There is something about a comedy special landing on Netflix that feels less like content and more like a public personality test. The platform has turned stand-up hours into mood boards for the ...
Robby Hoffman’s time has come. The comedian, who The New York Times described as “a modern lesbian Andrew ‘Dice’ Clay” and compared her “bulldozing stand-up” to Larry David, will debut her new special ...
John Mulaney directed the performance by the bun-sporting comedian, who was a breakout character on the fourth season of Hacks. By Frank DiGiacomo Editor Robby Hoffman’s time has come. The comedian, ...
Robby Hoffman is a small ex-Hasidic queer Jewish stand-up comedian, writer, and true original. She can currently be seen as the breakout of Netflix's Verified, their new selection of next generation ...
Sara Glass was only 19 when she married. As she describes in her memoir, “Kissing Girls on Shabbat,” she may have looked like a picture-perfect ultra-Orthodox bride. But inside, she […] ...
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Netflix/Amazon/Robby Hoffman “If I’m acting, I’m going to really be acting,” she says. There is a lot of Hoffman in both ...
How do converts manage their disagreements with religious teachings? Previous literature on religious dissent has largely focused on church members advocating change or apostatizing, solutions largely ...
A theatrical production based on the memoir of an ex-Hasidic transgender rabbi and activist, set to premiere in New York early next year, is scrambling to find a new home after its landlord rejected ...
(New York Jewish Week) — A Jewish comedian’s planned production was also booted from space owned by the Catholic Church. The landlord? The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. The production has ...
Lili Rosen’s one woman show, The Second Circumcision of Lili Rosen, about her gender transition and coming out to her Hasidic family, opens with an act of, well, opening. “Per my doctor’s orders, I ...
Community arts organization Grimm’s Domain celebrates the culture and heritage of Africa and Black people around the world at Diaspora: Hair or There. This electrifying showcase at Burlington’s Main ...