Oh, Mary! 

Oh, Mary! – currently at the Lyceum Theater on Broadway – calls itself a “comedic stage play,” but it is something more and less than that. It’s got a plot that feels more like an SNL sketch than a Broadway comedy. It has bits of dark comedy and burlesque that work because they are not too much. And running through it all is the sort of fun delivered by a good Drag show.

A spoof of the relationship between Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln, his wife, the play is set in the days leading up to Lincoln’s assassination. It portrays Lincoln as a closeted homosexual and Mary as a woman driven to drink by her husband and politics, which have kept her from pursuing a career as a cabaret performer.

Audience Reaction: It was pretty much non-stop laughing, ranging from hearty to healthy to uninhibited belly laughs.

Critical Reception: I found nothing but good reviews. Oh, Mary! was a finalist for the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.