In the Heat Of the Night: Othello's fiery set matches the passions of its jealous couple in Stratford's scorching production
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanStratford Festival, Chris Abraham, Julie Fox, Avon Theatre, Dion Johnstone, Graham Abbey, Deborah Hay, Bethany Jillard, Mike Shara, Brad Hodder, Peter Hutt, Thomas Ryder Payne, 2013, August, Othello
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
Speaking Shakespeare: Whedon's Much Ado reveals the secret to making the Bard's lines sound modern
Shakespeare, National Post, FilmRobert CushmanMuch Ado About Nothing, Joss Whedon, National Post, Andre Gregory, Julianne Moore, Wallace Shawn, Louis Malle, Clark Gregg, Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Nathan Fillion, Rory Kinnear, Tim Carroll, Michael Pennington, Bellwether Pictures
Heavy on Tragedy, Light on the Bard; Shakespeare has Nothing on this Othello
Shakespeare, National Post, CBCRobert CushmanCBC, Carlo Rota, Matthew Edison, Zaib Shaikh, Stratford Festival, Graham Abbey, Peter Donaldson, Jonathan Goad, Matthew Deslippe, National Post, 2013, June, Othello
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
Love On the Run: Shakespeare in the Ruff remixes the Bard with Two Gents
Shakespeare in the Ruff, National Post, ShakespeareRobert CushmanTwo Gentlemen of Verona, Shakespeare in the Ruff, National Post, Two Gents, Withrow Park, Brendan McMurtry-Howlett, Lesley Robertson, Adrian Morningstar, Trudy Weiss, David Patrick Flemming
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
Sex and Candy
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanMuch Ado About Nothing, Stratford Festival, National Post, Christopher Newton, Ben Carlson, Deborah Hay, Santo Loquasto, Gareth Potter, Juan Chioran, Tyrone Savage, James Blendick, Bethany Jillard, Timothy D. Stickney, Friar Francis, Michael Blake, Victor Ertmannis, Jonathan Monro, 2012, June
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
The 'Insider' Deal With Stratford's New Director
Shakespeare, National Post, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanStratford Festival, National Post, Antoni Cimolino, 2013, Des McAnuff, Chris Newton, Max Reimer, Michael Langham, John Hirsch, Tom Patterson, Lucy Prebble, 2012, March, Thoughts on Shakespeare
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
Games People Play: Stratford's take on Twelfth Night is the most satisfying Shakespeare
Shakespeare, National Post, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanTwelfth Night, Stratford Festival, National Post, Des McAnuff, Michael Roth, Ben Carlson, Debra Hanson, Suzy Jane Hunt, Timothy D. Stickney, Mike Shara, Sara Topham, Tom Rooney, Juan Chorian, 2011, July
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
Stormy Soliloquies
Canadian Stage, Shakespeare, National Post, Shakespeare in High ParkRobert CushmanBen Jonson, Estelle Shook, David Janssen, Kelly McIntosh, Jovanni Sy, Nicole Robert, George Masswohl, Sean Dixon, John Blackwood, Jasmine Chen, Sheldon Davis, Richard Alan Campbell, John Dolan, Michael Rawley, Alex Dault, Jennifer Toulmin, Jonathan Munro, Caden Douglas, Ryan Hollyman, Kristian Bruun, Scott Hurst, Ruby Joy, Brett Christopher, Robert Joy, 2011, July, Canadian Stage, Shakespeare in High Park, The Winter's Tale, The Tempest
An Unwinnable Game of Thrones?
Shakespeare, National Post, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanRichard III, Stratford Festival, National Post, Seana McKenna, Miles Potter, Gareth Potter, Peter Hartwell, Buckingham, Wayne Best, Shane Carty, Michael Spencer-Davis, Nigel Bennett, David Ferry, Edward IV, Cyrus Lane, Oliver Becker, Sean Arbuckle, Martha Henry, Wars of the Roses, Roberta Maxwell, Yanna McIntosh, Bethany Jillard, 2011, June
We All Laugh At Falstaff
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanStratford Festival, Geraint Wyn Davies, Robert Perdziola, Frank Galati, Tom Rooney, Ian Richardson, Lucy Peacock, Laura Condlin, Tom McCamus, Andrew Gillies, Nigel Bennett, James Blendick, Justice Shallow, Christopher Prentice, 2011, June, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Henry IV
Shards of the Bard
National Post, Shakespeare, Thoughts On ShakespeareRobert CushmanStephen Marche, National Post, Eugene Schiffelin, New York, Central Park, Leonardo DiCaprio, Marjorie Garber, Shakespeare in Modern Culture, Leonard Whiting, Paul Robeson, Laurence Olivier, Julius Caesar, George Orwell, King Lear, Hamlet, 2011, May, The Merchant of Venice, The Winter's Tale, Henry IV, Thoughts on Shakespeare
