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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‘Grangeville’ Off Broadway Review: Sometimes It’s OK for Brothers to Get a Divorce
Samuel D. Hunter’s new two-hander delivers a tough portrait of a family before hitting several false notes of harmony
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‘Liberation’ Off Broadway Review: Bess Wohl’s New Play Is as Good as New York Theater Gets
This propulsive dramatization of 1970s women’s liberation weaves a story that can only be told on stage
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‘Redwood’ Broadway Review: Climbing a Tree, Idina Menzel Gets Hit With Gravity
Despite a few good tunes by Kate Diaz, Tina Landau’s environmentally reckless book leaves the “Wicked” star stranded
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‘English’ Broadway Review: Something Gets Lost in the Translation
Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play embraces the tyranny, ignores the chaos in a classroom.
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10 Best New York Theater Productions of 2024
Itamar Moses writes the best play and musical in a year that features great performances from Adam Driver and Audra McDonald
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‘Gypsy’ Broadway Review: Audra McDonald Wrestles With Rose and Wins
The George C. Wolfe-directed revival is audaciously different
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‘Eureka Day’ Broadway Review: How Concerned Parents Text Their Way to Hell
Jonathan Spector’s wild new comedy delivers a few more choice words on diversity, equity and inclusion
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‘Cult of Love’ Broadway Review: Zachary Quinto Gets Buried in Holiday Sturm und Cheer
Christmas is anything but the most wonderful time of year in Leslye Headland’s new play, also starring Shailene Woodley and Mare Winningham
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‘The Blood Quilt’ Off Broadway Review: 4 Sisters Gather to Finish Their Mother’s Work
The most interesting character is the one we never meet in Katori Hall’s new play
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‘Death Becomes Her’ Broadway Review: How to Resurrect an Embalmed Movie
The outrageous new musical injects real comic life into Robert Zemeckis’ dark fantasy
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‘Babe’ Off Broadway Review: Marisa Tomei Gets Stuck Between Generations
Although the Oscar-winning actor appears in every scene, it’s Arliss Howard who fascinates as a sexist boss
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‘Swept Away’ Broadway Review: An Avett Brothers Album Surfaces as a Stunning Musical
John Logan’s book and Michael Mayer’s direction deliver a classic
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‘Sh-t. Meet. Fan.’ Off Broadway Review: Phone Games Upend a Night With Debra Messing, Jane Krakowski and Neil Patrick Harris
Robert O’Hara’s new comedy lets fly a lot of crap about horny white people
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‘Tammy Faye’ Broadway Review: Elton John Delivers a Very Long Infomercial
The TV Evangelist scam artist with too much makeup is turned into a feminist saint worshiped by gay men
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‘Maybe Happy Ending’ Broadway Review: Definitely a Big Hit Starring Darren Criss
The great director Michael Arden returns to deliver phenomenal Broadway debuts for writers Will Aronson and Hue Park
