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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‘Gruesome Playground Injuries’ Off Broadway Review: Nicholas Braun and Kara Young Hurt Until It Feels Good
The “Succession” star and the two-time Tony winner really come alive when they share each other’s pain
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‘Two Strangers’ Broadway Review: They Sing Together, They Dance Together, They Don’t Belong Together
A new rom-com musical begins promisingly but loses its way somewhere between JFK Airport and midtown Manhattan
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‘This World of Tomorrow’ Off Broadway Review: Tom Hanks Makes ’em Like They Used To
The movie star leads a play he co-wrote with James Grossman: a time-travel fantasy that’s real Frank Capra corn
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‘Meet the Cartozians’ Off Broadway Review: Only the Kardashians Should Miss This Terrific New Comedy
Playwright Talene Monahon unearths a forgotten Armenian-American story, giving it a wonderful modern spin
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‘Chess’ Broadway Review: It’s the Other ABBA Musical, the One That Never Works
The songs by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus return, strung together by a new, confusing book
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‘The Seat of Our Pants’ Off Broadway Review: Radical Revision of ‘Skin of Our Teeth’ Is the Year’s Best New Musical
Ethan Lipton is that rare triple threat (book writer, lyricist and composer) who really delivers
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‘Oedipus’ Broadway Review: Mark Strong and Lesley Manville Make the Same Old Mistakes
A prestige theatrical event from London turns out to be more parody than tragedy
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‘The Baker’s Wife’ Off Broadway Review: Ariana DeBose and Scott Bakula Headline the Year’s Best Musical Revival
This long-neglected musical by Joseph Stein and Stephen Schwartz deserves an immediate transfer uptown
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‘The Queen of Versailles’ Broadway Review: Kristin Chenoweth and Stephen Schwartz Reunite for a MAGA Musical Nightmare
Florida’s billionaire class gets the musical it deserves with socialite Jackie Siegel
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‘44: The Musical’ Off Broadway Review: Obama Sings and Dances – but He’s Married to Oprah?
A few awfully funny things happen on his way to the White House
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‘Kyoto’ Off Broadway Review: Global Warming Produces a Dramatic Deep Frost
Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin direct a clunker about climate
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‘Messy White Gays’ Off Broadway Review: The Boys in the Band Develop a ‘Rope’ Fetish
Alfred Hitchcock and Mart Crowley compete for laughs in Drew Droege’s kinky new murder comedy
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‘Little Bear Ridge Road’ Broadway Review: Laurie Metcalf Is Our Greatest Curmudgeon Who Delights
Samuel D. Hunter’s new play enthralls with its wise-cracking dialogue, but lags when it turns serious
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‘Liberation’ Broadway Review: Women in Search of Answers Gather for the Year’s Best Play
It was great Off Broadway. Now Bess Wohl’s play comes to Broadway where it continues to ask: What the hell went wrong?
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‘Romy & Michele: The Musical’ Off Broadway Review: Laura Bell Bundy and Kara Lindsay Are Beautiful, Very Funny Losers
The high school reunion movie starring Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow has been retooled as a goofy stage musical with colorful bubblegum tunes
