Margaret Hall is one of the foremost emerging theatre historians of her generation. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, and is currently in the process of obtaining her Master's in Musical Theatre History from New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, the first degree of its kind to be granted worldwide. She works as a teacher of musical theatre history and has students across the globe. Her biography of legendary music director Paul Gemignani (Gemignani: Life and Lessons from Broadway and Beyond) will be released by Applause Theatre and Cinema Books March 1st 2022. She may be reached at www.margaret-hall.com/.
Sessions in which Margaret Hall participates
Friday 8 July, 2022
Bloodsuckers haunt Broadway! The melodramatic monsters have been reinterpreted throughout the eons, but one artistic medium resists compulsion—the American Musical. From Der Vampyr to Dance of the Vampires, every attempt has gone up in flames under the bright lights of Broadway. Come crack open the crypt to learn the history behind Possessed, Carmilla, Tanz der Vampire,
Saturday 9 July, 2022
Paul Gemignani is one of the titans of the modern musical theatre industry. Serving as musical director for more than 40 Broadway productions since 1971, his collaborations with Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, John Kander, Fred Ebb, Hal Prince, Michael Bennett, and Alan Menken have led to countless accolades for his collaborators, but due to the near invisible position of the musical director in the Broadway industry, his story is often overlooked. Enter Margaret Hall, musical theat...
Sunday 10 July, 2022
Join the stars from the Off-Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins and Broadway historian Margaret Hall as they discuss the legacy of the show, the process of developing a revival, and their role in the history of this historical piece.