Writing — Juan A. Ramirez

Column: AND... SCENE! As If We Never Said Goodbye

And...Scene! is Juan A. Ramirez's weekly column with his hot takes, musings, and all that jazz.

Column, TheatreJuan A. RamirezApril 2, 2021column, and scene, and... scene!, silence, covid, covid-19, pandemic, socially distant, cuomo, simon stephens, donmar warehouse, theatrely

Review: “Call Her Zari” - Williamtown’s WISH YOU WERE HERE on Audible

Femininity and the fallouts of war are given an appealingly informal treatment in Wish You Were Here, Sanaz Toossi’s play.

Review, TheatreJuan A. RamirezApril 2, 2021theatrely, theatre, audio, audible, wish you were here, sanaz toossi, gaye taylor upchurch, williamstown theatre festival, sinan refik zafar, marjan neshat, roxanna hope radja, nazanin nour, nikki massoud, artemis pebdani

Column: AND... SCENE! A Word on Jessica Walter’s Legacy

And...Scene! is Juan A. Ramirez's weekly column with his hot takes, musings, and all that jazz.

Theatre, ColumnJuan A. RamirezMarch 25, 2021column, and scene, and... scene!, jessica walter, arrested development, anything goes, theatrely, mama who bore me, spring awakening, dinosaurs, lucille bluth, liza minnelli

Review: PARADISE BLUE Finds Its Grace Note on Audible

Williamstown Theatre Festival’s audio production of Paradise Blue makes a strong case for further evaluation.

Review, TheatreJuan A. RamirezMarch 24, 2021paradise blue, williamstown theatre festival, theatrely, review, audible, audio, blair underwood, dominique morriseau, skeleton crew, joan crawford, kristolyn lloyd, ruben santiago-hudson, simone missick, andre holland, keith randolph smith

Review: ROMEO Y JULIETA Gets Lost in Translation at Public Theater

n Romeo y Julieta, the Public Theater’s latest foray into audio plays, Lupita Nyong’o proves that a rose in any other medium (and language) smells and sounds as sweet.

THE WANDERING Finds Queer Realities in Schubert

The Wandering is a four-day immersive experience that features augmented reality, online interactions, outdoor missions, film, drag, and Schubert.

TheatreJuan A. RamirezMarch 18, 2021theatrely, theatre, feature, the wandering, jeremy weiss, schubert, franz schubert, queer, calista small, covid, zoom, charlotte mccurdy, lara panah-izadi, virtual reality, augmented reality, ar, vr

Review: TIGER STYLE! Redeems Itself as an Audio Play

Mike Lew’s Tiger Style! acquits itself nicely in Huntington Theatre Company’s new audio production.

Theatre, ReviewJuan A. RamirezFebruary 6, 2021theatrely, theatre, huntington theatre, tiger style, tiger style!, mike lew, audio, wilson chin, rubio qian, jon norman schneider, nate miller, moritz von stuelpnagel, palmer hefferan, emily kuroda, francis jue, review

Scott Siegel's NIGHTCLUB NEW YORK Brings the Cabaret To Your Home

Scott Siegel’s latest venture, a paid subscription service called “Nightclub New York,” streams select archival performances by dozens of singers taken from his past nightclub productions.

TheatreJuan A. RamirezFebruary 1, 2021theatrely, theatre, scott siegel, christina bianco, nightclub new york, streaming, broadway by the year, covid, covid-19, mary testa, chuck cooper, elizabeth stanley

FAKE FRIENDS Don't Let Fake Friends Make Bad Theatre

An in-depth conversation with Fake Friends, the group behind the new digital hit Circle Jerk.

TheatreJuan A. RamirezJanuary 13, 2021theatrely, circle jerk, fake friends, michael breslin, patrick foley, rory pelsue, cat rodriguez, gaymen island, lord baby bussy, ariel sibert

Review: "Borders & Crossings" at Under the Radar

An excellent group of poems and dramatic scenes about forced migration wants to break free of its Zoom box.

Review, TheatreJuan A. RamirezJanuary 8, 2021review, exeunt, under the radar, public theater, inua ellams, borders & crossings, Mylène Gomera, Sopè Dirisu, Fuck Borders, Fuck Border Guards, Dolphins, Icarus, barber shop chronicles

Review: "Espíritu" at Under the Radar

The Public Theater presents a “Marxist Lynchian nightmare” from Chilean company Teatro Anónimo that meets the anxieties of our time.

Theatre, ReviewJuan A. RamirezJanuary 7, 2021espiritu, exeunt, review, under the radar, public theater, teatro anonimo, trinidad gonzalez, tomas gonzalez, matteo citarella

Review: CHONBURI is a Welcomed Oasis on Audible

I’m sure an Audible production was not what Shakina Nayfack had envisioned for this work, but it has inadvertently blossomed into what might be its ideal form.

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