Robert Hofler is the Theater Critic at TheWrap, writing reviews about Broadway and Off Broadway shows. He is an author of several books on the entertainment industry, including “The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson” and “Money, Murder, and Dominick Dunne.” Hofler was previously an editor at Variety and Life magazine, among other publications.
Experience:
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‘Prince Faggot’ Off Broadway Review: One of the Year’s Best New Plays Is a Wild Royal Family Portrait
Is this what the future holds for William and Kate’s oldest kid?
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‘Angry Alan’ Off Broadway Review: John Krasinski Expertly Dons Lamb’s Clothing to Play a Pig
The “A Quiet Place” filmmaker and “The Office” star leads yet another play about toxic white straight men
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Tony Awards 2025: Who Will Win and Who Should Win
Audra McDonald would walk away with a “Gypsy” win if she weren’t the Meryl Streep of Broadway, and Cole Escola will have a big night for “Oh, Mary!”
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2025 Tony Nominations Predictions: Who Gets In, and Who Should?
The 2024-25 Broadway season is one of the most competitive in recent years
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‘Real Women Have Curves’ Broadway Review: Latinas Take Cover to Break Free
A timely, feel-good musical brings the 2024-25 theater season to a rousing finish
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‘Dead Outlaw’ Broadway Review: Never Before Has a Musical Been So Strangely Alive
The star of this show is a mummy that goes on a most twisted, tune-filled journey
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‘Just in Time’ Broadway Review: Jonathan Groff Is Great! But Where’s Bobby Darin?
The Tony-winning star of “Merrily We Roll Along” rarely meets the playboy crooner of “Mack the Knife”
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‘Pirates!’ Broadway Review: David Hyde Pierce Steals a Show That’s Only Half Ship-Shape
A radically retooled “Pirates of Penzance” makes a rocky voyage to New Orleans
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‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Broadway Review: Netflix Mashes Up With ‘Grease’ and Stephen King
Stephen Daldry’s flashy direction and Kate Trefry’s comic adaptation makes for an oddball jukebox musical
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‘Floyd Collins’ Broadway Review: Jeremy Jordan Soars While His Character Is Trapped
His great performance galvanizes a high-profile revival that further enhances the brilliance of composer Adam Guettel
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‘John Proctor Is the Villain’ Broadway Review: Sadie Sink Deconstructs ‘The Crucible’
The “Stranger Things” star returns to the stage in yet another play about white male toxicity
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‘Smash’ Broadway Review: Taking a Sharp Pin to the Marilyn Monroe Balloon
To its credit, the new stage musical, based on the NBC TV series, is more send-up than celebration of the sex symbol
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‘Old Friends’ Broadway Review: Do We Need Another Stephen Sondheim Revue?
This tired songfest does nothing to enhance the master composer’s reputation
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‘Becoming Eve’ Off Broadway Review: God Herself Would Have to Applaud Richard Schiff
The Emmy-winning “West Wing” actor stars in a great new play about three very different rabbis
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‘Boop!’ Broadway Review: First Barbie, Now Betty Gets Dragged Into the 21 Century
It’s “boop-oop-a-doop” for a musical that needs a good spritz of Pooph
