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 "Moulin Rouge" at The Hippodrome. -
Midday Theatre Critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews "Fat Ham" at the Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C.
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Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck spotlights the new stage troupe's revival of a Broadway favorite.
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Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck joins Midday with her review of "Chess" at the Vagabond Players Theatre in Fells Point.
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Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck joins Tom to share another review of regional productions. Today she spotlights "The Chinese Lady" at Everyman Theatre.
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Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck gives us the lowdown on "Funny Girl" which runs at The Hippodrome through October 29, 2023.
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Midday theater critic J, Wynn Rousuck spotlights playwright Lauren Yee's compelling drama about war-torn Cambodia's once-flourishing rock music culture, and a Cambodian refugee family's long-buried secrets.
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Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck spotlights the new production of the popular Broadway-blessed musical comedy that celebrates...the musical comedy.
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Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck spotlights the new touring company production of Broadway's hit historical musical at Baltimore's Hippodrome.
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Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews two classic plays now on stage in Baltimore; "Hamlet" at the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, and "Harvey" at the Everyman Theater.
