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- Birth nameRobert Sanford Brustein
- Robert Brustein was born on April 21, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is known for NET Playhouse (1964), Camera Three (1954) and Chaos and Order: Making American Theater (2005). He was married to Doreen Beinart and Norma Ofstrock Cates Brustein (actress, teacher). He died on October 29, 2023 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
- SpousesDoreen Beinart(1996 - October 29, 2023) (his death)Norma Ofstrock Cates Brustein (actress, teacher)(? - April 9, 1979) (her death, 1 child)
- He was awarded the 2010 National Medal of Arts for his contributions to the American theatre as a critic, producer, playwright, and educator. He was the founder of the Yale Repertory Theatre and the American Repertory Theatre and Institute for Advanced Theatre Training, and was a former theatre critic for The New Republic since 1959. He has been a leading force in the develop of theatre and theatre artists in the United States.
- He was awarded The 1985 Jujamcyn Prize for outstanding contribution to the development of creative talent for theatre for the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- He was awarded the 1986 Regional Tony Award for American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the Tony Awards in New York City as artistic director.
- Brustein was the theatre critic for The New Republic from 1959 to "about 2000", and later contributed to The Huffington Post.
- As the artistic director of Yale Rep from 1966 to 1979, and of ART from 1980 to 2002, Brustein supervised over 200 productions, acting in eight and directing twelve.
- [observation, 2014] It is often said that the state of a country's art is reflective of its deeper values. Judging by the condition of our culture today, both in the arts and the wider society, we must ask if those values have any depth at all.
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