They’re not making careers like Robert Brustein’s anymore, if they ever did. “My life just happened to me, really,’’ Brustein, who turned 85 on Saturday, mused in a recent interview. “I pursued certain things, of course. But a lot of accidents happened to me: good accidents, bad accidents. Until I got a job, I didn’t define a purpose for it. Once I got a job, I thought about what the job should be.’’
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My wife and I subscribed to the ART with friends for many years, but after Brustein left there seemed to be a gradual then accelerated decline. Now we go once every other year or so. I was very surprised that Will LeBow was not mentioned as a key person among the actors who worked with Brustein. He was a central member of the repertory group at the ART for many years. Karen MacDonald once remarked that she and LeBow had been "married" in play after play but only once had she not cheated on him (Copenhagen).