"I get that it was a farce. But I didn’t find it funny. Just silly. Gratuitous foul language. And LOUD!!"
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Broadway.com Customer on May 26, 2025
High school performance level
"Out of everything I've seen on Broadway it was my least favorite show. The play plot was not interesting at all and the performance was poor. Not recommend"
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Broadway.com Customer on Feb 20, 2025
Fun for many -not for me.
"actors were good as were costumes and scenery. it's just a rather silly, dumb play."
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Broadway.com Customer on Feb 24, 2025
I would give it a zero if possible.
"75 minutes of boring old gags. I was warned that it was lewd but it’s not really. Just the kind of “jokes” that have been around for decades. Kind of high school review stuff!
I’m not sure why it is popular. Don’t bother!"
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Broadway.com Customer on Jan 26, 2025
Avoid Oh Mary
"The acting was excellent but the show a bore. Although a good farse could be fun, this one is just silly and a waste of time and money. "
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Broadway.com Customer on Nov 15, 2024
Too slapstick for me
"Definitely different but too slapstick, some funny lines and the lead is obviously very talented but not my type of humor"
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Broadway.com Customer on Jun 1, 2025
Not Recommended
"We did not enjoy Oh Mary. The supposed humor was too predictable and typical. I kept waiting for the main characters in “Dumb and Dumber” to show up. "
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Broadway.com Customer on May 16, 2025
Not very funny
"The premise is funny but there’s not one clever line in the whole show. "
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Broadway.com Customer on Mar 24, 2025
Extremely crass. Necessary for what was a good premise
"We had high expectations and were severely disappointed. The actor who played Mary was amazing, but tension between Abe and his aide was cringeworthy, especially the scene under the desk. I realize that I might be on the prudish side but the people in our section were clapping uncomfortable as well. "
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Broadway.com Customer on Feb 17, 2025
Oh no Mary
"Honestly, I thought it was the worst play I've ever seen in my life and I'm 68 years old and I've seen a lot of plays in my lifetime. It was corny and juvenile, but at the same time obscene where it really didn't need to be.
I think I chuckled one time. the only good part was it was only an hour and 15 minutes"
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sharon S from islip terrece on Jan 26, 2025
not funny
"Crude, vulgar, not funny"
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Broadway.com Customer on Jan 16, 2025
Funny? On occasion. Sophomoric? Definitely
"I came to O Mary! with an expectation of a memorable evening. I'd heard from others how uniquely funny the show was.
Cole Escola did a great job portraying the part. But, the script they wrote lacked so many areas.
At least 4 "jokes" were repeated throughout the play. First time I heard them, I smiled. The second time, I was unmoved. The third ( and fourth times), the jokes were a painful reminder of the juvenile humor throughout the play.
I found the yelling between the characters not funny at all, and the portrayal of Lincoln started at the irreverent, but soon became offensive.
All in all, probably the worst show I've seen in years."
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Broadway.com Customer on Dec 20, 2024
Odd Woman Out
"The lead actor playing Mary is enormously talented and all the cast were very good. Unlike almost everyone else in the theater, I was not much entertained. This may be a generation gap thing or just me but the humor seemed to have more to do with using and using and using the word “fuck”, which does not seem very creative or thought provoking. I am not from the school where the grosser the gag the funnier. "
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Broadway.com Customer on Oct 28, 2024
About
Oh, Mary!
Oh, Mary! is a dark comedy about a miserable, suffocated Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Unrequited yearning, alcoholism, and suppressed desires abound in this 80-minute one-act play that finally examines the forgotten life and dreams of Mrs. Lincoln, through the lens of an idiot (playwright Cole Escola).
Declared “one of the best comedies in years” by The New York Times, Oh, Mary! received Tony Awards for Best Leading Actor in a Play (Cole Escola) and Best Direction of a Play (Sam Pinkleton), Drama League Awards for Outstanding Play and Outstanding Direction of a Play, as well as a special citation from the New York Drama Critics’ Circle. It was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
