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Juan A. Ramirez


Juan A. Ramirez is currently pursuing his Masters in Film and Media Studies at Columbia University. He has written film and theatre reviews and features for publications in New York and Boston and will continue to do so until every last person is annoyed.


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Review: Borders & Crossings at Under the Radar
8 January 2021
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Review: Borders & Crossings at Under the Radar

Public Theater ⋄ 7 January-10 January
By Juan A. Ramirez

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


Review: Espíritu at Under the Radar
7 January 2021
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Review: Espíritu at Under the Radar

Public Theater ⋄ 6 January-17 January
By Juan A. Ramirez

Under the Radar presents a “Marxist Lynchian nightmare” from Chilean company Teatro Anónimo that meets the anxieties of our time. Juan A. Ramirez reviews.


Review: The Perplexed at Manhattan Theatre Club
4 March 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: The Perplexed at Manhattan Theatre Club

New York City Center - Stage I ⋄ February 11-March 29
By Juan A. Ramirez

Juan Ramirez finds no joy in this “lifeless production” of Richard Greenberg’s new play, with a “dire lack of dramatic tension.”


Review: All the Natalie Portmans at the Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater
25 February 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: All the Natalie Portmans at the Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater

Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space ⋄ 24 February-29 March
By Juan A. Ramirez

A young queer person immerses herself in fantasies with the film actress Natalie Portman in a new play by C.A. Johnson. Juan A. Ramirez reviews.


Review: Paris at Atlantic Stage 2
31 January 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Paris at Atlantic Stage 2

Atlantic Stage 2 ⋄ 8 January-16 February, 2020
By Juan A. Ramirez

Juan Ramirez finds more repetitions of an idea than productive variations on a theme in Eboni Booth’s new play for the Atlantic.


Review: The Confession of Lily Dare at the Cherry Lane
29 January 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: The Confession of Lily Dare at the Cherry Lane

Cherry Lane Theatre ⋄ 11 January – 5 March
By Juan A. Ramirez

Charles Busch is a legend, but Juan Ramirez finds his newest play a little too retro for its own good.


Review: The Thin Place at Playwrights Horizons
12 December 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: The Thin Place at Playwrights Horizons

Playwrights Horizons ⋄ 15 November - 29 December
By Juan A. Ramirez

Juan A. Ramirez is sufficiently spooked by Lucas Hnath’s new play that looks at one woman’s connection to the space between life and death.


Review: Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven at the Linda Gross Theater
10 December 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven at the Linda Gross Theater

Linda Gross Theater ⋄ 15th November – 29th December
By Juan A. Ramirez

Juan Ramirez finds Stephen Adly Guirgis’s newest play “intensely watchable” and “refreshingly nonjudgmental.”


Review: Barber Shop Chronicles at the BAM Harvey Theater
9 December 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Barber Shop Chronicles at the BAM Harvey Theater

BAM Harvey Theatre ⋄ 3 December - 8 December
By Juan A. Ramirez

Haircuts and community abound in this exhilarating production from London’s National Theatre that has stayed with Juan A. Ramirez since he first saw it a year ago.


Review: History of Violence at St. Ann’s Warehouse
21 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: History of Violence at St. Ann’s Warehouse

St. Ann's Warehouse ⋄ November 13-December 1
By Juan A. Ramirez

A real life attack of sexual violence is refracted through multiple perspectives and the distance of memory in this adaptation of an Édouard Louis novel from the Schaubühne Berlin. Juan A. Ramirez reviews.


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