Maya Rudolph's Broadway Debut as Mary Todd Lincoln in Hit Comedy 'Oh Mary!'

The play will open on April 28 for an eight-week run through June 20. Mary Todd Lincoln's role in the pulitzer nominated play was earlier done by Cole Escola. He also recieved Best Actor Tony Award for his performance in the play.

"Ever since I was a little girl, I have dreamed of being Cole Escola. 'Oh, Mary!' is the funniest play I have ever seen, and I have seen a lot of plays, you'd be surprised. It's such an honour to play the role of Mary, especially after so many iconic Marys have come before me. So making my Broadway debut in the role of a lifetime -- as a miserable, suffocated, alcoholic woman is a real dream come true," said Rudolph as quoted in Variety.

Producers also announced that 'Oh, Mary!' has been extended on Broadway through January 3, 2027. It's unclear who will assume the role after Rudolph departs over the summer.

Since Escola, who won a Tony for the role, left the production, several bold-face names, including Jane Krakowski, Tituss Burgess, Betty Gilpin and John Cameron Mitchell, have portrayed Mary.

Directed by Sam Pinkleton, the hit comedy is set in the days before Abraham Lincoln's assassination and imagines Mary Todd Lincoln as a deranged wannabe cabaret star. She's a menace to her husband (and the White House staff) as he's trying to end the Civil War, reported Variety.

''Oh, Mary!' opened at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre on July 11, 2024 and became the first show in the venue's 121-year history to gross more than 1 million USD in a single week. It has since broken its own box office record 12 times, reported Variety.

- ANI