J. Wynn Rousuck

Gillian Shelly (foreground) stars in The Endangered Species Theater Project's new production of “The Awakening” at New Spire Arts in Frederick. (photo credit: Madeline Reinhold)

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Rousuck's Review: ESP's "The Awakening" at New Spire Arts

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Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck spotlights the Frederick company's new production of a classic and controversial feminist drama about a woman's search for autonomy and personal fulfillment.

Nathan Lee Graham as Hermes, in the touring company production of "Hadestown" at Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre. (Photo by T Charles Erickson)

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Rousuck's Review: "Hadestown" at Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre

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Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck spotlights the Tony Award-winning 2019 musical that blends two mythic tales into a haunting theatrical experience.

Twana Omer, in Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson's immersive play, "The Jungle," a co-production of Shakespeare Theatre Company and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. (Photo credit: Teddy Wolff)

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Rousuck's Review: "The Jungle" at the Shakespeare Theatre Company

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Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck describes the STC & Woolly Mammoth co-production as an immersive - and moving - exploration of the refugee experience.

Zack Powell and Beth Hylton in Everyman Theatre's production of "The Sound Inside." (Photo credit: Kiirstn Pagan Photography)

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Rousuck's Review: Adam Rapp's "The Sound Inside" at Everyman

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Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews Adam Rapp's 2018 drama, on stage now at Everyman Theatre, about a fateful intertwining of art and life.

Erika Rose in the Baltimore Center Stage production of "Tiny Beautiful Things." (credit J Fannon Photography)

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Rousuck's Review: "Tiny Beautiful Things" at Baltimore Center Stage

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Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck spotlights how Cheryl Strayed's bestselling digest of her "Dear Sugar" personal advice columns has been movingly adapted to the stage.

Melanie Moore as "Scout Finch" and Richard Thomas as "Atticus Finch" in the touring company production of "To Kill A Mockingbird" at the Hippodrome. (Photo by Julieta Cervantes)

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Rousuck's Review: "To Kill A Mockingbird" at the Hippodrome

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Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews the touring company production of Harper Lee's beloved story about racial justice in the Jim Crow South, in a new stage adaptation by Aaron Sorkin, at the Hippodrome.

Puppeteer Kennedy Kanagawa (left) and Cole Thompson (right) as Jack, in "Into the Woods" at the Kennedy Center. (photo credit: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade)

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Rousuck's Review: Sondheim's "Into the Woods" at Kennedy Ctr.

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Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck spotlights the Kennedy Center's new production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's 1987 fairy-tale musical.

Laura Malkus (left) and Morgan Stanton in "Dead Man's Cell Phone" at Baltimore's Fells Point Corner Theatre. (photo credit Kiirstn Pagan)

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Rousuck's Review: "Dead Man's Cell Phone" at Baltimore's FPCT

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Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck spotlights Fells Point Corner Theatre's new production of Sarah Ruhl's 2007 digital-age comedy.

The cast of ArtCentric's production of "Crowns": FRONT, L-R: Asia-Ligé Arnold, Katrina Jones, Anaya Greene, Ashley Johnson-Moore; BACK, L-R: Nikki Owens, Anitra McKinney and Ryan Gholson. Now at Baltimore Center Stage. (photo credit: J Fannon Photography)

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Rousuck's Review: ArtsCentric's "Crowns," at Balt. Center Stage

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Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck spotlights playwright Regina Taylor's joyful musical tribute to traditional Black churches, in an Artscentric production at Baltimore Center Stage.

Chris Stinson (left) and Dane Figueroa Edidi in the Rep Stage production of Edidi's "Ghost Writer." (Photo (c) by Katie Simmons-Barth)

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Rousuck's Review: "Ghost/Writer," a world premiere at Rep Stage

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Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck spotlights the Rep Stage production of a new work by playwright Dane Figueroa Edidi that explores themes of race, gender and history.