Poetry of Personal Hells has Varied Outcomes; The Bard Does Double Duty in Monologues of Such Creatures
Contemporary, National Post, Theatre Passe Muraille, Buddies in Bad TimesRobert CushmanJudith Thompson, Maria Vacratsis, Brian Quirt, Theatre Passe Muraille, La Comunion, January, 2009, Riffs on Shakespeare, Michaela Washburn
It's Been Six Days and Jack Has Yet To Smile
Agent of Change
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
Eye for Actors and a Nose for the Text
National Post, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanRichard Monette, Tarragon Theatre, Stratford Festival, King Lear, William Hutt, Peter Hinton, Michael Langham, 2008, September, Thoughts on Shakespeare
Sparing the Glamour, Serving the Dirt
Pieces Of What Stratford Should Be
Stratford Festival, Shakespeare, National PostRobert CushmanStratford Festival, National Post, Peter Hinton, National Arts Centre, Simon Callow, Matthew MacFadzean, John Knox, Dayna Tekatch, Laura Condlin, Karen Robinson, 2008, July, Riffs on Shakespeare
Will the Real Shakespeare Please Stand Up
National Post, Stratford Festival, ShakespeareRobert CushmanThere Reigns Love, Stratford Festival, National Post, Simon Callow, Shakespeare, Michael Langham, 2008, July, John Padel, Riffs on Shakespeare
A Life of Rhyme; Simon Callow is bringing to Stratford the closest thing Shakespeare had to an autobiography
Stratford Festival, National Post, Riffs on ShakespeareRobert CushmanThere Reigns Love, Simon Callow, Stratford Festival, National Post, Soulpepper, National Theatre, John Gielgud, Michael Langham, Shakespeare, 2008, July, John Padel, Riffs on Shakespeare
If a Line Is Delivered Inaudibly, Does It Matter If It's Iambic?
National Post, Stratford Festival, ShakespeareRobert CushmanAll's Well That Ends Well, Stratford Festival, National Post, Tyrone Guthrie, Trevor Nunn, Marti Maraden, Festival stage, Christina Poddubiuk, Daniela Vlaskalic, Jeff Lillico, Ian Richardson, Leah Oster, Tom Rooney, Martha Henry, Brian Dennehy, Stephen Ouimette, Juan Chioran, Ben Carlson, Patrick McManus, Randy Hughson, 2008, July
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
The Way We Weren't
Something is Fresh in the State of Denmark
Stratford Festival, Shakespeare, National PostRobert CushmanHamlet, Stratford Festival, National Post, Shaw Festival, Ben Carlson, Shakespeare, Adrian Noble, Adrienne Gould, James Blendick, Maria Ricossa, Scott Wentworth, Bruce Godfree, Geraint Wyn Davies, Tom Rooney, Victor Ertmanis, Randy Hughson, 2008, May
What Bedding Through Yonder Trapdoor Rises!
Shakespeare, Stratford Festival, National PostRobert CushmanRomeo and Juliet, Stratford Festival, National Post, Peter Donaldson, Des McAnuff, Robert Thomson, Heidi Ettinger, Lucy Peacock, Steven Sutcliffe, Evan Buliung, Paul Dunn, Irene Poole, John Vickery, Gareth Potter, Nikki M. James, 2008, May
It's Bigger. It's Bolder. It's Possibly the Best Ever. Stratford Fest; Actors From Seasons Past Return to Stage
Thoughts On Shakespeare, Stratford Festival, National Post, ShakespeareRobert CushmanStratford Festival, Carey Perloff, Geordie Johnson, Timberlake Wertenbaker, Antoni Cimolino, Olympia Dukakis, Seana McKenna, Scott Wentworth, Jonathan Goad, Martha Henry, Yanna McIntosh, Kelli Fox, Marti Maraden, Don Shipley, Des McAnuff, Peter Hinton, Evan Buliung, Adrian Noble, Royal Shakespeare Company, Hamlet, CBC, Ben Carlson, Terry Hands, Fiona Reid, Tom Rooney, Randy Hughson, The Taming of the Shrew, 2008, May, Thoughts on Shakespeare
Narcissism Cubed; The Hills is Just Like Reality, Which is Why It's Easier to Watch Than Turn Off
Very Much, Actually
National Post, Soulpepper, ShakespeareRobert CushmanAs You Like It, Soulpepper, National Post, Albert Schultz, Sarah Wilson, Michael Blake, Mike Ross, Jennifer Villaverde, Amy Rutherford, Krystin Pellerin, Kevin MacDonald, Stephen Guy-McGrath, Lorenzo Savoini, Diego Matamoros, Oliver Dennis, Michael Hanrahan, March, 2008, William Webster
The Wire: A Retrospective