Juan A. Ramírez

DIRECTOR

Inside the Erotic Underworld of Pillion Director Harry Lighton

February 12, 2026

Days before his BDSM rom-com hit theaters, the “Pillion” director joined us to talk kink, community, and the ethics of bondage.

BACKSTAGE

“I Always Felt Like Tinkerbell”: Kara Young Takes Us Behind the Scenes of Table 17

September 13, 2024

In this week’s installment of “Backstage,” the Tony Award-winner talks to us about starring in “Table 17,” a new romantic comedy written by playwright Douglas Lyons.

BACKSTAGE

In I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire, Tessa Albertson Channels a Rabid Fangirl

July 19, 2024

The actor joined us in the lobby of the Southwark Playhouse to talk about summoning crazy stan energy in Samantha Hurley’s critically-acclaimed coming-of-age play.

BACKSTAGE

How Maia Novi Turned Her Mental Breakdown Into the Season’s Buzziest Play

May 16, 2024

The writer and star of the off-Broadway phenomenon “Invasive Species” talked to us about Argentinian main character syndrome and chasing the American dream.

BACKSTAGE

Aaron Tveit and Sutton Foster Are Making Sweeney Todd Horny Again

March 27, 2024

Backstage at The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, the Broadway heavyweights told us how they’re making Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd” their own.

SHONDALAND

India Amarteifio on Claustrophobic Corsets and Queen Charlotte

June 2, 2023

“A lot of screenwriters would probably be scared to rock the boat with people that want everything to look historically accurate. And Shonda was like, ‘No, I want to do something a bit different.'”