Posts in Stratford Festival
Tribute to Christopher Plummer
Personal Bests from a Decade of Theatre
Current, Shaw Festival, Soulpepper, Stratford Festival, Tarragon Theatre, Why Not Theatre, Theatre Centre, Studio 180, Mirvish, Canadian Stage, Buddies in Bad TimesMitchell CushmanShaw Festival, Talk is Free, Birdland, Soulpepper, Studio 180, Electric Company, Stratford Festival, Tarragon Theatre, Acting Up Stage, Obsidian, Nightwood, Ex Machina, Modern Times, Aluna Theatre, Mirvish, Coal Mine, National Theatre, Why Not Theatre, Theatre Centre, Company Theatre, Crow's Theatre
Stratford and Shaw Preview 2019
Thoughts On Shakespeare, Stratford Festival, CurrentRobert CushmanStratford, Shaw Festival, Antoni Cimolino, Tim Carroll, Ben Carlson, Gray Powell, Sara Topham, Martha Burns, Martin Happer, Ben Sanders, Graeme Somerville, Patrick Hamilton, Travis Seetoo, Kelly Wong, Michael Therriault, Mae West, Peter Hinton, Diana Donnelly, Julia Course, Howard Barker, Tom McCamus, Tom Rooney, Patrick Galligan, Deborah Hay, Sanjay Talwar, Damien Atkins, Hannah Moscovitch, Chris Abraham, Kate Hennig, Sara Farb, Shannon Taylor, Alan Dilworth, Irene Poole, Michael Blake, Gordon S. Miller, Amelia Sargisson, Laura Condlin, Nigel Shawn Williams, Geraint Wyn Davies, Graham Abbey, Brigit Wilson, Sophia Walker, Diane Flacks, Lucy Peacock, Carey Perloff, Tim Campbell, Scott Wentworth, Jonathan Goad, Maev Beaty, Thoughts on Shakespeare
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
To Kill a Mockingbird & Long Day's Journey Into Night
Stratford Festival, Current, Stratford Festival ReviewRobert CushmanStratford Festival, Nigel Shawn Williams, Matthew G. Brown, Jonathan Goad, Joseph Ziegler, Jonelle Gunderson, Randy Hughson, Sophia Wa, Miles Potter, Tim Campbell, Irene Poole, Amy Keating, Scott Wentworth, Seana McKenna, Charlie Gallant, Gordon S. Miller, Eugene O'Neill, Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird, Long Day's Journey Into Night
The Music Man
Stratford Festival, Stratford Festival Review, CurrentRobert CushmanMeredith Willson, The Music Man, Daren A. Herbert, Danielle Wade, Donna Feore, Megan Caines, Steve Ross, Blythe Wilson, Denise Oucharek, Mark Uhre
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
Passion and Wit Share the Stage; Shakespeare in Love a Delight
Stratford Festival, Riffs on Shakespeare, National Theatre, ContemporaryRobert Cushman2016, June, Shakespeare in Love, Stratford Festival, Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod, Tom McCamus, Stephen Ouimette, Luke Humphrey, Shannon Taylor, Tim Carroll, Garth Potter, Ruby Joy, Andre Morin, Sara Farb, Douglas Paraschuk, Yanna McIntosh, Mike Nadajewski, Riffs on Shakespeare
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 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
Between Worlds; A Midsummer Night's Dream at Stratford Soars in Some Spots and Sinks in Others
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanA Midsummer Night's Dream, Stratford Festival, National Post, Chris Abraham, Festival theatre, Julie Fox, Michael Walton, Scott Wentworth, Maev Beaty, Jonathan Goad, Chick Reid, Evan Buliung, Mike Shara, Bethany Jillard, Tara Rosling, Liisa Repo-Martell, Lally Cadeau, Stephen Ouimette, 2014, June
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
More Sinned Against
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanStratford Festival, National Post, Colm Feore, Antoni Cimolino, Maev Beaty, Scott Wentworth, Evan Buliung, Sara Farb, Stephen Ouimette, Liisa Repo-Martell, King Lear, 2014, May
Law and Disorder: Stratford's production of the Merchant of Venice is fluent and thoughtful, packed with local colour.
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanStratford Festival, National Post, Scott Wentworth, Antoni Cimolino, Sara Farb, Michelle Giroux, Douglas Paraschuk, Tom McCamus, Tyrell Crews, Tyrone Savage, Jonathan Goad, Antoine Yared, Sophia Walker, 2013, August, The Merchant of Venice
