J. Wynn Rousuck
Midday Theater CriticJ. Wynn Rousuck has been reviewing theater for WYPR's Midday (and previously, Maryland Morning) since 2007. Prior to that, she was the theater critic of The Baltimore Sun, where she reviewed more than 3,000 plays over the course of 23 years.
Her feature coverage for The Sun included a comprehensive series chronicling the development of the Tony Award-winning musical, “Hairspray.” Judy got her start at The Cleveland Press and at Cleveland’s fine arts radio station, WCLV. Her broadcasting experience also includes a year as an on-air theater critic for Maryland Public Television.
A member of the Artistic Advisory Committee of Young Audiences of Maryland, Judy is also a freelance teacher for the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth and the Hippodrome Foundation, Inc. (the Hippodrome’s non-profit partner, which focuses on education and outreach). She was a faculty member at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s Critics Institute in Waterford, CT, for two decades; she is a former National Endowment for Humanities Journalism Fellow; and she was a visiting student at Brown University (2007-2008), under the mentorship of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Paula Vogel. Judy and her husband, Alan Fink, share their home with two dogs, who enjoy hearing their “Master’s Voice” on WYPR.
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Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews Pride & Prejudice which runs at Baltimore Center Stage through November 10.
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Babbitt, starring Tony-winner Matthew Broderick, runs through November 3 at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington.
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August Wilson's vivid story of the Great Migration follows Herald Loomis as he searches for his missing wife in Pittsburgh. Joe Turner's Come and Gone is the second show in The Baltimore August Wilson Celebration.
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Midday Theater critic, J. Wynn Rousuck reviews 'Oh Happy Day' at Baltimore Center Stage which was recently extended due to popular demand.
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Midday Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews & Juliet which runs at The Hippodrome Theater until September 28.
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Theatre critic J. Wynn Rousuck takes a look at Fells Point Corner Theatre's Machinal.
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Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck joins Midday to look ahead to the next year of exciting local productions.
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Early in September each year, Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck skips her usual weekly review to look ahead at the upcoming 2024/2025 theater season.
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J. Wynn Rousuck joins Midday to review two local productions, 'Soft Power,' at Signature Theatre, and 'Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,' at Olney Theatre Center.
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J. Wynn Rousuck joins Midday every week to review local theatre. Today, she discusses 'Nine' and 'Back to the Future: The Musical' at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.