To the theatre in this country Robert Brustein has long been indispensable. His voice, his reactions are always eloquent, stimulating.
—Susan Sontag
Mr. Brustein's voice is, to me, like water in the desert—he is harsh, and funny, and insightful, and most important, fearless.
—David Mamet
Robert Brustein is the rarest of rare amphibians: a powerful theatre practitioner who is also a powerful critic.... Savvy, fearless, opinionated, and fathomlessly curious, he is at once steeped in the classics and alert to the most recent tremors on the cultural
seismograph.
—Stephen Greenblat
