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2 weeks ago | 
vogue.com | Juan Ramirez |Juan Ramírez
Those who have heard Amber Iman sing, in concerts or supporting stage roles, have long known what the title of the new musical in which she stars, Goddess, promises. The fluidity of her voice—fierce and lush, soaring and tender—finds a worthy vessel in writer-director Saheem Ali’s mythical tale of a divine musician searching for earthly love at a Mombasa jazz club.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Juan Ramirez |Juan Ramírez
1 hour agoStephen Nedoroscik shares his favorite DWTS dance performance on International Dance DayStephen Nedoroscik celebrated International Dance Day with his favorite dance routine from the finale night of Dancing With the Stars. Nedoroscik was …4 hours agoOff the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Watch OutThere are spoilers ahead.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Juan Ramirez |Juan Ramírez
When it premiered Off Broadway in 1969, "Ceremonies in Dark Old Men" won Lonne Elder III a Drama Desk Award for "most promising playwright." Today, though, it's seldom staged or acknowledged. Taking place at a Harlem barbershop in the 1950s, it tracks the way a Black family is undone by scheming ambition and complacency. A new production at Theater at St. Clement's, starring an excellent Norm Lewis as its flailing patriarch, makes a case not just for its revival but for a re-examination.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Juan Ramirez |Juan Ramírez
Two worlds of promise: "All the World's a Stage," a musical by Adam Gwon, and "Rheology," Shayok Misha Chowdhury's follow-up to "Public Obscenities."Adam Gwon's new musical, "All the World's a Stage," is an unassuming, 100-minute marvel that follows a closeted math teacher at a rural high school in the 1990s.
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1 month ago | 
vogue.com | Juan Ramirez |Juan Ramírez
Performer and drag entertainer Jinkx Monsoon has built up quite the résumé since her time on RuPaul’s Drag Race. After two stints in Chicago broke house records for that long-running musical revival, she stepped up to a leading role in Little Shop of Horrors (as Audrey) and, last night, opened her first Broadway show: Pirates! The Penzance Musical, a New Orleans-flavored updating of the 19th-century Gilbert and Sullivan operetta.
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1 month ago | 
vogue.com | Juan Ramirez |Juan Ramírez
Eight years ago, Jonathan Groff’s friend Ted Chapin took him to see Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 and then to dinner at Orso. There, Chapin, who was producing the “Lyrics and Lyricists” series at the 92nd Street Y at the time, asked if Groff might like to perform in an upcoming edition featuring the songs of Bobby Darin. The question led Groff down a YouTube rabbit hole, as he watched clip after clip of the genre-busting singer-songwriter.
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1 month ago | 
vogue.com | Juan Ramirez |Juan Ramírez
The musical Cabaret has attracted its share of stunt casting over the years, its vignetted book and club-set numbers allowing performers of all kinds to step into its Weimar-era shoes—and allowing audiences to side-eye whoever might don them next.
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2 months ago | 
vogue.com | Juan Ramirez |Juan Ramírez
The musical Buena Vista Social Club, inspired by the story of the Cuban supergroup and its best-selling 1997 Latin music album, is a feast of cultural dualities. Far from a jumble of disparate elements—this is not your average jukebox—the show is a poignant, rousing evocation of a country caught in the crosshairs of history, and of the art that can heal its wounds. Written by the Miami-born Cuban American Marco Ramirez, the ensemble piece has a fluid relationship to time and space.
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Feb 23, 2025 | 
ntdaily.com | Juan Ramirez |Juan Ramírez
“,” "A real man doesn’t do house chores” and “” are some of the beliefs that have been perpetuated by machismo culture within the Latino community for many years. Machismo is the sense of being strong or aggressive with masculine pride. The culture is still very normalized within Hispanic communities due to its cultural roots and its reinforcement in , and .
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Feb 15, 2025 | 
ntdaily.com | Juan Ramirez |Juan Ramírez
Money makes the world go round and is a major factor that can make or break a company. When companies make choices that affect their consumer base, such as removing diversity, equity and inclusion policies, it can lead to significant backlash, harming their reputation and bottom line. The Latino Freeze Movement leverages economic power by showing the impact a freeze on spending can have on companies that go against the interests of their consumers.
