Tag: Robert Brustein

  • Nation & World

    Champion, creator of American theater

    Robert Brustein, founder of rep companies at Harvard and Yale, recalled as teacher, critic, mentor, innovator

    6 minutes
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  • Nation & World

    Long hours for big dreams

    Learning how to connect with your audience, young or old, is a key tenet at the A.R.T. Institute, where careers in acting, dramaturgy, and voice training take shape.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Let them both eat cake

    For the first time, Harvard’s American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) and the Yale Repertory Theatre (Yale Rep) are collaborating on a stage production: the world premiere of “Marie Antoinette.”

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Former A.R.T. resident director dies

    David Wheeler, longtime resident director and later associate artist of the American Repertory Theater, died Jan. 4.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    While you were away

    A roundup of recent books by Harvard faculty members.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Obama honors Robert Brustein

    The American Repertory Theater’s (A.R.T.) founding director Robert Brustein was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama at a ceremony in the White House on March 2.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The Spark: Diane Paulus

    It was nearing 2 a.m. on a spring night in 1990, and 24-year-old Diane Paulus was unwinding with a group of young actors who, like her, had just completed a round of acting classes with the legendary director Mike Nichols.

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