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Starring Cole Escola for just 4 weeks - see dates below!
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Suitable for Age 14+ Content: This production features water-based haze and one single gunshot.
About Oh, Mary!
Tony-winning writer and performer Cole Escola, creator and original Broadway star of Oh, Mary!, will play Mary Todd Lincoln in the West End production for a strictly limited four-week run from 20 July to 15 August 2026. Catherine Tate continues in the role until 18 July. The award-winning comedy has become one of the West End’s hottest tickets following its critically-acclaimed London premiere in December 2025. Playing at Trafalgar Theatre, Oh, Mary! has extended three times due to huge demand, with tickets now on sale for Catherine Tate’s final performances and Cole Escola’s limited summer engagement. Now extended until January 2027, casting for performances from 15 August onwards will be announced soon.
Behind the Scenes: Crafting the Spectacle
Oh, Mary! is a dark comedy about a miserable, long suffering Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of President Lincoln. The play unfolds in the weeks leading up to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Unrequited yearnings, temptation, alcoholism, and suppressed desires abound in this eighty-minute one-act play. It finally offers an examination of the overlooked life and dreams of Mrs. Lincoln, through the lens of an idiot (playwright Cole Escola).
Declared “one of the best comedies in years” by The New York Times, Oh, Mary! is heralded as the funniest play on Broadway by the New York Post, Entertainment Weekly, Variety, Time Out New York, and The Guardian. “It’s a bona fide phenomenon,” raves The Wall Street Journal, and Variety calls it “unquestionably the funniest, gayest, campiest play Broadway has seen in years.”
The Story Unfolds: Origins and Evolution
So, who was Mary Todd and what makes her the perfect subject for this comedy drama? Mary Todd Lincoln was born on 13 December 1818 in Lexington, Kentucky. She was raised in a big household with many brothers and sisters. She attended Madame Mentelle's school for girls where she learned French and dancing. In later years, Mary became interested in politics. Her father was a the state senator and the family was involved in politics and the government.
Mary met Abraham Lincoln while staying with her sister in Springfield, Illinois in 1839. She liked this smart, tall young man and they talked about politics together. Against some of her family's wishes, she went onto marry him and become Mrs. Lincoln on 4 November 1842. Mary believed that Abe would be a great man someday and she supported his political career.
Keep in Mind
Oh, Mary! Is not historically accurate!
