Oh, Mary! at Lyceum Theatre

🖤😂 OH, MARY! — Broadway’s Most Unhinged, Award-Winning Comedy 😂🖤

History has never been this deranged—or this funny. OH, MARY!, the Tony Award®–winning play, turns the final weeks before Abraham Lincoln’s assassination into a wildly irreverent, razor-sharp dark comedy centered on one unforgettable figure: Mary Todd Lincoln, reimagined as you’ve never seen her before.

Trapped, miserable, and brimming with unmet desires, Mary Todd Lincoln spirals through unrequited yearning, alcoholism, and suffocating societal expectations—all while desperately chasing her own impossible dreams. Written and performed by Cole Escola, this fearless one-act play throws historical reverence out the window in favor of absurdity, chaos, and laugh-until-it-hurts honesty. The story is filtered, unapologetically, through what the playwright himself calls “the lens of an idiot”—and the result is pure theatrical lightning.

Declared by The New York Times as “one of the best comedies in years,” OH, MARY! has become a cultural phenomenon. The production earned Tony Awards® for Best Leading Actor in a Play (Cole Escola) and Best Direction of a Play (Sam Pinkleton), along with Drama League Awards for Outstanding Play and Direction, a special citation from the New York Drama Critics’ Circle, and a Pulitzer Prize finalist honor.

Running just 80 minutes with no intermission, OH, MARY! is fast, furious, and gloriously unhinged—perfect for audiences who love bold comedy, queer humor, satire, and Broadway that gleefully breaks every rule. Smart, shocking, and endlessly quotable, this is not a history lesson—it’s a comic meltdown for the ages.

📍 Theatre Information

Lyceum Theatre
149 W 45th St, New York, NY 10036

🎟️ Know Before You Go

• Run Time: 1 hour 20 minutes (no intermission)

• Age Recommendation: Ages 14+

• Content Notes:

  • Gunshot sound effect

  • Theatrical haze and smoke

• Ticket Limit: Aggregate limit of 20 tickets per order

🔥 Why OH, MARY! Is a Must-See

• Tony Award®–winning comedy

• Pulitzer Prize finalist

• One of the most talked-about plays in NYC

• Dark, queer, absurdist humor

• Short, high-impact Broadway experience