abstract:Robert Sanford Brustein (born April 21, 1927) is an American theatrical critic, producer, playwright and educator. He founded both Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut and the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he remains a Creative Consultant, and has been the theatre critic for The New Republic since 1959.
RobertBrustein. (Applause.) The 2010 National Medal of Arts to RobertBrustein for his contributions to the American theatre as a critic, producer, playwright, and educator.