9-26-11: A Season for Theater

Maryland Morning Theater Critic J. Wynn Rousuck previews the theater season ahead — she tells us what to see, from Thornton Wilder to Lynn Nottage.

She and Tom Hall didn’t get to talk about all of the productions on the air — here’s her full list of must-see shows:

BALTIMORE

ARENA PLAYERS
“Happy Ending,” “Day of Absence” and “Moments” (March 9-25, 2012)

CENTER STAGE
“Into the Woods” (March 7-April 15, 2012)
“The Whipping Man” (April 4-May 14, 2012)

CHESAPEAKE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY (Ellicott City)
“Our Town” (Oct. 7-30, 2011)

EVERYMAN THEATRE
“The Brothers Size” (March 14-April 15, 2012)

FELLS POINT CORNER THEATRE
“Circle Mirror Transformation” (March 9-April 8, 2012)

HIPPODROME THEATRE
“Memphis” (April 3-8, 2012)

LYRIC OPERA HOUSE
“Come Fly Away” (Feb. 24-26, 2012)

PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP THEATRE
“A View from the Bridge” (Oct. 14-Nov. 6, 2011)

REP STAGE (Columbia)
“Las Meninas” (April 18-May 6, 2012)

SINGLE CARROT THEATRE
“Hotel Cassiopeia” (March 28-April 29, 2012)

SPOTLIGHTERS THEATRE
“The Hot l Baltimore” (June 1-24, 2012)

STRAND THEATRE
“That Pretty Pretty, or, the Rape Play” (Feb. 3-18, 2012)

THEATRE PROJECT (commemorating the theater’s 40th anniversary — new looks at three past shows):
“Parallel Lives” (Sept. 29-Oct. 15, 2011)
“A Fierce Longing” (May 31-June 10, 2011)
“Thunder Thigh Revue” (June 29-July 1, 2012)

VAGABOND PLAYERS
“Frost/Nixon” (April 13-May 13, 2012)

WASHINGTON, D.C.
ARENA STAGE
“Like Water for Chocolate” (June 8-July 29, 2012)

Basil Twist Festival at 3 theaters:
CLARICE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER at the University of Maryland
“Symphonie Fantastique” (March 29-31, 2012)

SHAKESPEARE THEATRE
“Petrushka” (March 16-April 25, 2012)

WOOLLY MAMMOTH THEATRE COMPANY
“Arias with a Twist” (April 4-May 6, 2012)

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