Margaret Hall
@itsmargarethall.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, occasional knitter.
Team Playbill, author of “GEMIGNANI: Life and Lessons from Broadway and Beyond”. Currently writing “Elvis Presley and the American Musical”.
Big fan of vampire dramas, 1970s aesthetics, and golden age overtures.
Team Playbill, author of “GEMIGNANI: Life and Lessons from Broadway and Beyond”. Currently writing “Elvis Presley and the American Musical”.
Big fan of vampire dramas, 1970s aesthetics, and golden age overtures.
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Blood, Sweat & Queers ed. @itsmargarethall.bsky.social
and @jamieisreading.bsky.social
Vampirism is inherently queer.
Blood, Sweat & Queers opens with a killer foreword by Hall and carries this theme through to the end.
#bookreview
🌈📚💙
and @jamieisreading.bsky.social
Vampirism is inherently queer.
Blood, Sweat & Queers opens with a killer foreword by Hall and carries this theme through to the end.
#bookreview
🌈📚💙
October 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Blood, Sweat & Queers ed. @itsmargarethall.bsky.social
and @jamieisreading.bsky.social
Vampirism is inherently queer.
Blood, Sweat & Queers opens with a killer foreword by Hall and carries this theme through to the end.
#bookreview
🌈📚💙
and @jamieisreading.bsky.social
Vampirism is inherently queer.
Blood, Sweat & Queers opens with a killer foreword by Hall and carries this theme through to the end.
#bookreview
🌈📚💙
Reposted by Margaret Hall
How did Dead Outlaw pull off one of my favorite Tony performances? Elmer McCurdy stan @itsmargarethall.bsky.social got the deets playbill.com/article/anat...
Anatomy of a Tony Awards Performance: How Dead Outlaw Brought Their Show to the World
Everything it takes to bring a Tony performance to the stage of Radio City Music Hall.
playbill.com
June 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
How did Dead Outlaw pull off one of my favorite Tony performances? Elmer McCurdy stan @itsmargarethall.bsky.social got the deets playbill.com/article/anat...
Rest in Peace Brian Wilson.
An artistic genius whose public struggles kickstarted convos about mental health that continue to save lives. I know countless artists who have gotten help specifically because of Brian. Go listen to Pet Sounds, and check in with people you love who may be struggling.
An artistic genius whose public struggles kickstarted convos about mental health that continue to save lives. I know countless artists who have gotten help specifically because of Brian. Go listen to Pet Sounds, and check in with people you love who may be struggling.
June 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Rest in Peace Brian Wilson.
An artistic genius whose public struggles kickstarted convos about mental health that continue to save lives. I know countless artists who have gotten help specifically because of Brian. Go listen to Pet Sounds, and check in with people you love who may be struggling.
An artistic genius whose public struggles kickstarted convos about mental health that continue to save lives. I know countless artists who have gotten help specifically because of Brian. Go listen to Pet Sounds, and check in with people you love who may be struggling.
Another Tony Awards ceremony in the books.
As always, the hardest yet most rewarding day of the season. Head on over to Playbill to see our continuing coverage, and buy your favorite theatre journalists a drink if you see them in the wild this month. Let the next season begin!
As always, the hardest yet most rewarding day of the season. Head on over to Playbill to see our continuing coverage, and buy your favorite theatre journalists a drink if you see them in the wild this month. Let the next season begin!
June 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Another Tony Awards ceremony in the books.
As always, the hardest yet most rewarding day of the season. Head on over to Playbill to see our continuing coverage, and buy your favorite theatre journalists a drink if you see them in the wild this month. Let the next season begin!
As always, the hardest yet most rewarding day of the season. Head on over to Playbill to see our continuing coverage, and buy your favorite theatre journalists a drink if you see them in the wild this month. Let the next season begin!
Reposted by Margaret Hall
Five Reminders as we head into Tony Sunday
1. You're allowed to care about things; you're also allowed not to care. Apathy is not a virtue, but cognizance is
2. Broadway is, first and foremost, a commercial industry. It isn't an art form. A lot of things will make sense the moment you accept that
1. You're allowed to care about things; you're also allowed not to care. Apathy is not a virtue, but cognizance is
2. Broadway is, first and foremost, a commercial industry. It isn't an art form. A lot of things will make sense the moment you accept that
June 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Five Reminders as we head into Tony Sunday
1. You're allowed to care about things; you're also allowed not to care. Apathy is not a virtue, but cognizance is
2. Broadway is, first and foremost, a commercial industry. It isn't an art form. A lot of things will make sense the moment you accept that
1. You're allowed to care about things; you're also allowed not to care. Apathy is not a virtue, but cognizance is
2. Broadway is, first and foremost, a commercial industry. It isn't an art form. A lot of things will make sense the moment you accept that
Five Reminders as we head into Tony Sunday
1. You're allowed to care about things; you're also allowed not to care. Apathy is not a virtue, but cognizance is
2. Broadway is, first and foremost, a commercial industry. It isn't an art form. A lot of things will make sense the moment you accept that
1. You're allowed to care about things; you're also allowed not to care. Apathy is not a virtue, but cognizance is
2. Broadway is, first and foremost, a commercial industry. It isn't an art form. A lot of things will make sense the moment you accept that
June 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Five Reminders as we head into Tony Sunday
1. You're allowed to care about things; you're also allowed not to care. Apathy is not a virtue, but cognizance is
2. Broadway is, first and foremost, a commercial industry. It isn't an art form. A lot of things will make sense the moment you accept that
1. You're allowed to care about things; you're also allowed not to care. Apathy is not a virtue, but cognizance is
2. Broadway is, first and foremost, a commercial industry. It isn't an art form. A lot of things will make sense the moment you accept that
Ducked into the first show of the next season as I mentally prepare for the Tonys gauntlet tomorrow
June 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Ducked into the first show of the next season as I mentally prepare for the Tonys gauntlet tomorrow
I’m thrilled to bits to be a fellow for this year’s National Critics Institute at the O'Neill.
Joining this prestigious program is an honor. I love the art of analysis, and I am eager to sharpen my pen with this illustrious group of writers. Now, where is my George Jean Nathan baseball cap?
Joining this prestigious program is an honor. I love the art of analysis, and I am eager to sharpen my pen with this illustrious group of writers. Now, where is my George Jean Nathan baseball cap?
June 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I’m thrilled to bits to be a fellow for this year’s National Critics Institute at the O'Neill.
Joining this prestigious program is an honor. I love the art of analysis, and I am eager to sharpen my pen with this illustrious group of writers. Now, where is my George Jean Nathan baseball cap?
Joining this prestigious program is an honor. I love the art of analysis, and I am eager to sharpen my pen with this illustrious group of writers. Now, where is my George Jean Nathan baseball cap?
Reposted by Margaret Hall
Julia Knitel's beautiful work in Dead Outlaw resulted in one of my favorite Tony nominations this year. Gorgeous video orchestrated by @itsmargarethall.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpdV...
Julia Knitel Performs "A Stranger" From "Dead Outlaw"
YouTube video by Playbill
www.youtube.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Julia Knitel's beautiful work in Dead Outlaw resulted in one of my favorite Tony nominations this year. Gorgeous video orchestrated by @itsmargarethall.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpdV...
✨Divorced (Bobby Darin, Just In Time)
✨Murdered (Elmer McCurdy, Dead Outlaw)
✨Died (Floyd Collins, Floyd Collins)
✨Divorced (Louis Armstrong, A Wonderful World)
✨Murdered (Joe Gillis, Sunset Blvd)
✨Survived (Oliver, Maybe Happy Ending)
✨Murdered (Elmer McCurdy, Dead Outlaw)
✨Died (Floyd Collins, Floyd Collins)
✨Divorced (Louis Armstrong, A Wonderful World)
✨Murdered (Joe Gillis, Sunset Blvd)
✨Survived (Oliver, Maybe Happy Ending)
June 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
✨Divorced (Bobby Darin, Just In Time)
✨Murdered (Elmer McCurdy, Dead Outlaw)
✨Died (Floyd Collins, Floyd Collins)
✨Divorced (Louis Armstrong, A Wonderful World)
✨Murdered (Joe Gillis, Sunset Blvd)
✨Survived (Oliver, Maybe Happy Ending)
✨Murdered (Elmer McCurdy, Dead Outlaw)
✨Died (Floyd Collins, Floyd Collins)
✨Divorced (Louis Armstrong, A Wonderful World)
✨Murdered (Joe Gillis, Sunset Blvd)
✨Survived (Oliver, Maybe Happy Ending)
Spent the better part of this morning lamenting how much I miss my favorite rose garden in Edinburgh.
Lo and behold, look at what was waiting on my block when I came home, just waiting to be stooped. It’s a real oil painting in a custom frame. Now to find the wall space…
Lo and behold, look at what was waiting on my block when I came home, just waiting to be stooped. It’s a real oil painting in a custom frame. Now to find the wall space…
May 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Spent the better part of this morning lamenting how much I miss my favorite rose garden in Edinburgh.
Lo and behold, look at what was waiting on my block when I came home, just waiting to be stooped. It’s a real oil painting in a custom frame. Now to find the wall space…
Lo and behold, look at what was waiting on my block when I came home, just waiting to be stooped. It’s a real oil painting in a custom frame. Now to find the wall space…
Man About Town
[my eternal love to the fan across the street who yelled “IS THAT TONY NOMINEE ANDREW DURAND?!]
[my eternal love to the fan across the street who yelled “IS THAT TONY NOMINEE ANDREW DURAND?!]
May 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Man About Town
[my eternal love to the fan across the street who yelled “IS THAT TONY NOMINEE ANDREW DURAND?!]
[my eternal love to the fan across the street who yelled “IS THAT TONY NOMINEE ANDREW DURAND?!]
Hannah Moscovitch is one of the most fascinating playwrights working today, and it was a pleasure to get deep in the weeds with her on her play Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, what it means to have Hugh Jackman as her champion, and her television work over on Interview with the Vampire AMC.
Hannah Moscovitch Tackles Tough Questions About Consent in Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, With the Help of Hugh Jackman
The razor-sharp drama about personal relationships and power imbalance is currently running Off-Broadway.
playbill.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hannah Moscovitch is one of the most fascinating playwrights working today, and it was a pleasure to get deep in the weeds with her on her play Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, what it means to have Hugh Jackman as her champion, and her television work over on Interview with the Vampire AMC.
Tired of playing a broken game of telephone with your health insurance, doctor, and pharmacy?
Turns out calling everyone and merging them into a call where their doublespeak and fabrications are immediately obvious suddenly clears up issues within 10 minutes.
Turns out calling everyone and merging them into a call where their doublespeak and fabrications are immediately obvious suddenly clears up issues within 10 minutes.
May 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Tired of playing a broken game of telephone with your health insurance, doctor, and pharmacy?
Turns out calling everyone and merging them into a call where their doublespeak and fabrications are immediately obvious suddenly clears up issues within 10 minutes.
Turns out calling everyone and merging them into a call where their doublespeak and fabrications are immediately obvious suddenly clears up issues within 10 minutes.
Reposted by Margaret Hall
That’s a lede @adamserwer.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
May 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
That’s a lede @adamserwer.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
All I have wanted, all day, is a pretzel bun burger w/ cheddar. A simple request. And yet.
I can't order out, because the Emmy Burger has a waitlist. I can't make it at home, because every bakery in the city is suddenly out of pretzel buns.
At this point, I'm going to have to bake the bun myself.
I can't order out, because the Emmy Burger has a waitlist. I can't make it at home, because every bakery in the city is suddenly out of pretzel buns.
At this point, I'm going to have to bake the bun myself.
a man in a chef 's coat is talking to a child and says `` why is it so difficult ? ''
ALT: a man in a chef 's coat is talking to a child and says `` why is it so difficult ? ''
media.tenor.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
All I have wanted, all day, is a pretzel bun burger w/ cheddar. A simple request. And yet.
I can't order out, because the Emmy Burger has a waitlist. I can't make it at home, because every bakery in the city is suddenly out of pretzel buns.
At this point, I'm going to have to bake the bun myself.
I can't order out, because the Emmy Burger has a waitlist. I can't make it at home, because every bakery in the city is suddenly out of pretzel buns.
At this point, I'm going to have to bake the bun myself.
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I can't believe we have a Pope from Illinois. People from Chicago usually hate the Cardinals.
May 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I can't believe we have a Pope from Illinois. People from Chicago usually hate the Cardinals.
Donna Murphy truly was incredible in Wonderful Town.
May 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Donna Murphy truly was incredible in Wonderful Town.