theatre — Writing — Juan A. Ramirez

Column: AND… SCENE! They Nearly Tore the Balcony Down!

The Gwen’s Honest Truth about the mezzanine fight at Chicago’s reopening.

Theatre, ColumnJuan A. RamirezSeptember 18, 2021theatrely, theatre, chicago, ana villafañe, hot honey rag, gwen verdon, bob fosse, fosse, reopening, broadway

Review: Triple-texting THE LAST OF THE LOVE LETTERS

Ngozi Anyanwu’s play is a mostly brilliant, knowing rendering of the humiliating mental gymnastics performed during a breakup

Theatre, ReviewJuan A. RamirezSeptember 13, 2021theatrely, theatre, atlantic company, linda gross, Ngozi Anyanwu The Last of the Love Letters, daniel j. watts, yu-hsuan chen, dede ayite, patricia mcgregor, xavier scott evans

Review: NI MI MADRE – Y mi mamá también

A queer son plays his own mother in this one-man, one-hour tropical breeze that picks up into a storm of child-rearing trauma.

Theatre, ReviewJuan A. RamirezAugust 26, 2021theatre, theatrely, nyc, arturo luis soria, Arturo Luís Sori Ni Mi Madre, Arturo Luís Soria Ni Mi Madre, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, dora the explorer, Danilo Gambini, Kathy Ruvuna, cher, Stephanie Osin Cohen

Review: A New Dawn with PASS OVER

Pass Over, with its flaws, beauties, and contradictions, is much the same, but heralds an electric new moment in highly-visible American theatre.

Review, TheatreJuan A. RamirezAugust 25, 2021review, theatre, theatrely, pass over, August Wilson Theatre, waiting for godot, jon michael hill, namir smallwood, steppenwolf, lincoln center, gabriel ebert, danya taymor, wilson chin, marcus doshi

Review: Revisiting Four Nobodies in ‘[title of show]’

NYT: For an outdoor residency at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the Bridge Production Group breathes fresh life into a 2004 musical.

Review: MERRY WIVES – Falstaff & Chill

It’s updates like these that left me feeling like this work might have been better left alone, without all the fuss about updating the show’s politics and instant relatability.

Column: AND… SCENE! Concerts, Cabarets, and Causes Célèbres

Column: AND… SCENE! Jagged Little Tina

It’s Stanley versus Warren, and this predicament places me at an annoying gay crossroads.

Review: FRUMA-SARAH Ready For Her Close-Up

A world tour of the grandstanding kvetching for which Jackie Hoffman is rightfully beloved

Review, TheatreJuan A. RamirezJuly 15, 2021theatrely, theatre, review, fruma-sarah, jackie hoffman, hairspray, 30 rock, e. dale smith, kelly kinsella, cell theatre

Column: AND...SCENE! Sweet, Sweet, Charity

To paraphrase MacArthur Genius Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, “We Should All Be Sweet Charity Stans.”

TheatreJuan A. RamirezJune 18, 2021column, theatrely, theatre, film, sweet charity, britney spears, fosse, bob fosse, You Should See Yourself, If My Friends Could See Me Now, i’m a Brass Band, baby dream your dream, where am i going, I’m the Bravest Individual, sutton foster

THE NICETIES Finds Focus in New Virtual Production

Eleanor Burgess talks me through adapting The Niceties for a digital production.

TheatreJuan A. RamirezJune 10, 2021theatrely, theatre, the niceties, kimberly senior, eleanor burgess, huntington theatre, zoom, manhattan theatre club, mtc, Lisa Banes, jordan boatman

IN THE HEIGHTS’ Daphne Rubin-Vega on the Power of Representation

I caught up with the Broadway legend to talk about her career, and why she thinks the film is a landmark for movie musicals and Latinx representation.

FilmJuan A. RamirezJune 8, 2021theatrely, theatre, film, in the heights, daphne rubin-vega, lin-manuel miranda, lin manuel-miranda, rent, john m. chu

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