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
Leafy Highs Lows: Shakespeare in High Park Offers the Bard's Most Contemplative Comedy and his Goriest Tragedy With As You Like It and Titus Andronicus
Canadian Stage, Shakespeare, National Post, Shakespeare in High ParkRobert CushmanAs You Like It, Titus Andronicus, Canadian Stage, Shakespeare in High Park, National Post, Shakespeare, Nigel Shawn Williams, Alexander Plouffe, James Graham, Amy Rutherford, Jan Alexandra Smith, Gwenlyn Cumyn, Omar Alex Khan, Keira Loughran, Ken Tynan, Sean Dixon, Beau Dixon, Emilio Vieira, 2014, July
Think of England; Stratford Makes the Best of an Uneven Play About a Bad King
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanStratford Festival, National Post, Tom McCamus, Shakespeare, Tim Carroll, Wayne Best, Noah Jalava, Graham Abbey, Jennifer Mogbock, Seana McKenna, Patricia Collins, Stephen Russell, Brad Rudy, Sean Arbuckle, E.B. Smith, 2014, May, King John
The Year of Lear; Once Thought Too Painful to Perform, Shakespeare's Merciless & Kingly Tale Calls Out the Best in Those Who Present It, Which in 2014 Seems to be Everyone
National Post, Shakespeare, Thoughts On ShakespeareRobert CushmanShakespeare, Stratford Festival, Colm Feore, Antoni Cimolino, Frank Langella, Michael Pennington, Simon Russell Beale, National Theatre, Sam Mendes, National Theatre Live, David Denby, Arne Arbus, Stephen Boxer, Peter Brook, Adrian Scarborough, King Lear, 2014, May, Thoughts on Shakespeare
Here Comes the Bard Part: Martha Henry and Luke Humphrey are the main event in Taking Shakespeare
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford Festival, Riffs on ShakespeareRobert CushmanStratford Festival, National Post, Martha Henry, Luke Humphrey, John Murrell, Shakespeare, Diana Leblanc, Michael Gianfrancesco, 2013, August, Riffs on Shakespeare, Taking Shakespeare
The Night Heir: Macbeth works surprisingly well as an al fresco tragedy
Canadian Stage, Shakespeare, National Post, Shakespeare in High ParkRobert CushmanMacbeth, Dream in High Park, National Post, Shakespeare, Ker Wells, Hugh Thompson, Kevin MacDonald, Greg Gale, Thomas Olajide, Philippa Domville, 2013, July
The Duke Abides: Stratford covers all the bases for a riveting and perplexing production of Measure for Measure
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanMeasure for Measure, Stratford Festival, National Post, Shakespeare, Martha Henry, Tom Rooney, Carmen Grant, Christopher Prentice, John Pennoyer, Geraint Wyn Davies, Stephen Ouimette, Randy Hughson, Brian Tree, Peter Hutt, Stephen Russell, Robert Persichini, Ruby Joy, Sarah Afful, E.B. Smith, 2013, June
No Holds Bard
Shakespeare, National Post, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanStratford Festival, National Post, Tim Carroll, Douglas Paraschuk, Tanya Moiseiwitsch, Shakespeare, Globe Theatre, Sara Topham, Daniel Briere, John Stead, Jonathan Goad, Kate Hennig, Scott Wentworth, Tom McCamus, Mike Nadajewski, Antoine Yared, Romeo and Juliet
Once More Unto the Breach
Shakespeare, National Post, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanHenry V, Des McAnuff, Shakespeare, Stratford, Aaron Krohn, Tom Rooney, Ben Carlson, Sophia Walker, Lucy Peacock, Randy Hughson, Richard Binsley, Michael Blake, Gareth Potter, Michael Langham, Christopher Plummer
Knocking It Out of the Park
Shakespeare, National Post, Shakespeare in High ParkRobert CushmanA Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare in High Park, Shakespeare, National Post, Richard Rose, Tamara Podemski, Dmitry Chepovetsky, Gil Garratt, John Dolan, Eric Morin, Ali Momen, Sarah Sherman, Sophia Kolinas, Pierre Le Coing, Pierre Simpson, Francis Filchenkov, Mark Crawford, Richard Lee, Tom Chow, John Cleland
King For A Play
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanCymbeline, Stratford Festival, National Post, Antoni Cimolino, Shakespeare, First Folio, Imogen, Geraint Wyn Davies, Graham Abbey, Cara Ricketts, Tom McCamus, Yanna McIntosh, Mike Shara, Brian Tree, Nigel Bennett, Peter Hutt, John Vickery, Ian Lake, E.B. Smith, Todd Campbell, 2012, June
Oxford In Love: A new movie recycles the debunked theory that Shakespeare's works were written by Edward de Vere
Shakespeare, National Post, Riffs on ShakespeareRobert CushmanShakespeare, Vanessa Redgrave, Samuel Schoenbaum, Calvin Hoffman, Richard Burton, Derek Jacobi, Stratford-on-Avon, Robert Greene, Ben Jonson, Bernard Shaw, Tom Stoppard, Edward Bond, Lord Chamberlain's Men, King's Men, John Webster, Mark Rylance, Romeo and Juliet, 2011, November, Henry IV, Riffs on Shakespeare
Quite A Bit of the Ultra Violence
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanTitus Andronicus, Stratford Festival, National Post, Darko Tresnjak, Shakespeare, John Vickery, Dion Johnstone, Claire Lautier, Amanda Lisman, David Ferry, Sean Arbuckle, 2011, July
And Now, Something For the Lovers
National Post, Shakespeare, SoulpepperRobert CushmanA Midsummer Night's Dream, Soulpepper, National Post, Mike Ross, Brendan Wall, Abena Malika, Karen Rae, As You Like It, Soulpepper Academy, Peter Brook, Rick Roberts, Shakespeare, Trish Lindstrom, Ins Choi, Gregory Prest, Oliver Dennis, Michael Hanrahan, Michael Simpson, John Jarvis, William Webster, Jason Rothery, John Hodgman, 2011, February
He Mined the Energy In the Text
National Post, Stratford Festival, Thoughts On ShakespeareRobert CushmanMichael Langham, National Post, Stratford Festival, Trevor Nunn, Brian Bedford, Diego Matamoros, Martha Henry, Shakespeare, Michael Bawtree, Atlantic Theatre Festival, Tyrone Guthrie, Old Vic, Henry V, Christopher Plummer, Guthrie Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Julliard School, New York, Helen Burns, Hamlet, 2011, January, The Merchant of Venice, Thoughts on Shakespeare
Love in the Time of Victrola and Silent Film; Stratford Fest's Two Gentlemen of Verona Meant to be Good Fun
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanRobert Persichini, Bruce Dow, Andrew Gillies, Wayne Best, Stephen Russell, Claire Lautier, Sophia Walker, Gareth Potter, Dion Johnstone, Dean Gabourie, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Shakespeare, August, 2010, National Post, Stratford Festival, Stratford Studio
Mum's the Word at Dream in High Park; This Tempest Twists Gender Roles, but the Magic Still Works
Canadian Stage, Shakespeare, Shakespeare in High Park, National PostRobert CushmanThe Tempest, Canadian Stage, Shakespeare in High Park, National Post, July, 2009, Karen Robinson, Shakespeare, Sue Miner, Taylor Trowbridge, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Audrey Dwyer, Ron Kennell, Mark Crawford, Jason Gray, Robert Dodd, Liz Gordon, Tracy Ferencz, Karl Ang
Not Quite the Sum of its Parts
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanStratford Festival, Shakespeare, National Post, Julius Caesar, June, 2009, Tom Rooney, Ben Carlson, Jonathan Goad, Geraint Wyn Davies, James Macdonald, David Boechler
A Tempting Tyrant; Colm Feore is Macbeth, and He Knows Just What He Speaks
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanShakespeare, Stratford Festival, Macbeth, June, 2009, National Post, Des McAnuff, Colm Feore, Yanna McIntosh, Sean Arbuckle, Peter Hutt, Geraint Wyn Davies, Tom Rooney
After the Happily Ever After
Shakespeare, National Post, Studio 180Robert CushmanStudio 180, National Post, Tarragon's Extra Space, Joel Greenberg, Paul Dunn, Summerworks, Shakespeare, Andrew Kushnir, Michael Shamata, Jessica Greenberg, Kimwun Perehinec, Mark McGrinder, Jason Mitchell, 2008, October, Riffs on Shakespeare
