37 stories by "Robert Hofler"
On Broadway, Robert Duvall and Al Pacino played David Mamet's two-bit hustler Teach in “American Buffalo,” and did so memorably. It is to Ron Eldard's credit that he presents an …
If Thornton Wilder had dropped acid, he might have written "Smokefall," a new play by Noah Haidle being given its world premiere at South Coast Repertory.
They've been husband and wife for nearly 30 years, and now, thanks to “Assisted Living,” being given its world premiere at L.A.'s Odyssey Theater, Winnie Holzman and Paul Dooley …
Less than a week after giving his former Broadway co-star Alec Baldwin a standing ovation for his first preview perf in "Orphans," Shia LaBeouf was at MoMA avoiding reporters at the premiere…
Like the hard-core radical voyeurs in Jennifer Haley's terrific sci-fi play "The Nether," you won't want to leave the Hideaway.
Parents, beware. Taking your little girls to Rossini's “Cinderella” (aka “La Cenerentola”) could turn them off to opera forever. I recall a bad production of “A…
Does anyone come from a family that isn’t dysfunctional? That seemed to be the question at the March 21 preem of Arc’s “Family Weekend” at the Chelsea Clearview Cinem…
In Pasadena Playhouse's current “One Night with Janis Joplin,” at least Mary Bridget Davies tries to replicate the late rocker when she was in her prime " and comes close. Tracie…
It is Dead Lady Singers Week in the Southland. Tracie Bennett opens Wednesday night as Judy Garland in “End of the Rainbow” at the Ahmanson. And Mary Bridget Davies essays the la…
In "The Sapphires," "Bridesmaids" star Chris O'Dowd plays the music manager of four Aboriginal teens who aspire to sing to American troops.
"Catch Me if You Can" arrives at the Pantages without the star energy of its original Broadway leads.
"It's a sign of a remarkable comeback for us," said Pasadena Playhouse's Sheldon Epps. Saturday's party at AKA marked the opening of the new tuner "Twist," as well as the theater's grand ret…
