And lastly on today's edition of Midday on the Arts, our theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck joins Tom for another of her weekly reviews of the region's thespian offerings. This week, she has reviews of two plays now running concurrently at Baltimore Center Stage.

The first is ArtsCentric's ambitious production of Dreamgirls, the 1980s hit Broadway musical about a trio of young female singers aspiring to success. The sprawling cast is directed by Artscentric's founder and artistic director, Kevin S. McAllister. Musical Supervision is by Cedric D. Lyles, with choreograophy by Shalyce Hemby.

The second play is the Center Stage production of Fires in the Mirror, playwright Anna Deavere Smith's powerful, one-woman evocation of the strife between Black and Jewish communities that erupted in New York City in the summer of 1991. The Center Stage production is directed by Nicole Brewer. (Tom Hall spoke about Fireswith Nicole Brewer, Center Stage Artistic Director Stephanie Ybarra and playwright Anna Deavere Smith, along with two scholars, here onMiddayearlier this month).

The play is being presented in partnership with the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, Connecticut.

Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck joins us today on Zoom.

Both productions are running at Center Stage until December 19. For ticketing information for Dreamgirls, click here. For Fires in the Mirror, click here.

And lastly on today's edition of Midday on the Arts, our theater critic <a href="https://twitter.com/jrousuck">J. Wynn Rousuck</a> joins Tom for another of her weekly reviews of the region's thespian offerings. This week, she has reviews of two plays now running concurrently at <a href="https://www.centerstage.org/about/company-history/">Baltimore Center Stage</a>.
The first is <a href="http://www.artscentricvirtual.org/">ArtsCentric</a>'s ambitious production of <a href="https://www.centerstage.org/plays-and-events/dreamgirls/">Dreamgirls</a>, the 1980s hit Broadway musical about a trio of young female singers aspiring to success. The sprawling cast is directed by Artscentric's founder and artistic director, <a href="http://www.artscentricvirtual.org/role-member/patrick-kelly/">Kevin S. McAllister</a>. Musical Supervision is by Cedric D. Lyles, with choreograophy by Shalyce Hemby.
The second play is the Center Stage production of <a href="https://www.centerstage.org/plays-and-events/fires-in-the-mirror/">Fires in the Mirror</a>, playwright <a href="https://www.annadeaveresmith.org/">Anna Deavere Smith</a>'s powerful, one-woman evocation of the strife between Black and Jewish communities that erupted in New York City in the summer of 1991. The Center Stage production is directed by <a href="https://www.nicolembrewer.com/">Nicole Brewer</a>. (Tom Hall spoke about Fires with Nicole Brewer, Center Stage Artistic Director Stephanie Ybarra and playwright Anna Deavere Smith, along with two scholars, here on <a href="https://www.wypr.org/show/midday/2021-11-29/on-fires-in-the-mirror-views-from-a-playwright-scholars-center-stage">Midday</a> earlier this month).
The play is being presented in partnership with the <a href="https://longwharf.org/">Long Wharf Theater</a> in New Haven, Connecticut.
Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck joins us today on Zoom.
Both productions are running at Center Stage until December 19. For ticketing information for Dreamgirls, click <a href="https://secure.centerstage.org/overview/3903">here</a>. For Fires in the Mirror, click <a href="https://secure.centerstage.org/overview/3747">here</a>.

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Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine. We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at <a href="mailto:midday@wypr.org">midday@wypr.org</a>

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Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine.  We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at midday@wypr.org.

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