Featuring Cole Escola in the role of a downtrodden Mary Todd Lincoln during the tense weeks before Abraham Lincoln's assassination, Oh, Mary! at the Lyceum Theatre is a one-act play that explores Mary's unfulfilled longings, struggles with alcoholism, and repressed desires, all while bringing her neglected dreams to the forefront.

With Escola's unique comedic flair, the play hilariously explores Mary's turbulent life. Audiences and critics alike have praised the show for its humor and depth, celebrating it as a refreshingly entertaining and insightful look at a historical figure often overshadowed by her famous husband. The reviews are in, and they've never looked this good!

Oh, Mary! Reviews

"The laughs roll through the house and return, creating a loop that at times approaches hysteria. (Never for the actors though; they do not break.) And the technical aspects, though also enlarged, remain smarter than they are lavish, recalling the roots of the drag aesthetic in the handmade ethos of community and school." - The New York Times

"This moment, among many others, brought the house down. Oh, Mary! is an uproariously inaccurate and queer romp through history without the tiring anachronistic politics of, say, fellow historical romps Hamilton or Six, or even contemporary TV shows like Dickinson or the current sleeper summer hit My Lady Jane." - The Guardian

"The show is even better in its uptown transfer, with bigger physical performances and punchier deliveries of the hilarious lines in Escola's script. Laughs are rarely more than a few seconds apart. It is, without a doubt, the funniest comedy on Broadway right now." - Theatremania

""They have the perfect director, the right supporting cast (Ricamora is both funny in his own right and fully cognizant of whose name is on the marquee) and, crucially, enough crazy political chaos going on outside the theater's doors that the wackier this show gets, it never feels too much removed from reality." - New York Magazine

"In the best way that only theater can, the hilarity is communally shared by your fellow audience members, who are losing it merrily all around you. For 80 minutes, the Lyceum is a rumbling sea of giggling and guffaws." - The Daily Beast

"There's funny, there's very funny, and then there's Oh, Mary!, Cole Escola's riotous new comedy that brings more laughs to Broadway than all the Gutenberg!s, Edelmans and Birbiglias combined. You can throw in Shucked for good measure." - Deadline

"Oh, Mary! is laugh-out-loud funny from the first moments; though much of the humor comes from Escola's unbelievable delivery and the slapstick combination of actors on stage." - Entertainment Weekly

"The playwright might describe it as stupid, but any comedy that liberates audiences from the despair of the current political climate with 80 minutes of almost uninterrupted laughter is a work of genius." - Hollywood Reporter

"Really, far more than enough Oh, Mary! is hilarious and, underneath the mayhem, both structurally rock solid and sneakily moving. It may be playing the palace now, but it's confident enough in its own skin to have resisted any sort of unnecessary makeover." - Vulture

"Escola's splendidly nasty queer romp has hiked up its petticoats and staggered uptown from a sold-out run at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, goosing a sleepy Broadway summer." - Observer