Robert Hofler
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‘Present Laughter’ Broadway Review: Kevin Kline and Kate Burton Are Divine
The two play their duets to perfection despite a few slapshtick distractions around the edges of this Noel Coward revival
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‘Amelie’ Broadway Review: ‘Hamilton’ Star Phillipa Soo Brings Movie Heroine to Stage
Actress plays shy French waitress who idolizes the late Princess of Wales — if only she had wanted to emulate the party-girl Diana
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‘Sweat’ Theater Review: An Extraordinary Drama Set in a Grungy Rust Belt Bar
Lynn Nottage offers a bleak political-economic picture, but in a play that will be performed long after the era it defines has passed
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‘Miss Saigon’ Broadway Review: The Helicopter Is Back, Louder than Ever
Claude-Michel Schonberg’s music for the ill-fated young lovers is only slightly less bombastic than the show’s military parades in honor of Ho Chi Minh
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‘How to Transcend a Happy Marriage’ Theater Review: Marisa Tomei Does the Math
Sarah Ruhl tackles the polyamorous in her brilliant new play — and finds love, beauty, and music among the numbers
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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