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No les interesa el drama.

No les interesa el drama.
They aren't interested in drama.
From Lesson 136:Verbs like gustar (encantar, doler, importar)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about No les interesa el drama.

Why is the verb interesa singular when the English translation says "they"?
Because interesar works just like gustar. The people experiencing the feeling aren't the subject of the sentence; the thing causing the feeling is. Here, the subject is el drama (a singular noun), so the verb takes the singular form interesa. Literally, the Spanish sentence is structured as "Drama doesn't interest them."
What does the word les do in this sentence?
The word les is a pronoun that means "to them" (or "to you all"). Because verbs like interesar flip the sentence around, we don't say "they are interested." Instead, we say that the drama is interesting "to them." That "to them" is exactly what les communicates here.
Why is there an el before drama? In English we just say "interested in drama" without "the".
In Spanish, when you talk about a general concept or category (like drama, love, or sports) and it acts as the subject of the sentence, you must include the definite article (el, la, los, or las). Since el drama is the subject that is causing the interest, it needs that article.
Wait, is drama a masculine word even though it ends in an "a"?
Yes, it is masculine! Many Spanish words that end in -ma (especially those that originally came from Greek) are masculine. Other common examples you might already know are el problema, el programa, and el idioma.

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