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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‘Beaches’ Broadway Review: Even the Legendary Mike Stoller Can’t Prevent This Flotsam From Washing Ashore
The Bette Midler tearjerker makes a very rocky transition to the musical stage
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‘The Balusters’ Broadway Review: A New Play Covers Almost All the Diversity Bases
David Lindsay-Abaire’s entertaining comedy about a power-hungry HOA looks at diversity in all its orientations and colors, only to discover that something’s missing
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‘Schmigadoon!’ Broadway Review: Lorne Michaels and Cinco Paul Recycle Their Apple TV Show
Minimal effort has been extended to reinvent the musical for the stage
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‘Fallen Angels’ Broadway Review: Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara Do Their Lucy & Ethel Best to Dust Off an Antique
Noel Coward would not recognize his 1925 flop about two married women who consider revisiting past affairs with the same lover
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‘The Adding Machine’ Off Broadway Review: Jennifer Tilly and Daphne Rubin-Vega Turn Zeroes Into a Major Comic Plus
Sarita Choudhury (“And Just Like That”) and Michael Cyril Creighton (“Only Murders in the Building”) round out an excellent cast that brings an American rarity to the stage
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‘Titanique’ Broadway Review: Jim Parsons Jumps Aboard the Sinking-Ship Musical
The “Big Bang Theory” star helps keep a far glitzier version of this “Titanic” parody from capsizing
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‘Death of a Salesman’ Broadway Review: Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf Beg Us to Pay Attention
Joe Mantello directs a surreal and overwrought revival of the Arthur Miller classic
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‘Dog Day Afternoon’ Broadway Review: Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach Bring a Classic Movie to the Stage
“The Bear” actors do a great job replacing (but not replicating) Al Pacino and John Cazale
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‘Tru’ Off Broadway Review: Jesse Tyler Ferguson Works Hard to Make Truman Capote a Real Bore
Was the author of “In Cold Blood” really so tiresome and witless?
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‘Ulster American’ Off Broadway Review: Matthew Broderick Scores as Oscar-Winning Nitwit
David Ireland’s new play finds comedy in the Troubles
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‘What We Did Before Our Moth Days’ Off Broadway Review: Wallace Shawn and André Gregory Return, More Precious and Pretentious Than Ever
Those “My Dinner with Andre” guys deliver a three-hour reading disguised as a play
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‘The Reservoir’ Off Broadway Review: He’s Drunk, He’s Young, He’s Ready for Prime Time
Noah Galvin shows real star power in Jake Brasch’s new comedy about alcoholism and Alzheimer’s
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‘Mother Russia’ Off Broadway Review: Putin Will Hate It, but It’s 2026’s First Must-See Play
Lauren Yee’s new comedy skewers both capitalists and communists with equal zeal
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‘You Got Older’ Off Broadway Review: Alia Shawkat and Peter Friedman Lead a Quirky Cancer Comedy
Clare Barron writes an often gross family-centered comedy about making the best of the worst things in life
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‘Marcel on the Train’ Off Broadway Review: The World’s Best Mime Busts the Nazis
Marshall Pailet and Ethan Slater’s new play depicts a little-known episode in the life of Marcel Marceau
