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Friday, April 11, 2025

How to Get $33 Tickets to Dead Outlaw on Broadway by Margaret Hall

The musical's Off-Broadway premiere won the Drama Desk, Off Broadway Alliance, and New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Best New Musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AM[SHARE]

Ken Urban's Danger and Opportunity Extends Off-Broadway by Margaret Hall

Jack Serio directs the production at the East Village Basement, a new downtown venue.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AM[SHARE]

Thursday, April 10, 2025

To Sarah Hyland, The Great Gatsby's Daisy Buchanan Is a Survivor by Margaret Hall

The actor read and re-read the Fitzgerald novel while she was on Modern Family. Now she is a bringing a compassionate lens to its flawed heroine.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:24PM[SHARE]

Photos: Get a 1st Look at Eric Bogosian's Humpty Dumpty Off-Broadway by Margaret Hall

The play, which explores themes of isolation, survival, and societal breakdown through the lens of a digital blackout, was first written in 2000.

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Photos: Step Inside Classic Stage Company's 3rd Annual Classics Gone Mad! by Margaret Hall

Hosted by drag legend Nina West, this year's event was Kander and Ebb"themed.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AM[SHARE]

Conor McPherson's The Brightening Air Begins World Premiere April 10 by Margaret Hall

The tale of fate, family, and unseen forces in 1980s Ireland is McPherson's latest for The Old Vic.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:04AM[SHARE]

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Photos: Get a 1st Look at the Sailor Moon Musical North American Tour by Margaret Hall

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Super Live will play 20 cities.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:18PM[SHARE]

See Who's Starring in Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) North American Premiere at A.R.T. by Margaret Hall

The romantic comedy previously enjoyed a successful run in London's West End.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PM[SHARE]

Video: Sadie Sink Is Welcoming Younger Audiences to Broadway in John Proctor Is The Villain by Margaret Hall

Sink discussed the shifting theatregoer generations while on Late Night with Seth Meyers.

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Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Hayden Tee Flew All the Way From Australia to Play Lance in & Juliet by Margaret Hall

They starred in the Australian production and can now seen on Broadway through April 20.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:24PM[SHARE]

Tony Winner William Finn Has Died at 73 by Margaret Hall

The composer/lyricist was responsible for some of the most popular cult musicals of all time, including Falsettos, A New Brain, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:06PM[SHARE]

Real Women Have Curves Is Getting a Broadway Cast Album by Margaret Hall

The work follows a first-generation child of Mexican immigrants torn between joining the family business or embarking on her own dream of attending college.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PM[SHARE]

Lineup for 28th Annual Summerworks Festival of New Plays Revealed by Margaret Hall

Two new plays and a musical will be produced as a part of the festival.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AM[SHARE]

What Do The Critics Think of Becoming Eve Off-Broadway? by Margaret Hall

The play by Emil Weinstein is based on the memoir by Abby Chava Stein, an openly transgender woman directly descended from Hasidic Judaism's founder, the Baal Shem Tov.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:39AM[SHARE]

Monday, April 7, 2025

Leni Riefenstahl Solo Play Leni's Last Lament Will Play Off-Broadway by Margaret Hall

The piece stars Obie Award winner Jodie Markell as propagandist filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, whose work in service of the Nazis defined the visual identity of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:12PM[SHARE]

Photos: Get a 1st Look at New York Theatre Workshop's Becoming Eve by Margaret Hall

Based on Abby Chava Stein's memoir, Emil Weinstein's play centers on the trans child of a dynastic Hasidic rabbinical family.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:12PM[SHARE]

Ken Page Memorial to Stream Live from St. Louis by Margaret Hall

The Broadway alum's golden vocals brought Old Deuteronomy from Cats and the Lion from The Wiz to life, along with Oogie Boogie in The Nightmare Before Christmas.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32PM[SHARE]

Photos: Bob The Drag Queen, Priyanka Chopra, The Jonas Brothers, More Celebrate The Last Five Years on Broadway by Margaret Hall

The Jason Robert Brown musical opened its long-awaited Broadway run April 6.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32PM[SHARE]

Sunday, April 6, 2025

On April 6, 2017, War Paint Opened on Broadway by Margaret Hall

Starring Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole, the musical explored the complex relationship between cosmetics giants Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00AM[SHARE]

Friday, April 4, 2025

Photos: See Uma Thurman, Pierce Brosnan, Kylie Minogue, More Celebrate George Clooney in Good Night, and Good Luck by Margaret Hall

Co-written by Clooney and Grant Heslov from the 2005 film, David Cromer directs the new play on Broadway.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:48PM[SHARE]

Read the Reviews for Ken Urban's Danger and Opportunity Off-Broadway by Margaret Hall

Jack Serio is directing the production at the East Village Basement, a new downtown venue.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AM[SHARE]

See Who's Starring in Donmar Warehouse Production of Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel by Margaret Hall

Samira Wiley will play Esther, an exquisite sewist of lingerie who dreams of opening her own beauty salon and falling in love in 1905 New York.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AM[SHARE]

Broadway's Pirates! The Penzance Musical Begins Previews April 4 by Margaret Hall

Tony winner Rupert Holmes has adapted W.S. Gilbert's original libretto, shifting the action to the legendary port city New Orleans.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AM[SHARE]

Thursday, April 3, 2025

Miriam Weiner, Moogie Brooks, Jason Aguirre Promoted at Vineyard Theatre by Margaret Hall

The trio have all moved up within the Off-Broadway company's staff hierarchy.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:24PM[SHARE]

Video: Go Inside John Proctor is the Villain's April 2 Student Matinee by Margaret Hall

Sadie Sink stars in Kimberly Belflower's reexamination of The Crucible at the Booth Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AM[SHARE]

On April 3, 2014, A Starry Revival of A Raisin in the Sun, Starring Denzel Washington, Opened on Broadway by Margaret Hall

The starry cast also included LaTanya Richardson Jackson and Anika Noni Rose.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AM[SHARE]

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Photos: Get a 1st Look at George Clooney in Broadway's Good Night, and Good Luck by Margaret Hall

Co-written by Clooney and Grant Heslov from the 2005 film, David Cromer directs the new play.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:42PM[SHARE]

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All stories by Margaret Hall on BroadwayStars

How to Get $33 Tickets to Dead Outlaw on Broadway by Margaret Hall

Ken Urban's Danger and Opportunity Extends Off-Broadway by Margaret Hall

To Sarah Hyland, The Great Gatsby's Daisy Buchanan Is a Survivor by Margaret Hall

Photos: Get a 1st Look at Eric Bogosian's Humpty Dumpty Off-Broadway by Margaret Hall

Photos: Step Inside Classic Stage Company's 3rd Annual Classics Gone Mad! by Margaret Hall

Conor McPherson's The Brightening Air Begins World Premiere April 10 by Margaret Hall

Photos: Get a 1st Look at the Sailor Moon Musical North American Tour by Margaret Hall

See Who's Starring in Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) North American Premiere at A.R.T. by Margaret Hall

Video: Sadie Sink Is Welcoming Younger Audiences to Broadway in John Proctor Is The Villain by Margaret Hall

Hayden Tee Flew All the Way From Australia to Play Lance in & Juliet by Margaret Hall

Tony Winner William Finn Has Died at 73 by Margaret Hall

Real Women Have Curves Is Getting a Broadway Cast Album by Margaret Hall

Lineup for 28th Annual Summerworks Festival of New Plays Revealed by Margaret Hall

What Do The Critics Think of Becoming Eve Off-Broadway? by Margaret Hall

Leni Riefenstahl Solo Play Leni's Last Lament Will Play Off-Broadway by Margaret Hall

Photos: Get a 1st Look at New York Theatre Workshop's Becoming Eve by Margaret Hall

Ken Page Memorial to Stream Live from St. Louis by Margaret Hall

Photos: Bob The Drag Queen, Priyanka Chopra, The Jonas Brothers, More Celebrate The Last Five Years on Broadway by Margaret Hall

On April 6, 2017, War Paint Opened on Broadway by Margaret Hall

Photos: See Uma Thurman, Pierce Brosnan, Kylie Minogue, More Celebrate George Clooney in Good Night, and Good Luck by Margaret Hall

Read the Reviews for Ken Urban's Danger and Opportunity Off-Broadway by Margaret Hall

See Who's Starring in Donmar Warehouse Production of Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel by Margaret Hall

Broadway's Pirates! The Penzance Musical Begins Previews April 4 by Margaret Hall

Miriam Weiner, Moogie Brooks, Jason Aguirre Promoted at Vineyard Theatre by Margaret Hall

Video: Go Inside John Proctor is the Villain's April 2 Student Matinee by Margaret Hall

On April 3, 2014, A Starry Revival of A Raisin in the Sun, Starring Denzel Washington, Opened on Broadway by Margaret Hall

The Picture of Dorian Gray Extends on Broadway by Margaret Hall

Ken Urban's Danger and Opportunity Extends Off-Broadway by Margaret Hall

Get a 1st Listen to 'Where's My Superhero?' From Frank Wildhorn Manga Musical Your Lie In April by Margaret Hall

Good Night, and Good Luck Opens on Broadway April 3 by Margaret Hall

Photos: Get a 1st Look at George Clooney in Broadway's Good Night, and Good Luck by Margaret Hall