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  • pat loud american family

    Remembering Pat Loud, America’s First Reality TV Mom (Guest Blog)

    By Robert Hofler | January 12, 2021 @ 7:15 AM

    The star of the groundbreaking 1973 series “An American Family” never fully recovered from the negative reaction to the show

  • larry kramer women in love

    How Larry Kramer Pulled Off the First Film With Frontal Male Nudity – Back in 1969

    By Robert Hofler | May 27, 2020 @ 1:34 PM

    In an excerpt from his book “Sexplosion,” Robert Hofler explores the late writer’s work on director Ken Russell’s groundbreaking film “Women in Love”

  • 72 miles to go

    ’72 Miles to Go…’ Theater Review: 3 Citizens Plus 2 Immigrants Without Documentation Equal 1 Family

    By Robert Hofler | March 10, 2020 @ 6:00 PM

    Despite missteps into the land of sitcoms, Hilary Bettis’ new play exposes an immigration disaster

  • endlings

    ‘Endlings’ Theater Review: A Play About Writing a Play Gets Tangled Up in the Seaweed

    By Robert Hofler | March 9, 2020 @ 6:00 PM

    Celine Song’s absurdist comedy mixes Edward Albee dramas with Esther Williams movies

  • girl from north country

    ‘Girl From the North Country’ Broadway Review: Bob Dylan’s Songs Get Tangled Up in Melodrama

    By Robert Hofler | March 5, 2020 @ 6:00 PM

    Conor McPherson stuffs so much lurid drama into a Duluth boarding house that this property needs to be condemned

  • coal country

    ‘Coal Country’ Theater Review: A Steve Earle Musical With a Huge Carbon Footprint

    By Robert Hofler | March 3, 2020 @ 7:00 PM

    A new show digs coal because, hey, somebody’s got to do life’s dirty work and destroy the planet

  • perplexed richard greenberg

    ‘The Perplexed’ Theater Review: Why the Really Rich Don’t Really Deserve America

    By Robert Hofler | March 3, 2020 @ 6:30 PM

    Richard Greenberg skewers the wealthy, as well as his put-upon audience

  • we're gonna die

    ‘We’re Gonna Die’ Theater Review: Quick, Pull the Plug Now!

    By Robert Hofler | February 25, 2020 @ 6:30 PM

    Young Jean Lee tells us the obvious over and over again in a show that’s good only because it’s very short

  • dana h lucas hnath

    ‘Dana H.’ Theater Review: She Lip Syncs Her Way to Hell and Back

    By Robert Hofler | February 25, 2020 @ 6:00 PM

    Lucas Hnath adapts interviews conducted with his mother, once captive to the Aryan Brotherhood. The result is harrowing

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Robert Hofler

Robert Hofler, TheWrap's lead theater critic, has worked as an editor at Life, Us Weekly and Variety. His books include "The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson," "Party Animals," and "Sexplosion: From Andy Warhol to A Clockwork Orange, How a Generation of Pop Rebels Broke All the Taboos." His latest book, "Money, Murder, and Dominick Dunne," is now in paperback.
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