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Rousuck's Review: 'Babbitt' at the Shakespeare Theatre Company

The cast of “Babbitt”

Teresa Castracane Photography

Today we have our weekly review from Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck. This week she explores Babbitt starring two-time Tony award winner Matthew Broderick. The play is a stage adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’s politically satirical critique of the American dream.

Babbitt runs through November 3 at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington.

Matthew Broderick stars in “Babbitt"

Teresa Castracane Photography

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J. Wynn Rousuck

J. 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.

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