Word: brustein
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...American Repertory Theater is by no means a newcomer to Cambridge. According to Thomas S. Lee, Program Manager of Learning From Performers in the Office for the Arts, the A.R.T. was established in 1980 by Robert Brustein and gradually began to develop a relationship with Harvard undergraduates...
...jacket hints at the tension between the art and business sides of drama, a tension Paulus negotiates daily as the new artistic director of the American Repertory Theatre. “The primary mission of the A.R.T. is to advance the art of theater,” says Robert Brustein, the A.R.T.’s co-founder. And since her hiring this spring, Paulus has worked to create a program that will fill the A.R.T.’s currently empty seats, restabilize its financial situation, and maintain its reputation as a beacon for innovative theater...
...Laurence P. Senelick is also familiar with Harvard. The Tufts University drama professor earned two graduate degrees from Harvard, and he agreed that the focus of the A.R.T. needs to be returned to the students. But in his view, the blame lies partially with Brustein...
...Brustein never really connected with Harvard, or the curriculum at Harvard,” Senelick said. “He took over a theater that had been built for students and pushed them to the margin...
...Let’s face it: the last regime was Brustein-lite,” he said. “It was the same producer, it was the same actors...