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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‘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
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‘The Last Five Years’ Broadway Review: Nick Jonas & Adrienne Warren Make Love in Reverse
The two stars have chemistry, but get crossed-up in a weak production that is both minimal and messy
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‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ Broadway Review: George Clooney Takes on McCarthy, Then Musk
In a spectacular Broadway debut as actor and writer, the star scores major points for America’s left
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‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ Broadway Review: Bob Odenkirk Dazzles, Kieran Culkin Surprises in Uneven Revival
The two stars, joined by Bill Burr and Michael McKean, take very difference approaches to David Mamet’s classic
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‘Love Life’ Off Broadway Review: Or, Why Kurt Weill Got Lost in America
A lost musical deserves another listen, if not another look
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‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ Broadway Review: Sarah Snook Doesn’t Paint a Pretty Portrait
The “Succession” star plays all the roles in this send-up of the Oscar Wilde classic
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‘Othello’ Broadway Review: Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal Are Riveting in an Unfocused Modern Take
The production has already set a record for non-musicals with the highest grossing single week in Broadway history
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‘Operation Mincemeat’ Broadway Review: This British Import Works Way Too Hard to Be Fun
Nothing kills a laugh faster than seeing actors sweat
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‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Broadway Review: Cuba Ignites Before and After the Revolution
The historic album is now a thrilling stage musical
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‘Vanya’ Off Broadway Review: Andrew Scott Slices ‘n’ Dices a Chekhov Classic
The “Ripley” star brings his vaunted negative charisma to play several bored Russians who might actually be British
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‘Purpose’ Broadway Review: The Tonys Have a New Frontrunner for Best Play
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins follows the award-winning “Appropriate” with another rousing family showdown
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‘All Nighter’ Off Broadway Review: When College Ends With a Bang, Not a Whimper
Five coeds would rather fight than sleep in Natalie Margolin’s raucous new comedy
