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.
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!
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?
✨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?!]
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.
Donna Murphy truly was incredible in Wonderful Town.
May 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Donna Murphy truly was incredible in Wonderful Town.
Tonight’s bill, a necessary return
April 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Tonight’s bill, a necessary return
Tonight’s bill, featuring some of the most intense audience lighting I’ve ever experienced on Broadway
April 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Tonight’s bill, featuring some of the most intense audience lighting I’ve ever experienced on Broadway
Today’s matinee
April 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Today’s matinee
Tonight I went to a 20th anniversary screening of Pride and Prejudice 2005, and wow, what a wonder.
Everyone in the packed theatre knew every word. Someone brought their own boiled potatoes. Strangers were clutching each other in their arms.
Girlhood is so precious. Just listen to these reactions!
Everyone in the packed theatre knew every word. Someone brought their own boiled potatoes. Strangers were clutching each other in their arms.
Girlhood is so precious. Just listen to these reactions!
April 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Tonight I went to a 20th anniversary screening of Pride and Prejudice 2005, and wow, what a wonder.
Everyone in the packed theatre knew every word. Someone brought their own boiled potatoes. Strangers were clutching each other in their arms.
Girlhood is so precious. Just listen to these reactions!
Everyone in the packed theatre knew every word. Someone brought their own boiled potatoes. Strangers were clutching each other in their arms.
Girlhood is so precious. Just listen to these reactions!
Tonight’s bill: first preview!
April 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Tonight’s bill: first preview!
Tonight’s bill (with the ring securely stashed in my zipped purse)
April 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Tonight’s bill (with the ring securely stashed in my zipped purse)