Robert Hofler
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‘Plaza Suite’ Broadway Review: Sarah Jessica Parker Toils While Matthew Broderick Coasts
The Neil Simon comeback does not begin here
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‘The Chinese Lady’ Off Broadway Review: A Forgotten Immigrant in 19th-Century America Takes Center Stage
Lloyd Suh’s play puts a spotlight on a most unusual real-life figure
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‘English’ Off Broadway Review: Sanaz Toossi’s Play Gets Lost in Translation
Playwright explores the challenges of teaching English to Farsi speakers in Iran
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‘Shhhh’ Off Broadway Review: Clare Barron’s Kinky, Envelope-Pushing Drama
Playwright, actress and director explores extremes that have nothing to do with intimacy
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‘Skeleton Crew’ Broadway Review: Phylicia Rashad Wears the Overalls in This Factory Family
The actors rule in this Detroit drama by Dominique Morisseau
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‘The Hang’ Off Broadway Review: Taylor Mac Wraps Socrates in Tulle in Blissfully Bizarre Musical
An arresting score puts heady Aesthetics 101 arguments at the center of a New Orleans jazz funeral
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‘Trouble in Mind’ Broadway Review: LaChanze Delivers the Star Turn Denied to Too Many Others
A 1955 play by Alice Childress makes an historic and very belated debut
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‘Cullud Wattah’ Off Broadway Review: A Powerful Kitchen-Sink Drama Set in Flint
Erika Dickerson-Despenza’s new drama addresses a toxic water crisis in real time
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‘Medicine’ Off Broadway Review: Domhnall Gleeson Makes a Lot of Noise, But Not Much Sense
Someone goes crazy, again, in another new play by Enda Walsh
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‘Assassins’ Off Broadway Review: Presidents Aren’t the Only Targets Now
John Doyle’s revival exposes the souls of Stephen Sondheim’s most dangerous loners
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‘Nollywood Dreams’ Off Broadway Review: A Star Is Born in Lagos, Nigeria
Jocelyn Bioh’s new comedy looks for laughs among the TripAdvisor discounts
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‘Gnit’ Off Broadway Review: Will Eno’s Peer Gynt Takes His Comedy Act on the Road
Playwright drops the trolls but mines more comic gold than Ibsen ever imagined
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‘The Visitor’ Off Broadway Review: David Hyde Pierce Plays the Drums as Well as a Saint
Based on the 2007 Tom McCarthy movie starring Richard Jenkins, this new musical finds something to sing about regarding ICE
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‘Morning Sun’ Off Broadway Review: Edie Falco Stars in a Version of ‘It’s Not a Wonderful Life’
Simon Stephens gives her a rough time in his new play, which spans a life and then some
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‘Caroline, or Change’ Broadway Review: An Unsung Musical Heroine Is Back Where She Belongs
Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori’s groundbreaking musical sounds better than ever