlie Gallant, Mark Crawford, Roy Lewis, Steven Sutcliffe, Karen Robinson, 2017, February
All's Well with Frank Cox-O'Connell's Hamlet; Hamlet All's Well That Ends Well Shakespeare in High Park
Canadian Stage, Shakespeare, Shakespeare in High ParkRobert CushmanHamlet, All's Well That Ends Well, Canadian Stage, Shakespeare in High Park, Birgit Schreyer Duarte, Ted Witzel, Frank Cox-O'Connell, Rose Tuong, Marvin L. Ishmael, Nicky Guadagni, Alon Nashman, Mina James, Qasim Khan, Rachel Jones, 2016, July
Small Room, Big Impact; Groundling Theatre Company's Winter's Tale Shows off Shakespeare at Toronto's Finest
Groundling Theatre, Shakespeare, National PostRobert Cushman2016, February, Groundling Theatre, Graham Abbey, Tom McCamus, Michelle Giroux, Patrick Galligan, Callum McAlister, Lucy Peacock, Sarena Parmar, Brent Carver, Robert Persichini, Mark Crawford, Roy Lewis, The Winter's Tale
Lend Me Your Grass; Rome is the Place To Be For This Year's Shakespeare in High Park with Julius Caesar and The Comedy of Errors
Canadian Stage, National Post, Shakespeare, Shakespeare in High ParkRobert Cushman2015, July, Julius Caesar, Shakespeare in High Park, Canadian Stage, Estelle Shook, Matjash Mrozeski, Allan Louis, Dylan Trowbridge, Sean Baek, Allegra Fulton, Michael McManus, Naomi Wright, The Comedy of Errors
For the Ladies; Shakespeare's Quadruple-Date Comedy Love's Labour's Lost gets Rebellious at Stratford
Stratford Festival, Shakespeare, National PostRobert Cushman2015, August, Love's Labour's Lost, Stratford Festival, John Caird, Mike Shara, Sanjay Talwar, Andrew Robinson, Thomas Olajide, Ruby Joy, Juan Chioran, Gabriel Long, Josue Labourcane, Jennifer Mogbock, Tom Rooney, Patrick Clark, Michael Walton
It's All Greek; Stratford Lends Considerable Heft to the Bard's Not-Quite-Shakespearean 17th-Century-Crowd-Pleaser
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert Cushman2015, June, Pericles, Stratford Festival, Scott Wentworth, Evan Buliung, Deborah Hay, Wayne Best, Sean Arbuckle, David Collins, E. B. Smith, Stephen Russell, Keith Dinicol, Brigit Wilson, Randy Hughson
Kate Plus Hate
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert Cushman2015, June, Stratford Festival, Chris Abraham, Tom Rooney, Ben Carlson, Deborah Hay, Brian Tree, Sarah Afful, Mike Shara, Michael Spencer-Davis, Cyrus Lane, Gordon S. Miller, Peter Hutt, The Taming of the Shrew
Great Dane; Hamlet Brings Out the Best in Stratford's Ensemble
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert Cushman2015, May, Hamlet, Festival theatre, Stratford Festival, Antoni Cimolino, Jonathan Goad, Seana McKenna, Geraint Wyn Davies, Tom Rooney, Mike Shara, Adrienne Gould, Tim Campbell, Juan Chioran, Sanjay Talwar, Steven Sutcliffe, Mike Nadajewski, Robert King, Brian Tree, Jennifer Mogbock, Teresa Przybylski, Michael Walton
Shakespeare, As You Like It; The Tarragon Adds a Bollywood Twist to Much Ado About Nothing Because, Well, Why Not?
National Post, Riffs on Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Tarragon TheatreRobert Cushman2015, May, Much Ado About Nothing, Tarragon Theatre, Richard Rose, Ravi Jain, Kawa Ada, Ali Momen, Salvatore Antonio, David Adams, Anusree Roy, Alon Nashman, John Cleland, Anand Rajaram, Michelle Tracey
Legends Never Die; Soulpepper Puts Shakespeare on Shuffle and Quarters Glenn Gould, to Mixed Results
Shakespeare, Soulpepper, National PostRobert Cushman2014, September, A Tender Thing, Romeo and Juliet, Ben Power, Michael Shamata, Joseph Ziegler, Nancy Palk, Riffs on Shakespeare
Shakespeare Parts; Productions of Antony and Cleopatra and Cymbeline's Reign, a Variation on the Original, Provide a Study in Editing Contrasts
National Post, Riffs on Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Shakespeare in the Ruff, Stratford FestivalRobert Cushman2014, August, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline's Reign, Stratford Festival, Shakespeare in the Ruff, Gary Griffin, Tom Patterson Theatre, Geraint Wyn Davies, Yanna McIntosh, Ben Carlson, Tom McCamus, Sophia Walker, Daniel Briere, Antoine Yared, Brian Tree, Stephen Russell, Brendan McMurtry-Howlett, Andrew Joseph Richardson, Melee Hutton, Hume Baugh, Victor Dolhai, Jesse Griffiths, David Patrick Flemming, Kaitlyn Riordan, Riffs on Shakespeare
Oh What Fools
Shakespeare, Stratford Festival, Globe and MailRobert CushmanPeter Sellars, Sarah Afful, Dion Johnstone, Trish Lindstrom, Mike Nadajewski, Stratford Festival, Shakespeare, 2014, National Post, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Abigail DeVille, Walter Kerr, July
