Ryan Raftery on Barbra Streisand, Glenn Close, Patricia Field, JonBenét Ramsey & more!

Hot Takes & Deep Dives

Jess Rothschild

Rhony, Tv & Film, Andycohen, Rhobh, Realhousewives, Bravotv, Vpr, Rhoc, Bravo, Popculture, Rhop, Pumprules, Bethennyfrankel, Lgbtculture, Rhod, Realhousewivesofnyc, Rhoa, Vanderpumprules

4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Jess is joined by "The Shakespeare of Pop Culture" (per NYT), writer-performer Ryan Raftery (@ryanraftery), to debut his new show exploring society's obsession with true crime. Topics — Stephen Sondheim summoning Ryan to his townhouse, a Kabbalah circle with Madonna & Christopher Ciccone, possibly writing the Patricia Field musical with Hedwig's Stephen Trask, Barbra Streisand's disdain for Sunset Boulevard starring Glenn Close—and more!

Catch Ryan Raftery at Joe's Pub in The Ballad of JonBenét Ramsey Sep 12-17!

IG: @jessxnyc | @ryanraftery

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Hot Takes and Deep Dives, and I am here with my great friend Ryan Raftery.
0:20.7	He debuts his brand new show at Joe's Pub
0:23.6	this week. Ryan Raftery is a writer and performer and one of the greatest raconteurs in
0:29.8	my personal life. You're also one of my bitchiest friends, which you know turns me on.
0:35.4	Oh, that's high praise coming from you.
0:38.0	I love you too.
0:38.8	We just came from Barry's boot camp.
0:40.5	We just came from cafeteria.
0:42.3	And here we are.
0:43.7	Now, you're about to debut your brand new show, which is centered on the Jean-Beney
0:48.7	Ramsey case.
0:49.4	It opens on Friday, September 12th at Joe's Pub.
0:54.2	I know you've been working on this for a very long time.
0:56.9	How you feeling?
0:58.0	More than anything else, this is a musical satire about our current society's obsession
1:03.3	with true crime, how streamers keep blasting out these documentaries.
1:09.2	Some of them you can tell they're just rushing to make them.
1:12.0	Truly.
1:12.6	Some of them are great.
1:13.7	Did you watch the new one, Unknown Caller?
1:16.8	Yes, I did.
1:17.7	That was really disturbing.
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