Margaret Hall

I've seen Mamma Mia reach /insane/ "oh wait is doing theatre cool?!" mileage in a high school setting. You can get away with doing it with two sets (one interior and one exterior) and the cast can balloon huge depending on how much you want to fill out the ensemble of townsfolk.

Thank you!

ARC paperback of Blood, Sweat & Queers edited by Margaret Hall and Jamie Ryu propped against big vampire teeth and faux lilies with a matching bookmark peeking between the pages.

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
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Oh of course, I more mean that this is egg on Lukowski's face: there were multiple lawsuits about how similar to Fleetwood Mac this play is!

Lazy analysis is a disease

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.

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.

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!

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

a man in a blue shirt is standing in a doorway with the words `` do n't do it '' . ALT: a man in a blue shirt is standing in a doorway with the words `` do n't do it '' .

5. DO NOT TALK DURING THE IN MEMORIAM

3. There is no objectivity in art, or in analyzing it. If your favorite show or performer is not awarded, that does not denigrate your taste or experience.

4. Every person you see on that screen will have been poked and prodded to the point of lunacy. Give them grace if they seem a bit delirious.

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

Pride Playbill for Call Me Izzy

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?

Thank you John!

Julia Knitel Performs "A Stranger" From "Dead Outlaw" YouTube video by Playbill

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...

I mean, by that metric, they’re all dead eventually lol

Dream of dreams (this was very much born out of watching Groff Miscast videos lol)

LOL thank you Jared!

LOL why are we all on this wavelength today

If I had to think about this today so do you

✨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)

100% real skating

Very interested to see how they utilize this set!

Today’s matinee

Tonight’s bill

I’ve seen people say Durand disappears in the second half of the show, and it truly leaves me gobsmacked. I struggle to tear my eyes off him to watch the rest of the story play out!

Stillness is so much more difficult to maintain than motion! It isn’t our natural state!! People think it’s like relaxing but it SO isn’t!

It’s beyond surreal. He has learned how to slow his heart and breath rate, reduce involuntary rapid eye movements, even how to manually engage tendons most of us don’t even realize we have. It’s an insanely athletic performance, and I wish more people were recognizing that aspect.