A major figure in the world of theater as critic; playwright; scholar; teacher; director; actor; and producer; Robert Brustein offers a unique perspective on the American stage and its artists. In this wise; witty; and wide-ranging collection of recent writings; Brustein examines crucial issues relating to theater in the post-9/11 years; analyzing specific plays; emerging and established performers; and theatrical production throughout the world. Brustein relates our theater to our society in a manner that reminds us why the performing arts matter.Millennial Stages records Brusteinrsquo;s thinking on the important issues “roiling the national soulrdquo; at the start of the twenty-first century. His opening section explores the connections between theater and society; theater and politics; and theater and religion; and it is followed by reviews of such landmark productions as The Producers and Spamalot; Long Dayrsquo;s Journey into Night and King Lear. In his final section; Brustein reflects on people and places of importance in the world of theater today; including Marlon Brando and Arthur Miller and Australia and South Africa.
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