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 joins us with her review of the hit Broadway musical "The Great Gatsby," in a new North America touring company production at Baltimore's Hippodrome. -
Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck spotlights "The Shark Is Broken", a Vagabond Players production of a comedy about the making of the movie "Jaws." -
Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews Rapid Lemon Production's world premiere of Karen Li's "From East, Like the Sun" at Baltimore's Strand Theatre. -
Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews the new production of August Wilson's "Seven Guitars" at Baltimore's Spotlighters Theatre. -
J. Wynn Rousuck reviews 'Wicked,' on stage at Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre and the play's movie adaptation, 'Wicked: For Good.' -
Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews "Deceived," Everyman Theatre's production of a 2024 adaptation of the classic play, "Gas Light." -
Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck spotlights 'Santa Claus is Comin': A Motown Christmas Revue' at Baltimore Center Stage through January 4. -
Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews "Juxtapose: A Theatrical Shadow Box," a new creative offering from Happenstance Theatre, now at Baltimore's Theatre Project. -
Midday's theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews the new production of Yasmina Reza's 'Art' at the Everyman Theatre. -
Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews Liza Jessie Peterson's powerful one-woman show about mass incarceration, at Baltimore's Center Stage.
