Robert Hofler
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‘Dead Poets Society’ Theater Review: Jason Sudeikis Goes Back to School, But Why Should We?
Tom Schulman adapts his 1989 screenplay about a 1950s boys’ prep school to the stage. Oh, for the future days of STDs and crystal meth among our youth
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‘Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812’ Broadway Review: Josh Groban Makes Epic Debut
Director Rachel Chavkin works irreverent Bob Fosse-like magic in musical version of “War and Peace”
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‘The Death of the Last Black Man’ Theater Review: Suzan-Lori Parks’ Brilliant New Riff on Race
The playwright makes the sounds of her words as important as the meaning, giving the play the trance-like quality of a Philip Glass opera
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‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ Broadway Review: Liev Schreiber, Janet McTeer Bring Old Blighty to France
An acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production of Christopher Hampton’s play loses some of its goods in a rough Atlantic crossing
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‘Falsettos’ Broadway Review: Christian Borle, Andrew Rannells Are Dreamboat Casting
The two leads score in every way possible. But William Finn’s musical takes “gay” back to the Irving Berlin definition of the word
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‘A Life’ Theater Review: David Hyde Pierce Puts His Faith in the Stars
Adam Bock’s provocative new play creates a peculiar, singular experience in the theater. In this lifetime, it should not be missed
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‘Plenty’ Theater Review: Rachel Weisz Chooses Between Anger and Madness
Time and a leading actor’s interpretation have not been kind to David Hare’s drama about life in post-World War II Britain
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‘The Front Page’ Broadway Review: John Slattery, Nathan Lane Join a Basketful of Deplorables
Lane dazzles in his turn as a newspaper devil, while Slattery remains stuck on Madison Avenue in this uneven revival of an American classic
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‘Love, Love, Love’ Theater Review: Richard Armitage, Amy Ryan Bond With the Beatles
Mike Bartlett follows “King Charles III” with another comedy, this one spanning nearly half a century of indulgent lives
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‘The Cherry Orchard’ Broadway Review: Diane Lane Stars in an Overripe Revival
Oklahoma, as in the state and the Broadway musical, is closer to the world of this production than anything imagined by Anton Chekhov
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‘Heisenberg’ Broadway Review: Mary-Louise Parker Stuck in Pretentious Physics-Inspired Play
A puny new drama from the author of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”
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‘Oh, Hello on Broadway’ Review: A Comedy Central Skit Makes the Jump to the Big Stage
Nick Kroll smells bad, John Mulaney doesn’t … And that’s a problem for a comedy about two lumpy old men on Manhattan’s Upper West Side
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‘Holiday Inn’ Broadway Review: Like Visiting Berlin Before the Fall of the Wall
An Irving Berlin movie classic peters out long before Valentine’s Day in this new stage incarnation at Studio 54
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‘The Encounter’ Broadway Review: How to Enjoy Getting Lost in the Theater
In a tech-driven show that includes headsets for audience members, Simon McBurney re-creates true expedition in Amazon rain forests
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‘All the Ways to Say I Love You’ Theater Review: Sex, Lies and Neil LaBute’s Big Paddle
Judith Light finds herself stuck in a high school teacher’s office, and she’s not the only one trapped there
