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.

Getting Personal with Amber Iman

The singer was spectacularly candid with her presence, and generous with her talent.

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

Larry Owens: All Sondheim, All the Time

Sondheimia is an intimate blend of personal history and finely-tuned musical performance

Culture, TheatreJuan A. RamirezJuly 30, 2021larry owens, sondheim, stephen sondheim, sondheimia, 54 below, sunday in the park, a little night music, company, sweeney todd, a strange loop, finishing the hat, look i made a hat

Column: AND… SCENE! Jagged Little Tina

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

Phillipa Soo on Audible's THE STAND-IN and Representation

I spoke with Soo about The Stand-In, an Audible Original she narrates and performs.

TheatreJuan A. RamirezJuly 16, 2021theatrely, phillipa soo, the stand-in, audible, hamilton, great comet, lily chu, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Column: AND… SCENE! Lillias White’s Parade

As we listen to “Zero to Hero” for the billionth time this weekend, let us all reflect on how best to put White back on the Great White Way.

Column, TheatreJuan A. RamirezJuly 16, 2021column, and scene, and... scene!, theatrely, lillias white, don't rain on my parade, barbra, funny girl, sheridan smith, dreamgirls, i am changing, hercules, delacorte

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