Robert Hofler
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‘The Coast Starlight’ Off Broadway Review: We’re Not Traveling in the Quiet Car
Kevin Bunin's play follows six strangers on a train from Los Angeles to Seattle → Read More
‘The Trees’ Off Broadway Review: The Title Rhymes With Twee
Trees aren't the only things that don't move in Agnes Borsinky's new play → Read More
‘The Seagull/Woodstock, NY’ Off Broadway Review: Parker Posey Steals the Spotlight
Thomas Bradshaw's very funny update transforms the Chekhov classic into a send-up of bed, Broadway and beyond → Read More
'Letters From Max' Off Broadway Review: Death Becomes Them
Sarah Ruhl adapts an epistolary book into a solemn stage exercise in endurance, grief and self-congratulation → Read More
‘The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window’ Off Broadway Review: Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan Do a Lot With Not Very Much
Lorraine Hansberry's play is rarely revived, and now we know why → Read More
'A Bright New Boise' Off Broadway Review: Hobby Lobby May Be Even Worse Than You Imagined
An early play from Samuel D. Hunter has echoes of his new movie, "The Whale" → Read More
‘The Wanderers’ Off Broadway Review: A Woody Allen-Tinged Character Pursues Katie Holmes on the Internet
Anna Ziegler's play recalls the best of a banished filmmaker while plunging us even deeper into old Brooklyn → Read More
‘Cornelia Street’ Off Broadway Review: Norbert Leo Butz Slices and Dices Like a Pro
Mark Eitzel's score is also Michelin-worthy, but Simon Stephens's book keeps this musical about a famous Village cafe off the front burner → Read More
‘Pictures From Home’ Broadway Review: Nathan Lane Doesn’t Sing but Acts Up a Storm
Based on Larry Sultan's acclaimed photo memoir, Sharr White's new play delivers laughs amid the schmaltz → Read More
'Lucy' Off Broadway Review: When Having It All Turns Into a Childcare Nightmare
Erica Schmidt's thriller puts a few new spins on moms, nannies and the kids who are their victims → Read More
The 10 Best New York Theater Productions of 2022
A Top 10 list of the best New York theater productions of 2022, from A Strange Loop and Hangmen to Epiphany and Downstate. → Read More
'Between Riverside and Crazy' Review: Common Makes a Subdued Broadway Debut as Stephen McKinley Henderson Shines
The veteran character actor delivers a truly epic lead performance in Stephen Adly Guirgis's Pulitzer-winning drama → Read More
‘Becky Nurse of Salem’ Off Broadway Review: ‘The Crucible’ Collides With ‘Hocus Pocus’
For a play about witches and the spells they cast, “Becky Nurse of Salem” is long on hocus-pocus and short on everything else. → Read More
‘Ain’t No Mo” Review: Jordan E. Cooper’s Satire Is the Best New Play on Broadway This Year
The U.S. government makes an offer that some citizens can't refuse in this satire, the best new play on Broadway this year → Read More
The Hours Review: Renée Fleming and Kelli O'Hara Star in a Wonderful New Opera
Michael Cunningham's novel "The Hours," which inspired a 2002 film, is now a wonderful opera starring Renée Fleming, Kelli O'Hara and Joyce DiDonato → Read More
‘The Patient Gloria’ Off Broadway Review: Gina Moxley Looks Back at Shrink-Wrapped Abuse
The Irish actress-playwright examines an historic case of abusive psychotherapy and early reality TV → Read More
'Sandra' Off Broadway Review: Murder, She Wrote Very Awkwardly
A new mystery by David Cale fails to offer much in the way of suspense → Read More
‘Downstate’ Off Broadway Review: Bruce Norris Delivers a Great Play About Predators
The author of Pulitzer-winning "Clybourne Park" looks at a group house for sex offenders → Read More
‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Broadway Review: A Musical Triumph About a Girl Who Looks Like Her Grandma
Victoria Clark stars as a high schooler with Methuselah Syndrome in a show based on a David Lindsay-Abaire play → Read More
‘Catch as Catch Can’ Off Broadway Review: Mia Chung’s Play Examines Racism at the Coffee Klatsch
Keen dialogue and sharp performances lift the early moments of this new play → Read More