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Tony Awards offer many intriguing matchups in a star-studded season
A pair of singing androids. Two Pulitzer Prize-winning plays. A drunken Mary Todd Lincoln. A musical with a corpse as its hero. Romeo, Juliet and teddy bears with rave music. Not to mention George ...
Everyone’s Celebrating a Play About Mary Todd Lincoln—Except Her Impersonators
The former first lady’s biggest fans say people don’t get her, and the Broadway hit ‘Oh, Mary!’ isn’t exactly helping the ...
Cole Escola’s ‘Oh, Mary!’ is a hoot, but the Tony should go to Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ ‘Purpose’
Cole Escola's 'Oh, Mary!' is the front-runner in the Tony Award race for best play. But in one of the strongest playwriting ...
Conrad Ricamora Reveals the Moment He Broke Character in Broadway’s ‘Oh, Mary!’ (Exclusive)
It's like hanging on for dear life when you go on stage with Cole [Escola],’ Ricamora exclusively tells Parade.
Historic Lexington landmark gets nod from Southern Living as a top place to visit
Southern Living describes the Mary Todd Lincoln House as a place that’s easy to fit in between restaurants and other things ...
Why Conrad Ricamora Was Having 'Rage Nightmares' Before a Much-Needed Break from Oh, Mary (Exclusive)
Conrad Ricamora’s break from 'Oh, Mary' was much needed. In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, the Tony nominee tells PEOPLE that he was having 'rage nightmares' while starring in Cole Escola’s hit ...
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'She thought of herself as the Queen of America': Why Mary Todd Lincoln became the US's most vilified First Lady
In truth, Mary Todd Lincoln and Mathew Brady's relationship ... self-centered alcoholic who yearns to escape the White House and her nasty, neglectful husband so as to become a cabaret star.
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'She thought of herself as the Queen of America': Why Mary Todd Lincoln became the US's most vilified First Lady
In truth, Mary Todd Lincoln and Mathew Brady's relationship ... that she solicited bribes and sold permits and pardons while in the White House. Yet, the author credits Mary with fuelling Lincoln ...
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Betty Gilpin Taking Over Lead Role in ‘Oh, Mary!’ on Broadway
The play, directed by Sam Pinkleton, reimagines Mary Todd Lincoln as a petulant, wannabe cabaret star dreaming to get away from her husband and the White House. Since opening on Broadway in July ...
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‘Oh, Mary!’ Broadway Star Cole Escola Would ‘Love’ for Pedro Pascal or Tituss Burgess to Replace Them as Mary Todd Lincoln in the Hit Comedy
sex-starved wannabe cabaret singer Mary Todd Lincoln, who is cooped up in the White House as her boy-crazy husband, Abraham Lincoln, is trying to end the Civil War. “Oh, Mary!” was the hottest ...
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Séances at the White House? Why these first ladies turned to the occult
On February 20, 1862, 11-year-old Willie Lincoln died in the White House after battling typhoid fever for weeks. The boy’s death devastated both his parents, but Mary Todd Lincoln’s grief was ...
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Handwritten letter from First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln for sale
The first lady’s time in the White House was marked with controversy and tragedy, including being part of a divided family during the Civil War, according to the Mary Todd Lincoln House.