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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Forgive and Regret
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanMarti Maraden, Ben Carlson, Seana McKenna, Yanna McIntosh, Brian Tree, Mike Shara, Tom Rooney, Dan Chameroy, Cara Ricketts, Ian Lake, John Pennoyer, Randy Hughson, Anthony Black, Luminato, Christian Barry, Jerry Franken, Barbara Gordon, Stratford Festival, June, 2010, Tom Patterson, National Post, 2b Theatre, The Winter's Tale
'Start to Finish, This is an Intoxicating Show'; Stratford Festival Begins with a Bang
Shakespeare, National Post, Stratford Festival, MusicalRobert CushmanJohn Doyle, Kiss me Kate, Kristian Truelsen, Chillina Kenney, Mike Jackson, Christopher Sly, Juan Chioran, Monique Lund, Sam Spewack, Bella Spewack, David Farley, Steve Ross, Cliff Saunders, Tracey Flye, June, 2010, National Post, Stratford Festival, Riffs on Shakespeare
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
A Carnival of Sexes
Stratford Festival, National Post, ShakespeareRobert CushmanPeter Hinton, Christopher Sly, Ins Choi, Barbara Fulton, Irene Poole, Evan Buliung, Adrienne Gould, Harold Bloom, Lucy Peacock, Paul Dunn, Ben Carlson, Patrick McManus, Randy Hughson, Jeff Lillico, Juan Chioran, Stephen Ouimette, 2008, June, The Taming of the Shrew
Spotlight on Shakespeare: The supernatural is in the East, proves Luminato's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare, National Post, LuminatoRobert CushmanLuminato, Tim Supple, Royal Shakespeare Company, J. Jayakamur, P. R. Jijoy, Archana Ramaswamy, Peter Brook, Sumant Jayakrishnan, Shanaya Rafaat, Yuki Elias, Ajay Kumar, Joy Fernandes, Vivek Mishra, 2008, June, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Glorious Monk-Eyeing
Stratford Festival, Shakespeare, National PostRobert CushmanLove's Labour's Lost, Stratford Festival, National Post, Michael Langham, Stratford Conservatory, Charlotte Dean, Ian Lake, Shane Carty, Jon de Leon, Alanna Hawley, Peter Donaldson, Abigail Winter-Culliford, Brian Tree, John Vickery, Gareth Potter, Steven Sutcliffe, Gordon S. Miller, 2008, June
Man as Masterpiece; Between Stratford's First Season and his Final Lear, William Hutt Became the World's Best