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Maya Rudolph to Make Broadway Debut Starring in 'Oh, Mary!'
Maya Rudolph joins a rotating cast in an extended Broadway run, following 12 box office records and a Tony-winning original lead, for an eight-week role as Mary Todd Lincoln.
- Six-Time Emmy winner Maya Rudolph will make her Broadway debut starring as Mary Todd Lincoln in the Tony-winning comedy Oh, Mary! at the Lyceum Theatre, beginning Tuesday, April 28 for eight weeks.
- Playwright Cole Escola originated the role in the production, which is directed by 2025 Tony Award winner Sam Pinkleton and reimagines Mary Todd Lincoln as a 'miserable, suffocated, alcoholic woman.'
- Rudolph follows Broadway actors including Jane Krakowski, Tituss Burgess, Betty Gilpin, and John Cameron Mitchell in the role, saying, 'It's such an honor especially after so many iconic Marys have come before me.'
- To promote the run, producers released a video of Rudolph discovering a lipstick-written mirror message reading 'You're next, Mary,' which faded to reveal 'You're next, Maya,' prompting her response, 'Oh & fu.'
- The Broadway production, which premiered in July 2024, has extended its run through January 3, 2027, with Rudolph concluding her engagement during Pride Month.
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Maya Rudolph to make Broadway debut in Tony-winning ‘Oh, Mary!’
NEW YORK — Maya Rudolph is making her Broadway debut with a starring role in the Tony-winning comedy “Oh, Mary!” later this spring. The six-time Emmy winner, 53, will spend eight weeks playing titular former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln at the Lyceum Theatre, from April 28 to June 20, according to Playbill and Variety. “Ever since I was a little girl, I have dreamed of being Cole Escola,” ...
Maya Rudolph to make Broadway debut starring in 'Oh, Mary!'
Maya Rudolph attends the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards at The Royal Festival Hall on Feb. 22, 2026, in London, England. (Samir Hussein/WireImage via Getty Images) Oh, Mary? More like Oh, Maya! Maya Rudolph will make her Broadway debut by taking on the starring role of Mary Todd Lincoln in the Tony Award-winning play Oh, Mary! Rudolph’s run in the production will be an eight-week limited engagement starting on April 28 and ending on June 20. Oh, Mary…
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