TicketNews: Cole Escola’s Broadway comedy “Oh, Mary!” is preparing to take its irreverent portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln beyond New York, with a national tour scheduled to begin in fall 2026.
The touring production will launch in Hartford, Connecticut, with its first performances set for The Bushnell, before traveling to cities such as Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.
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This is such great news! I just saw Oh, Mary on Broadway, with Hannah Solow! It was such a fun play, and definitely one of my new favorites! It is only one act, so it is short and sweet! It challenges rigid historical views in such a funny way. Mary Todd Lincoln is depicted as a hilariously narcissistic and alcoholic cabaret singer. The main plot point is the love triangle. John Wilkes Booth is gay and likes Abraham Lincoln. Mary Todd Lincoln likes John Wilkes Booth. The major plot twist is when she finds out that Booth wants to take Abraham from her, she kills her husband so that can not happen. To end it all off, Mary has, what felt like a ten minute, cabaret solo! I think that it is so great that this play will be traveling across America, and it will come to many different audiences! I am also really excited that Maya Rudolph was just named to be a future Mary on Broadway! It is such a fun role that the actors really bring themselves into. I have a feeling that every Mary has been slightly different, which would make it awesome to rewatch!
I cannot overstress how much I have been dying to see this show. Ever since I saw an interview with Cole Esola where he said that while writing the show he actively tried to forget as much as he could about the real history that occurred, I knew I had to see it. I think there's nothing better than a historically inaccurate comedy about a hidden desire to be an artist. However, I would appreciate it if these tour locations could stretch to Pittsburgh at some point in the future so that I can see this wonderful show. I think there is a tendency for comedies to get overlooked critically because people assume humour to be associated with something dumb, but I think the critical success of this show proves the importance of humor to tell stories especially in today's society where we could all use a good laugh every once in a while.
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