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Robert Sanford Brustein (born April 21, 1927) is an American theatrical critic, producer, playwright, writer 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. He comments on politics for the ''Huffington Post''. Brustein is a Senior Research Fellow at Harvard University and a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Suffolk University in Boston.〔(Celebrated Writer-Director Robert Brustein Joins Suffolk University )〕 He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1999〔(Current Academicians )〕 and in 2002 was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.〔(Complete List of ATHOF Inductees (pdf) )〕 In 2003 he served as a Senior Fellow with the National Arts Journalism Program〔(National Arts Journalism Program Past Fellows )〕 at Columbia University, and in 2004 and 2005 was a senior fellow at the National Endowment for the Arts Arts Journalism Institute in Theatre and Musical Theatre〔(NEA Arts Journalism Institute Previous Faculty )〕 at the University of Southern California. Brustein is married to Doreen Beinart, and has one son, Daniel Brustein, and three stepchildren, Phillip Cates, Peter Beinart and Jean Beinart Stern. ==Life and career== Brustein was born in New York City. His parents were Max, a businessman, and Blanche (Haft) Brustein.〔Napoleon, David. ("Theater Talk: Robert Brustein and His Dads" ) ''The Faster Times'' (June 4, 2011)〕 He was educated at Amherst College, where he received a BA in 1948, and Columbia University, where he received an MA in 1949 and a PhD in 1957. During this time, he served in the Merchant Marine on tankers and Victory ships, and later at Kings Point Academy on Long Island. He also held a Fulbright Fellowship to study in the United Kingdom from 1953 to 1955, where he directed plays at the University of Nottingham.〔Robert Brustein, ("A Critic in the Making" )(pdf), ''Nottingham Alumni Online'', 2001. p.15〕 After teaching at Cornell University, Vassar College, and Columbia, where he became a full professor of dramatic literature in the English department, he became Dean of the Yale School of Drama in 1966, and served in that position until 1979. It was during this period, in 1966, that he founded the Yale Repertory Theatre.〔("History" ) on the Yale School of Drama website〕 In 1979, Brustein left Yale for Harvard University, where he founded the American Repertory Theatre (ART) and became a Professor of English. At Harvard, he founded the Institute for Advanced Theater Training. He retired from the Artistic Directorship of ART in 2002 and now serves on the faculty of the Institute. He has been a Distinguished Scholar in Residence since 2007 at Suffolk University, where he teaches courses in Shakespeare Analysis.〔("Robert Brustein" ) on the Suffolk University website〕 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.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Brustein」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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