Alex Tisdale 
A screengrab of Maya Rudolph doing a skit on Saturday Night Live/Photo credit: NBC
Starting on April 6, Emmy-winning actress Maya Rudolph will make her Broadway debut in the Cole Escola comedy. Rudolph has been very successful. Known to be an SNL star, her next reach for stardom will be on Broadway, starring in ‘Oh, Mary!’ At Lyceum Theatre, while Cole Escola continues his run.
On April 28, Rudolph will join the show and play Mary for eight weeks, going through June 20.
“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’ll be surprised. It’s such an honor to play the role of Mary, especially after so many iconic memories have come before me, so making my Broadway debut in the role of a lifetime as a miserable, suffocated alcoholic woman is a dream come true,” Rudolph said in a statement.
As of now, the show is selling tickets until January 3, 2027. Other shows playing are ‘A West End’ at the Trafalgar theater, which will play through July 18th, and the North American national tour is set to launch from Hartford, Connecticut, by September.
John Cameron Mitchell, the creator of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, is leading the cast as Mary’s opposite. Wow, John Andrew Morrison will play as Mary’s husband. Simu Liu is playing Mary’s teacher, and Jen Harris is playing Mary’s chaperone. Tony Macht, we’ll play Mary’s husband’s assistant. At the same time, the play understudies are Hanna Solow, Martin, Landry, and Julian Manjerico.
The play centers around Mary Todd Lincoln as she reacts to the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. In this take on Mary, she is an extreme alcoholic. Also, the play originally premiered off of Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Theatre back in 2024.
The place runtime was extended three times, then transferred to Broadway later that year. And the 121-year history of the Lyceum theater, Oh Mary! Was able to grow more than $1 million in a single week.
The show also became award-winning, winning two Tony Awards in 2025 for lead actor in a play and director of a play.
For the design of Oh, Mary!, the creative team included costume designer Holly Pearson, while the lighting director was Cha See. The composer and sound designer was Daniel Kruger, and the co-sound designer was Drew Levy.
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