37 stories by "Robert Hofler"
Big, broad and often busy performances re-create the horror of the Troubles in Northern Ireland
Original tuners rally as funds free up and investors aim higher
Americans are catching up to Brits when it comes to finding legit material on bestseller lists.
If Wendy Wasserstein had lived beyond her 56 years, would she have written a sequel to "The Heidi Chronicles," a revival of which opened Thursday at the Music Box on Broadway? The lasting po…
"On the Twentieth Century" isn't a great musical, but it does offer great opportunities for actors to prove why they're stars " or not stars.The 1976 Broadway musical by Cy Coleman, Betty Co…
Playbill.com offers an exclusive excerpt from Robert Hofler's book "Sexplosion: From Andy Warhol to A Clockwork Orange, How a Generation of Pop Rebels Broke All the Taboos."
If religious conservatives can say they hear the voice of God, then Jane Lynch felt free to actually be "the voice of God" at the TrevorLive gala June 17 at the Chelsea Piers in Gotham.
David Mamet's trifle "November" suddenly looks like a political classic compared to Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's "Yes, Prime Minister." Recycled and updated from a U.K.TV series, this stag…
The Plaza Hotel turned into a hive of Tony Awards congregants June 9 following the Radio City Music Hall ceremony. As the black-tie crowd crowded the bars and food stations, everyone agreed …
This season's Tony-nommed musicals took various routes to Broadway. Here's how a few producers recall that often arduous trek to the bigtime.
Though they starred in shows that ran for only single seasons, Rannells and Gad had interesting adventures in the smallscreen world.
The 1993 romantic comedy "Sleepless in Seattle" has been turned into a stage musical that can best be described as pointless in Pasadena.
John Caird is best known to Broadway and L.A. auds for his staging of "Nicholas Nickleby" and "Les Miserables," but he also helms operas, such as "Tosca," now on display at LA Opera.
Susan Stroman's staging of John Kander and Fred Ebb's "The Scottsboro Boys" finally comes to L.A.'s Ahmanson Theater after stints on Broadway, San Diego and elsewhere. Although most of the B…
The producers of “Flashdance the Musical” have “postponed” their plans to bring the show to Broadway this summer. The new tuner, based on the Adrian Lyne-helmed pic, …
Helmer Phylicia Rashad delivers a splendid revival of August Wilson's “Joe Turner's Come and Gone” at L.A.'s Mark Taper Forum. Thesps Keith David, Glynn Turman and John Douglas T…
Ninety minutes is the preferred running time for most new plays these days. But it's just not enough for what Marco Ramirez attempts with “The Royale,” now being given its world …
For Sigmund Freud, it was anatomy. For Neil LaBute, destiny has always been about looks. Good looks, especially in men, mean that you're a privileged, caddish user. How appropriate then that…
If Hollywood pundits think the producers of the Academy Awards have a tough job putting on a good TV show, consider the plight of those in charge of the Tony telecast.
Ulysses' home in Sharr White's “Annapurna” is a grungy trailer set in the mountains of Colorado. Thomas A. Walsh's set is so effective you can almost smell the mold and grim and …
There's a thrilling cat fight in Beau Willimon's "The Parisian Woman," being given its world premiere at South Coast Rep. It's so good that it draws as much blood and potentially wounds as m…
Bill Clinton almost stole the show from Barbra Streisand on April 22 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center tribute, where the actress-helmer received the Chaplin Award.
Douglas Carter Beane wrote a play, “The Nance,” about burlesque that opened April 15 on Broadway. Did he realize that the only character who completely strips to get naked is the…
Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson were holding court there on Row L of the Lunt-Fontanne Theater as dozens of iPhones clicked away to record the moment.
The four little girls who alternate in the title role of the Broadway musical "Matilda" " including Sophia Gennusa, whose name was picked from a hat to perform on opening " had a 10:45…
