Robert Hofler
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‘Anastasia’ Broadway Review: A Muddled, Pro-Czarist Russia Musical for the Trump Era
Is she or isn’t she the royal daughter? In the end it doesn’t matter for a musical that gives kleptocracy a good name
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‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ Broadway Review: Christian Borle to the Rescue
It’s a long first act before Willy Wonka arrives. Borle makes it worth the wait
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‘Hello, Dolly!’ Broadway Review: Bette Midler Returns as Red Hot Jewish Mama
She delivers, of course! More surprising is the talented and very quirky ensemble around her, including David Hyde Pierce
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‘The Little Foxes’ Broadway Review: Laura Linney, Cynthia Nixon Mix Up the Greed and Innocence
Linney’s Regina is an icy Turandot of the South, and Nixon’s Birdie is an injured sparrow. When the two actors switch roles, unfortunately, the melodrama sputters
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‘Indecent’ Broadway Review: Who Knew Yiddish Theater Was So Gay-Friendly?
Paula Vogel re-creates a much-censored play from early 20th century featuring lesbians and prostitutes
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Inside Dominick Dunne’s Ties to Menendez Brothers: Shared Parental Abuse, Gay Identity (Exclusive Book Excerpt)
In an excerpt from his biography “Money, Murder, and Dominick Dunne,” Robert Hofler reveals how Vanity Fair’s star reporter became obsessed with one of the young killers
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‘Groundhog Day’ Broadway Review: Andy Karl, a Star Is Reborn and Reborn
Actor makes you forget about Bill Murray in musical version of hit 1993 movie
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‘Oslo’ Broadway Review: The Handshake That Shook the World
J.T. Rogers delivers all the suspense that led the Israelis and PLO recognize each other’s legitimacy, but his play may leave you wanting more
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‘The Profane’ Theater Review: Middle Eastern Conflicts and Secrets in Suburban NY
Zayd Dohrn’s new drama looks at two very different Middle-Eastern immigrant families whose American-born children want to marry. There’s a problem
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‘War Paint’ Broadway Review: Patti LuPone, Christine Ebersole Never Makeup
How rare it is to see two great female performances in one season, much less in one musical
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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
