Robert Hofler
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‘Sunset Boulevard’ Broadway Review: Glenn Close Leads an Awkward Comeback
Close gives a bravura performance — funny, over-the-top, ridiculous — but her silent film star is never vulnerable except when she attempts to sing
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‘The Liar’ Theater Review: David Ives Channels Trump Through Corneille
Death is easy, comedy is hard, and French farce is nearly impossible to perform
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‘Jitney’ Broadway Review: Pre-‘Fences’ August Wilson Runs on All Cylinders
Director Ruben Santiago-Hudson doesn’t completely conceal the play’s flaws but he does expose its brilliance
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‘The Present’ Review: Cate Blanchett Makes Her Broadway Debut in Great Company
Thanks to Blanchett and the brilliant Richard Roxburgh, you can’t take your eyes off these infantile Chekhovian characters
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10 Worst Theater Productions of 2016, From ‘Paramour’ to ‘Disaster!’ (Photos)
TheWrap Best & Worst 2016: Critic Robert Hofler cringes again at NYC onstage atrocities from Steve Martin, Nia Vardalos and more
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10 Best Theater Productions of 2016, From ‘The Crucible’ to ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ (Photos)
TheWrap Best & Worst 2016: Critic Robert Hofler ranks the top NYC stage shows of the year
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‘Othello’ Theater Review: David Oyelowo, Daniel Craig Go to War
The New York Theatre Workshop has been transformed into a plywood box, ready to ignite with one lit match
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‘In Transit’ Broadway Review: Where Underground Does Not Mean Cutting Edge
Set in a very sanitized subway system, Broadway’s first a capella musical presents not only a crime-free but a drama-free zone
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‘Tiny Beautiful Things’ Theater Review: Nia Vardalos Is No Miss Lonelyhearts
The forces behind “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” and “Hamilton” make for a strange marriage, which should end in divorce
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‘Rancho Viejo’ Theater Review: Lost in the Desert, as Well as a Three-Hour Comedy
A geriatric “Friends” with Mare Winningham and Mark Blum turns into something far less interesting in Dan LeFranc’s new play
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‘The Babylon Line’ Theater Review: Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Reaser Bring Lust to Adult Ed
In his absorbing new comedy, Richard Greenberg teaches us much about not only creative writing but the strange place that is Levittown, Long Island
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‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Theater Review: A New Musical for the Hashtag Generation
Off Broadway musical could be new “Rent” for young people who prefer typing on computers to speech, and creates virtual communities on the Internet
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‘A Bronx Tale’ Broadway Review: Chazz Palminteri Returns to His Roots, Again
Palminteri’s mean-streets story, co-directed by Robert De Niro, is set to music that sounds more Disney than the Bronx
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‘Ride the Cyclone’ Theater Review: How to Give Rod Serling a Bad Name
A new Off Broadway musical embraces the macabre but not much else
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‘Sweet Charity’ Theater Review: Sutton Foster Galumphs Her Way to Musical-Comedy Greatness
This working girl resembles a clomping giraffe in a bad Dynel wig — both hilarious and pathetic
