J. Wynn Rousuck

Jon Hudson Odom, in Jordan E. Cooper's "Ain't No Mo'" at Baltimore Center Stage. (Photo by DJ Corey Photography, courtesy of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company)

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Rousuck's Review: A comic "Ain't No Mo'" at Baltimore Center Stage

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Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews playwright Jordan E. Cooper's wildly comic satire on being Black in America.

Deborah Hazlett as Eleanor of Aquitaine in Everyman Theatre's production of "The Lion in Winter." (credit Teresa Castracane Photography)

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Rousuck's Review: "The Lion in Winter" at Everyman Theatre

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Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck sizes up Everyman's timely new staging of the classic drama about political ambition and treachery in the family of a 12th-century English king.

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Rousuck's Review: "The Lifespan of a Fact" at MD Ensemble Theatre

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Our theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck gives us all the facts about the Frederick, MD company's new production of the challenging and timely 2018 play.

(L-R) Elizabeth Darby, Adam R. Adkins, Melanie Kurstin and Anna Phillips-Brown in the National Edgar Allen Poe Theatre production of "Poe's 'Blood Sweat and Fears,'" on stage at the Flagship Cinema multiplex in Dundalk. (photo credit: Kenny Epps, Sr.)

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Rousuck's Review: "Edgar Allan Poe's 'Blood, Sweat and Fears'"

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Our theater critic sizes up the National Edgar Allan Poe Theatre's first live stage production, staged in a Dundalk cineplex, of three of Poe's well-known tales of suspense and horror.

(Clockwise from upper left) Wai Yim, Adeoye, Louise Lamson and Andrea San Miguel in Mary Zimmerman's "The Notebooks of Leonardo DaVinci" at The Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC. (photo by Scott Suchman)

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Reviews: "Notebooks of Leonardo DaVinci" and "Guys and Dolls"

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Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck brings us reviews of two DC productions today, one a revival of a unique exploration of a Renaissance genius, the other a classic Broadway musical getting a lavish new staging.

Andromeda Bacchus (left) and Sharon Brown Carter in "Hoodoo Love" at Spotlighters Theatre. (photo credit: Spotlighters)

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Rousuck's Review: Katori Hall's "Hoodoo Love" at Spotlighters

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Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews Spotlighters Theatre's new production of Katori Hall's 2007 debut drama about love, magic, and chasing artistic dreams.

Kimberly Dodson (left) and Avon Haughton in the Baltimore Center Stage production of "Our Town." (credit J Fannon Photography)

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Rousuck's Review: Wilder's "Our Town," at Baltimore Center Stage

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Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews Baltimore center Stage's new production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1938 drama about the people in a fictional American small town.

Morgan Wenerick (left) and Azure Grimes (right) in Vagabond Players' production of "Stop Kiss" (credit Bruce F. Press Photography)

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Rousuck's Review: Diana Son's "Stop Kiss" at Vagabond Players

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Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck spotlights Ms. Son's complex drama about an enduring love that survives a shocking assault.

(L-R) Định James Đoànas, Tuyết Thị Phạm, Carolina Đỗas, Helen Hedman and Bruce Randolph Nelson, in Everyman Theatre's prodution of "Dinner and Cake." (photo credit: Teresa Castracane Photography)

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Rousuck's Review: "Dinner and Cake" at Everyman Theatre

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Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck spotlights the world premiere production of Vietnam-born Tuyết Thị Phạm's cross-cultural drama about race and politics.

Melissa Fortson playing the title role in the Spotlighters Theater production of "Captain Hook: My Story..." ( Photo Credit: Spotlighters Theatre / Eduard Van Osterom)

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Rousuck's Review: "Captain Hook: My Story..." at Spotlighters Theatre

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Our theater critic sizes up a new re-imagining of J.M. Barrie's classic one-handed nemesis of Peter Pan.