Maya Rudolph will make her Broadway debut in 'Oh, Mary!'

Six-time Emmy winner Maya Rudolph is headed to Broadway this spring, making her debut in the deliriously unhinged hit comedy Oh, Mary!, and stepping into the famously frazzled shoes of Mary Todd Lincoln for a strictly limited eight-week run.

Producers announced that Rudolph will begin performances on April 28 and play through June 20 at the Lyceum Theatre, where the show has been packing houses since its July 2024 premiere. 

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“Ever since I was a little girl I have dreamed of being Cole Escola,” Rudolph said in a statement announcing the news, calling the show “the funniest play I have ever seen.” In keeping with the play’s gleefully chaotic spirit, she added that portraying “a miserable, suffocated, alcoholic woman” on Broadway feels like “a real dream come true.”

Directed by Tony winner Sam Pinkleton, the outrageous historical farce imagines Mary Todd Lincoln not as a grieving widow but as a flamboyant, frustrated cabaret wannabe desperate to escape the White House and finally take the stage. The result is a manic, anachronistic fever dream that has become one of Broadway’s most talked-about comedies in years.

Rudolph joins a parade of beloved performers who have taken turns inhabiting the role’s bratty curls. Recent and current Marys have included John Cameron Mitchell, who plays the part through April 26, along with Jinkx Monsoon, Jane Krakowski, Tituss Burgess, Betty Gilpin and Hannah Solow.

The production has become a commercial juggernaut as well as a cult favorite. At the Lyceum, the show became the first production in the theater’s 121-year history to gross more than $1 million in a single week, a record it has since broken multiple times.

If you miss Rudolph’s stint, you’ll still have time to catch the show. Producers also announced that the Broadway run has been extended through January 3, 2027. Meanwhile, the play’s international footprint is expanding: a West End production continues at London’s Trafalgar Theatre through July 2026, and a North American tour will kick off in Hartford this September.

Tickets for the Broadway production start at $49, with rush tickets and a digital lottery also available. But if the show’s track record is any indication, Rudolph’s Broadway debut is likely to be one of the season’s hottest (and strangest) tickets.

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