She may not have been a fan of the theatre herself, for understandable reasons, but a play about Mary Lincoln is the West End ...

Comedian Cole Escola, who wrote the play, also originated the role of Mary Todd Lincoln. They became the first nonbinary ...

Cole Escola’s play at London’s Trafalgar Theatre brings crazed comic energy to the life of Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham ...

Mason Alexander Park takes the lead in Cole Escola's Tony-winning play about Mary Todd Lincoln as you've never seen her ...

The performer talks to Attitude about playing a delightfully unhinged Mary Todd Lincoln, as Cole Escola’ Tony-winning hit ...

The Hedwig and the Angry Inch creator steps into Cole Escola’s Tony-winning smash for a 12-week run, joining a starry roster ...

Read our review of Cole Escola's Tony-winning *Oh, Mary!*, now in performances at the Trafalgar Theatre to 25 April 2026.

Any resemblance to that juggernaut of historical revisionism ends there. Oh, Mary! is a gleaming black comedy about former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln. It’s silly, irreverent, and utterly ...

Krakowski had long been a fan of Oh, Mary! — she’d seen it five times, catching Escola, the Tony Award-winning star and creator, twice and later returning to see Jinkx Monsoon, Betty Gilpin and Tituss ...

Cole Escola imagines Mary Todd in an ahistorical comedy fizzing with energy. Could this be the new ‘Hamilton’?

Cole Escola's Tony-winning play, Oh, Mary!, has cast a satirical new light on the life and legacy of former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln, who is currently portrayed on Broadway by 30 Rock's Jane ...

Some had wondered how the show about Abraham Lincoln’s wife would fare after its creator left the Broadway cast. But mirth is abundant as it opens on the West End.