Margaret Layne
@emelleghostlight.bsky.social
Ex-pat New Yorker now in the PNW. 30 years a theatre casting director. Eng Lit major, Anglo-, biblio-, ailurophile. I double-space after a period, and I defend and deploy the Oxford comma. Liberal & Lively Arts 4eva!
This is how I'm going to look every time someone dislikes one of my posts...
November 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is how I'm going to look every time someone dislikes one of my posts...
Wow, hadn't seen Campbell Scott in a while. The paternal genes are really asserting themselves these days.
October 18, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Wow, hadn't seen Campbell Scott in a while. The paternal genes are really asserting themselves these days.
October 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
None of it is even remotely funny anymore, but credit where it's due, the recurring claim by TFG that he ended the long conflict between Cambodia and Armenia -which I'm sure will come as a surprise to both countries - legit cracks me up every time he says it.
September 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
None of it is even remotely funny anymore, but credit where it's due, the recurring claim by TFG that he ended the long conflict between Cambodia and Armenia -which I'm sure will come as a surprise to both countries - legit cracks me up every time he says it.
Portrait of a cat who has triumphed (for today) in evading a wellness trip to the vet.
August 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Portrait of a cat who has triumphed (for today) in evading a wellness trip to the vet.
Watches are my indispensable accessory, I love them! (Clocks too, but bulky to carry around...) At some point I acquired so many that I got one of those nifty compartmentalized watch cases to store them in. Here are four of my favorites!
August 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Watches are my indispensable accessory, I love them! (Clocks too, but bulky to carry around...) At some point I acquired so many that I got one of those nifty compartmentalized watch cases to store them in. Here are four of my favorites!
If the paparazzi and stan photos from the location shoots of The Devil Wears Prada 2 are to be believed, it's a movie entirely about fashion-forward people walking out of buildings and crossing streets, sometimes while talking on the phone.
July 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
If the paparazzi and stan photos from the location shoots of The Devil Wears Prada 2 are to be believed, it's a movie entirely about fashion-forward people walking out of buildings and crossing streets, sometimes while talking on the phone.
Man, Bernie Telsey is spinning that theatre Rolodex like a particle accelerator this season. #GildedAge
July 7, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Man, Bernie Telsey is spinning that theatre Rolodex like a particle accelerator this season. #GildedAge
My mom used to describe a certain kind of person as SMEEVY - I think it was a coined word, a cross between "smarmy" and "skeevy," I've never heard anyone else use it, but I think of it every time I see Mike Johnson. The smeeve is strong with that one.
July 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
My mom used to describe a certain kind of person as SMEEVY - I think it was a coined word, a cross between "smarmy" and "skeevy," I've never heard anyone else use it, but I think of it every time I see Mike Johnson. The smeeve is strong with that one.
It's probably not officially in the etiquette books because it seems like something you shouldn't have to say, but I'm pretty sure that if you're dropping bombs on somebody you should take off your f****** hat.
June 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
It's probably not officially in the etiquette books because it seems like something you shouldn't have to say, but I'm pretty sure that if you're dropping bombs on somebody you should take off your f****** hat.
Showing the exterior balcony of the London Palladium to Jamie Lloyd is like showing the moors to Emily Brontë.
From a dramaturgical standpoint I honestly kind of love this.
From a dramaturgical standpoint I honestly kind of love this.
June 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Showing the exterior balcony of the London Palladium to Jamie Lloyd is like showing the moors to Emily Brontë.
From a dramaturgical standpoint I honestly kind of love this.
From a dramaturgical standpoint I honestly kind of love this.
Everybody look at my new cat! His name is Herbert Pocket. Gotcha Day was six wks ago and he's finally starting to feel at home, altho still v scared of noisy garbage trucks and random thumps from upstairs neighbors. #catsofbluesky#caturday
June 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Everybody look at my new cat! His name is Herbert Pocket. Gotcha Day was six wks ago and he's finally starting to feel at home, altho still v scared of noisy garbage trucks and random thumps from upstairs neighbors. #catsofbluesky#caturday
"The heights are aliiiive
With the sound of wuthering..."
What exactly is going on with the costume design here, Emerald Fennell?
With the sound of wuthering..."
What exactly is going on with the costume design here, Emerald Fennell?
June 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
"The heights are aliiiive
With the sound of wuthering..."
What exactly is going on with the costume design here, Emerald Fennell?
With the sound of wuthering..."
What exactly is going on with the costume design here, Emerald Fennell?
Man, Stanley Tucci is really living his best life. And quite possibly several other people's best lives as well.
(New series streaming on Disney/Hulu/NatGeo).
(New series streaming on Disney/Hulu/NatGeo).
May 23, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Man, Stanley Tucci is really living his best life. And quite possibly several other people's best lives as well.
(New series streaming on Disney/Hulu/NatGeo).
(New series streaming on Disney/Hulu/NatGeo).
Of the 29 "Legends of Broadway" photos by Mark Seliger for this week's edition of NY Magazine, these two might be my favorites: Bill Daniels, 98, still standing for independency as John Adams in 1776; and the unsinkable Dick Van Dyke, 99, as Albert Peterson in Bye Bye Birdie. Standing O, gentlemen!
April 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Of the 29 "Legends of Broadway" photos by Mark Seliger for this week's edition of NY Magazine, these two might be my favorites: Bill Daniels, 98, still standing for independency as John Adams in 1776; and the unsinkable Dick Van Dyke, 99, as Albert Peterson in Bye Bye Birdie. Standing O, gentlemen!
Isabella Rossellini has defined her own fashion niche this awards season: The Glamour Nonna.
March 3, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Isabella Rossellini has defined her own fashion niche this awards season: The Glamour Nonna.
Happy 213th B'day to Charles Dickens, possibly the only author who could legit get away with referring to himself as "The Inimitable" without being punched in the face, and one of the people from history I'd invite to my fantasy dinner party. He rates some special editions in my library! #BookSky
February 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Happy 213th B'day to Charles Dickens, possibly the only author who could legit get away with referring to himself as "The Inimitable" without being punched in the face, and one of the people from history I'd invite to my fantasy dinner party. He rates some special editions in my library! #BookSky
I second that emotion!
February 5, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I second that emotion!
Getting a little surge of irritable scraper posts on other feeds saying things like "what would you do if you got on a plane and found you were sharing a row with THIS."
Well obviously I'd hope it might want to sit in my lap. In fact, I would probably pay extra to sit next to that cat.
Well obviously I'd hope it might want to sit in my lap. In fact, I would probably pay extra to sit next to that cat.
February 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Getting a little surge of irritable scraper posts on other feeds saying things like "what would you do if you got on a plane and found you were sharing a row with THIS."
Well obviously I'd hope it might want to sit in my lap. In fact, I would probably pay extra to sit next to that cat.
Well obviously I'd hope it might want to sit in my lap. In fact, I would probably pay extra to sit next to that cat.
May one inquire please, who was lobbying for a 110 minute version of Long Day's Journey Into Night? Mr O'Neill would like to know who to haunt.
February 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
May one inquire please, who was lobbying for a 110 minute version of Long Day's Journey Into Night? Mr O'Neill would like to know who to haunt.
If you see this, post a gif from one if your comfort shows.
January 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If you see this, post a gif from one if your comfort shows.
Thanks so much for the suggestion, Samsung Wallpapers, but this feels a little on the nose right now for what I want to see when I open my phone.
January 28, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Thanks so much for the suggestion, Samsung Wallpapers, but this feels a little on the nose right now for what I want to see when I open my phone.