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 "The Hot Wing King" by noted playwright Katori Hall.
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August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean follows the first generation of African Americans to escape slavery and is set in Pittsburgh. The Arena Players' production runs through April 28, 2024.
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“The Squirrels” continues at Maryland Ensemble Theatre in Frederick through April 28, 2024.
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Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck joins Midday to review Mexodus, which blends history and music to tell the story of the Underground Railroad that led south to Mexico.
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Midday Theater Critic J. Wynn Rousuck will participate in the 6th Anuual Cross Keys Winter Arts Festival.
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Playwright Karen Zacarias joins Midday, along with our theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck, to discuss her award-winning comedy "The Book Club Play" which runs at Everyman Theatre until April 14.
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Midday Theater Critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews the one-man show, "Avaaz."
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Midday Theater Critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews "Forbidden Broadway's Greatest Hits" which runs at the Dundalk Community Theatre until March 10.
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Midday Theater Critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews "The Oresteia" which runs at The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company through March 10.
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Midday Theater Critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews the latest interpretation of "Peter Pan" which runs through February 25, 2024.