Theater

April 16, 2013

This morning the House of Delegates begins debating Governor O'Malley's gun control bill.  As it stands, the measure would ban assault-style weapons and strengthen the requirements to buy a handgun in Maryland.  We talk with two of the delegates involved in the debate:  Luiz Simmons, Democrat of central Montgomery County, and Mike Smigiel, Republican of the Upper Shore.

UPDATE: April Fool's! Deerbeard--some of you who contacted us will be extremely happy to know--does not exist. It is the folly of Maryland Morning producers Lawrence Lanahan, Matt Purdy, and Jamyla Kay.

The House of Delegates has passed a bill that would create a new tax on gasoline, on top of the existing tax, to fund roads and mass transit.  Now the debate continues in the Senate. WYPR statehouse reporter Karen Hosler tells us more.

Then, Captain Larry Simns was the voice of Maryland’s commercial watermen for forty years until his death earlier this month. We talk with Bob Rich, who helped Larry Simns write a book about his life.

And, a play about life’s takeoffs and landings. Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews "Mud Blue Sky" at Center Stage.

Many of us may think of post-traumatic stress disorder as happening to soldiers, or survivors of sexual assault. But, a new study from Johns Hopkins finds that symptoms also occur among patients in Intensive Care Units. We talk about how it can be prevented with the study's leader, psychiatrist Joseph Bienvenu.

Then, the play “Mud Blue Sky” has its world premiere at Center Stage tomorrow. Tom Hall talks with the playwright Marisa Wegrzyn and director Susanna Gellert.

March 12, 2013

March 13, 2013

Baltimore experimental theater company The ACME Corporation will help you find out when they stage Samuel Beckett's play…Play, and take seriously his direction at the "end" of that play: "Repeat Play." Tom Hall talks to director Stephen Nunns.

Maryland Morning senior producer Lawrence Lanahan looks at income inequality numbers for Maryland--and explains why our series "The Lines Between Us" has taken four months to start examining income inequality. We look at why affluent families are fleeing middle class neighborhoods and what can entice them to stay. We examine income segregation with researcher Sean Reardon and Patterson Park resident Jennifer Arndt Robinson. We also ask two residents: city Bureau of Solid Waste worker Demetric Farmer, and Glenham-Belhar Community Association president Sheila Ebelein.

The Baltimore Ravens are going to the Super Bowl. They'll square off against the San Francisco 49ers in New Orleans on February 3rd. Tom Hall talks with Mark Hyman about last night's AFC Championship game and looks ahead to the Super Bowl.