Juan A. Ramirez writes arts and culture reviews, features, and interviews for publications in New York and Boston, and will continue to do so until every last person is annoyed. Thanks to his MA in Film and Media Studies from Columbia University, he has suddenly found himself the expert on Queer Melodrama in Venezuelan Cinema, and is figuring out ways to apply that.
Theatrely's Broadway review of Real Women Have Curves based off Josefina López's play and later HBO film.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Grief Camp by Eliya Smith at the Atlantic Theatre in New York City.
Theatrely's Broadway review of Floyd Collins at Lincoln Center Theatre starring Jeremy Jordan and Lizzie McAlpine in New York City.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway reviews of The Swamp Dwellers at Theatre for a New Audience and Threepenny Opera at BAM
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of minor.ity by francisca da silveira at the WP Theater, co-produced with Colt Ceoeur in New York City.
Theatrely's Broadway review of John Proctor Is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower. Directed by Danya Taymor and starring Sadie Sink at the Booth Theatre on West 45th Street.
Theatrely's Broadway review of Smash starring Robyn Hurder at the Imperial Theatre in New York City.
Theatrely's Broadway review of Boop! The Betty Boop Musical starring Jasmine Amy Rogers and written by David Foster and Bob Martin.
Theatrely's Broadway review of Good Night, and Good Luck starring George Clooney and written by George Clooney and Grant Heslov.
Theatrely's Broadway review of Glengarry Glen Ross starring Bill Burr, Kieran Culkin and Bob Odenkirk and written by David Mamet.
Theatrely caught up with Jessica Hecht to chat about her conceiving and reworking Bertolt Brecht’s The Mother
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Love Life at New York City Center starring Brian Stoke Mitchell and Kate Baldwin, written by Kurt Weill and Alan Kay Lerner.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Wine in the Wilderness by Alice Childress and directed by LaChanze at Classic Stage Company.
Theatrely's Broadway review of Othello directed by Kenny Leon and starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal at the Barrymore Theatre in New York City.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of We Had A World by Joshua Harmon and directed by Director Trip Cullman. The play features Andrew Barth Feldman, Joanna Gleason and Jeanine Serrales
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Anton Checkhov's Vanya starring Andrew Scott at the Lucille Lortel.
Theatrely's Broadway review of Purpose by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and directed by Phylicia Rashad at the Hayes Theatre in New York City.
Theatrely's Off Broadway reviews of Ghosts at Lincoln Center Theatre and The Great Privation from Soho Rep at Playwrights Horizons in New York City.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway reviews of Mary Said What She Said and Sumo by critic Juan A. Ramirez.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Samuel D. Hunter's Grangeville directed by Jack Serio.
Theatrely's Off Broadway reviews of The Antiquities at Playwrights Horizons and Liberation at the Laura Pels Theatre in New York City.
Theatrely's Broadway review of Redwood starring Idina Menzel and directed by Tina Landau. The new musical is now in performance at the Nederlander Theatre on West 44th Street in New York City.
Theatrely's Broadway review of the revival of Gypsy starring Audra McDonald and Joy Woods at the Majestic Theatre in New York City.
Theatrely's review of Eureka Day, Annie starring Whoopi Goldberg, and Racecar Racecar Racecar
Theatrely's Broadway review of Cult of Love by Leslye Headland and directed by Trip Cullman. The new play stars Zachary Quinto, Barbie Ferreira, Shailene Woodley, and more at the Hayes Theatre in New York City.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of The Blood Quilt by Katori Hall at Lincoln Center's Newhouse Theatre in New York City.
Theatrely's Broadway review of Swept Away at the Longacre Theatre in New York City, with music from the Avett Brothers and directed by Michael Mayer.
Theatrely's Broadway review of Tammy Faye by Elton John and Jake Shears at the Palace Theatre in New York City.
Theatrely's review of Maybe Happy Ending on Broadway starring Darren Criss and Helen J Shen.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Give Me Carmelita Tropicana! at Soho Rep in New York City.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Gatz at The Public Theatre from Elevator Repair Service in New York City.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Walden from Amy Berryman and directed by Whitney White. It stars Emmy Rossum, Motell Foster, and Zoë Winters at the Tony Kiser Theatre from 2nd Stage.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot by Sarah Mantell and directed by Sivan Battat at Playwrights Horizons in New York City.
Theatrely's Broadway review of Romeo + Juliet by William Shakespeare directed by Sam Gold and starring Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler at Circle in the Square Theatre in New York City.
Theatrely's Broadway review of Our Town by Thornton Wilder and directed by Kenny Leon starring Jim Parsons, Katie Holmes, and more at the Barrymore Theatre in New York City.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Safety Not Guaranteed starring Taylor Trensch and Nkeki Obi-Melekwe at BAM in New York City.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of James Ijames' Good Bones now at the Public Theatre in New York City, directed by Saheem Ali
Theatrely's Broadway review of McNeal by Ayad Akhtar and starring Robert Downey Jr at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theatre
Theatrely's Broadway review of The Hills of California written by Jez Butterworth and directed by Sam Mendes
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of See What I Wanna See from Michael John LaChiusa
Theatrely headed to Lea DeLaria's Big Gay Brunch at 54 Below and reports back on one wild meal you won't soon forget!
Theatrely's Off-Broadway reviews of Six Characters by Phillip Howze and someone spectacular by Doménica Feraud here in New York City.
Theatrely's review of Life and Trust, an immersive experience from Sleep No More producers Emursive and Punchdrunk located down in New York City's Financial District. From director Teddy Bergman and choreographers Jeff and Rick Kuperman.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway reviews of N/A, cunnicularii, and Isabel. N/A follows Nancy Pelosi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez starring Holland Taylor and Ana Villafañe.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Inspired by True Events by Ryan Spahn and directed by Knud Adams.
Theatrely's Broadway review of Home by Samm-Art Williams and directed by Kenny Leon.
Two new Off-Broadway plays opened tonight, Breaking The Story at Second Stage Theater and What Became of Us at Atlantic Theater Company's Stage 2.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Three Houses by Dave Malloy and directed by Annie Tippe at Signature Theatre in New York City.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of The Lonely Few at MCC Theater by Zoe Sarnak and Rachel Bonds starring Lauren Patten and Taylor Iman Jones.
Theatrely's Broadway review of Mary Jane by Amy Herzog and starring Rachel McAdams at Manhattan Theatre Club in New York City.
Theatrely's Broadway review of Patriots by Peter Morgan and directed by Rupert Goold, starring Michael Stuhlbarg.
Theatrely's review of Alicia Keys new musical Hell's Kitchen starring Maleah Joi Moon and Shoshana Bean. The show is now in performance at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway in New York City.
Theatrely's Broadway review of The Wiz now in performance at the Marriott Marquis Theatre in New York City. Starring Wayne Brady, Nichelle Lewis and Deborah Cox, the musical which was adapted by Amber Ruffin and directed by Schele Williams.
Theatrely's regional review of Gun & Powder at Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey. Written by Angelica Chéri and composer Ross Baum, the musical is directed by Stevie Walker-Webb and stars Ciara Renée and Liisi LaFontaine.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Bathhouse.pptx by Jesús I. Valles and directed by Chay Yew
Theatrely's Broadway review of Appropriate written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and starring Sarah Paulson, Corey Stoll, and Ella Beatty
Theatrely's Broadway review of The Who's Tommy from Pete Townshend from The Who in the 30th anniversary production directed by Des McAnuff and starring Ali Louis Bourzgui at the Nederlander Theatre in New York City
Theatrely's Broadway review of Water for Elephants at the Imperial Theater in New York City by by PigPen and starring Grant Gustin and Isabelle McCalla
Theatrely's Broadway review of Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People starring Jeremy Strong, directed by Sam Gold and adapted by Amy Herzog
Theatrely's Broadway review of The Notebook, adapted from Nicholas Sparks' novel by Bekah Brunstetter with music and lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of The Effect by Lucy Prebble and directed by Jamie Lloyd at The Shed in New York City.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Dead Outlaw at Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre.
Theatrely's review of Itamar Moses' The Ally at the Public Theater.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of The Seven Year Disappear starring Cynthia Nixon and Taylor Trensch.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Oh, Mary! starring and written by Cole Escola and directed by Sam Pinkleton.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of The Connector from Jason Robert Brown, Daisy Prince and Jonathan Marc Sherman, starring Scott Bakula, Hannah Cruz, and Ben Levi Ross at MCC Theater in New York City.
Theatrely's Broadway review of Days of Wine and Roses from Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel, starring Kelli O'Hara and Brian d'Arcy James.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Buena Vista Social Club, the new musical at the Atlantic Theatre in New York City
Theatrely's Broadway review of How To Dance In Ohio at the Belasco Theatre in New York City.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Spain at Second Stage Theatre written by Jen Silverman and directed by Tyne Rafaeli starring Andrew Burnap and Marin Ireland.
Theatrely's Broadway review of Spamalot starring Leslie Kritzer, Ethan Slater, and more now in performance at the St. James Theatre in New York City.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Scene Partners starring Dianne Wiest and written by John Caswell Jr. The play is now in performance at the Vineyard Theatre in New York City.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Waiting For Godot starring Michael Shannon and Paul Sparks. The play is now in performance at Theatre for a New Audience in New York City.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Danny and the Deep Blue Seat starring Aubrey Plaza and Christopher Abbott, written by John Patrick Shanley
Theatrely's Broadway Review of I Need That by Theresa Rebeck and starring Ray Anythony Thomas, Lucy DeVito and Danny DeVito at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway in New York City.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of I Can Get It For You Wholesale at Classic Stage Company in New York City.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Stereophonic by David Adjmi and directed by Daniel Aukin at Playwrights Horizons in New York City.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Stephen Sondheim's final musical Here We Are which is now in performance at The Shed in New York City.
Theatrely's review of the new Broadway musical Gutenberg! The Musical.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Mary Gets Hers by Emma Horwitz from The Playwrights Realm
Theatrely's Broadway review of Jaja's African Hair Braiding by Jocelyn Bioh and directed by Whitney White.
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Swing State by Rebecca Gilman and directed by Robert Falls at Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre.
Marcia Cross returns to the New York stage in Pay The Writer Off-Broadway.
Theatrely's Broadway Review of El Mago Pop, a new magic show on Broadway from magician Antonio Díaz, now in performance at the Barrymore Theatre in New York City.
Theatrely's Broadway review of The Shark Is Broken by Ian Shaw and Joesph Nixon about the making of the films Jaws. Besides Shaw, the play features Colin Donnell and Alex Brightman.
Theatrely's Broadway review of The Cottage by Sandy Rustin, and directed by Jason Alexander in New York City. The comedy stars Eric McCormack, Laura Bell Bundy, Lilli Cooper, Alex Moffat, Dana Steingold, and Nehal Joshi.
Theatrely's Broadway review of Here Lies Love by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, directed by Alex Timbers. The musical is now in performance at the Broadway Theatre in New York City.
Theatrely's review of I'm Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire
Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of The Light In The Piazza by Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel which is now at City Center's Encores starring Ruthie Ann Miles and Anna Zavelson in New York City.
Once Upon a One More Time is now open on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre.
New York, New York is now open on Broadway at the St. James Theatre.
Summer, 1976 starring Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht is now open on Broadway.
Good Night, Oscar is now playing at the Belasco Theatre.
Theatrely's Broadway review of Prima Facie by Suzie Miller which is now in performance at the Golden Theatre in New York City.
The Thanksgiving Play is now open on Broadway at the Hayes Theatre.
Peter Pan Goes Wrong will have you "howling with laughter." Now open on Broadway through July 9.
