Robert Hofler
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‘The Price’ Broadway Review: Hail, Danny DeVito, New York’s New King of Comedy!
DeVito, making his belated Broadway debut, brings his big comic persona to the stage, turning the Arthur Miller drama into a laugh fest
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‘Joan of Arc: Into the Fire’ Theater Review: David Byrne Is a True Believer About Butch Christian Saint
Heroine gets lost in a monumental showcase of nationalism and war
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‘Come From Away’ Broadway Review: Stranded in Newfoundland, as Well as the Theater
Thousands of air travelers make an unexpected stop at a small Canadian town on 9/11. You will experience their relief when this new musical gets them all back up in the air
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‘The Glass Menagerie’ Broadway Review: Sally Field Leads Solid Gold Revival
The actress reveals three faces of Amanda Wingfield in director Sam Gold’s production that redefines the Tennessee Williams classic
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‘Significant Other’ Broadway Review: ‘Bridesmaids’ Meets ‘The 40-Year-Old Virgin,’ Only Gay
You may have seen Joshua Harmon’s distraught hero before. He’s worth another look, this time on stage
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‘If I Forget’ Theater Review: ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Writer Spins Magnificent Comedic Drama
Steven Levenson, book writer for “Dear Evan Hansen,” follows that script with an even more remarkable work
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‘All the Fine Boys’ Theater Review: Abigail Breslin Grows Up
‘Little Miss Sunshine’ actress deftly handles the shifts between sexual manipulator and victim in Off Broadway drama
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‘Linda’ Theater Review: Why It’s Tough Being a Feminist at a Cosmetics Company
There’s not much arc to the characters in Penelope Skinner’s new play about women who confront ageism and ruthless ambition
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‘The Penitent’ Theater Review: David Mamet Finds New Ways to Present an Argument
The writer’s latest play is of interest only when his character make believe they’re living in 1984 and print had lots of power
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‘Wakey, Wakey’ Theater Review: Will Eno Picks the Wrong Man to Die
William Emerson’s remarkably spontaneous performance is like Pee-Wee Herman after a stroke
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‘Sunday in the Park With George’ Broadway Review: Jake Gyllenhaal Paints as Well as Sings
The actor brings his gift for understatement to the big stage to deliver a moody but riveting George Seurat
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‘Kid Victory’ Theater Review: Life Is Not a Cabaret in John Kander’s New Musical
The legendary composer goes very dark with a new show about an abducted teenager
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‘Everybody’ Theater Review: What’s Really Old Is Almost New Again
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ new play is 90 minutes of theatrical whimsy based on a 15th-century classic
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‘Evening at the Talk House’ Theater Review: Wallace Shawn Gets Serious, Matthew Broderick Stays Cool
Broderick lets go with character critiques that savage like an assassin’s bullets, but a twist or major reveal is never delivered
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‘Man From Nebraska’ Theater Review: Tracy Letts Before His Trip to ‘August: Osage County’
A minor play from a major playwright finally makes its New York stage debut