Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast

With the trail of summer blockbusters coming to its close, Maryland Morning's movie experts Jed Dietz and Mike Sragow sit down to sort  through the upcoming rush of fall flicks. And they've already found several standouts.

The efforts to end human trafficking in Maryland.   And we hear from actor David Keltz, who specializes in interpreting Edgar Allan Poe, on just how he slips into the life of a dead man.  Then - senior producer Lawrence Lanahan explains how Frank Zappa, born in Baltimore, became such a hero overseas.  Plus, did you know that the character Rose in Titanic was a woman who lived in Baltimore?  Fred Rasmussen of the Baltimore Sun talks with Tom Hall about Baltimore's connections to the storied ship.

Theater Critic J. Wynn Rousuck's picks for the must-see plays and musicals of the coming year.

Originally aired on the American Public Media program "Weekend America" on December 20, 2008

Originally aired on April 10, 2012

Originally aired on January 18, 2008

We here at Maryland Morning decided to get into the Halloween spirit a little early this year, and we thought no better time to disinter an interview from out archives about Edgar Allan Poe. 

In 2008, we talked with actor David Keltz, who specialized in interpreting Edgar Allan Poe, about how he slips into the life of a dead man. 

With heat wave after heat wave baking Maryland, how is our air quality faring? We'll ask Tad Aburn of the Maryland Department of the Enviroment.

“He was a murderous fellow in a time of murderous fellows.” So begins the description of conquistador Lope de Aguirre in a book by Maryland author Evan Balkan. Depending on who you ask, Aguirre was either a bloodthirsty madman, or the first true revolutionary of the Americas. Or maybe both. In the year 1560, he joined an expedition in search of El Dorado, then violently took that expedition over and led it in revolt against the king of Spain.

The Young Victorian Theater Company has been presenting the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan every summer since 1971. This weekend, they’ll present The Mikado, far and away the most popular of the 14 collaborations between librettist W.S. Gilbert and the composer Arthur Sullivan.