
Robert Hofler
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10 Best New York Theater Productions of 2019, From ‘The Sound Inside’ to ‘Halfway Bitches’ (Photos)
By Robert Hofler | December 12, 2019 @ 6:00 AMFor the second year in a row, original works instead of revivals were the must-see events of the year
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‘Judgment Day’ Theater Review: Christopher Shinn Adapts a Story the Nazis Banned
By Robert Hofler | December 11, 2019 @ 11:00 AMA German rarity from the 1930s returns in a massive production by Richard Jones
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‘Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven’ Theater Review: Stephen Adly Guirgis Delivers the Funniest, Saddest Play of the Year
By Robert Hofler | December 9, 2019 @ 7:00 PMThe Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright delivers a female ”Iceman Cometh“ for this century
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‘Greater Clements’ Theater Review: Judith Ivey Carries the Very Heavy Load of a Son
By Robert Hofler | December 9, 2019 @ 6:00 PMThe actor brings her naturalistic gifts to Samuel D. Hunter’s uneven new play about life in a town that deserves to die
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‘Jagged Little Pill’ Broadway Review: Alanis Morissette’s Classic Album Becomes a #MeToo Angst Fest
By Robert Hofler | December 5, 2019 @ 6:00 PMOscar-winning writer Diablo Cody and the Tony-winning director Diane Paulus join forces for a super-topical jukebox musical
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‘A Bright Room Called Day’ Theater Review: Tony Kushner Revisits His First, Flawed Play
By Robert Hofler | November 25, 2019 @ 7:00 PMThe author of ”Angels in America“ rewrites his stage debut, about Nazi Germany, the Reagan Revolution and other things on his mind
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‘The Young Man From Atlanta’ Theater Review: Aidan Quinn Enters Willy Loman’s Turf
By Robert Hofler | November 24, 2019 @ 6:00 PMThe ”Elementary“ actor recalls the theater’s most beleaguered salesman in this uneven but ultimately moving revival
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‘The Underlying Chris’ Theater Review: Will Eno Goes Full Hallmark
By Robert Hofler | November 21, 2019 @ 6:00 PMThe playwright continues to explore the wondrousness of life, even when it’s downright ordinary
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‘The Half-Life of Marie Curie’ Theater Review: Kate Mulgrew Is Radioactively Great
By Robert Hofler | November 19, 2019 @ 6:00 PMLauren Gunderson’s new two-hander gives all the best lines to a woman you probably never heard of
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‘History of Violence’ Theater Review: Edouard Louis’ Best-Seller Makes a Transatlantic Crossing
By Robert Hofler | November 18, 2019 @ 6:30 PMThe French novel is retold in a new German play in which a young man’s mental state is fractured even further in the aftermath of a sexual attack
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‘The Inheritance’ Broadway Review: A Big Gay Mashup Offers Real Suds, Limp Toes
By Robert Hofler | November 17, 2019 @ 6:00 PMMatthew Lopez’s opus delivers a Homophile 101 course in camp classics and other major works of questionable art
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‘Evita’ Theater Review: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Eva Peron Is Back and Lovelier Than Ever
By Robert Hofler | November 15, 2019 @ 6:39 AMSolea Pfeiffer rules by giving the public what it wants: a star and a clothes horse
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‘Tina’ Broadway Review: Adrienne Warren Captures Tina Turner’s Distinctive Bray of a Voice
By Robert Hofler | November 7, 2019 @ 6:00 PMThe new jukebox musical highlights a unique showbiz mother, but otherwise sticks to the rules of the genre
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‘Cyrano’ Theater Review: Peter Dinklage Drops the Big Schnoz to Sing
By Robert Hofler | November 7, 2019 @ 5:00 PMThe ”Game of Thrones“ star headlines a musical adaptation of the classic play, playing a hero who’s masochistic rather than noble
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‘Seared’ Theater Review: Raúl Esparza Sizzles in Theresa Rebeck’s New Top-Chef Comedy
By Robert Hofler | October 28, 2019 @ 6:00 PMRebeck cooks up a storm in her raucously funny new play about genius in the kitchen