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Bowen Yang will make his Broadway debut portraying former First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln in Cole Escola’s Oh, Mary! at the Lyceum Theatre, beginning Sept. 15 for a 12-week run through Dec. 6. The long-running show has featured a rotating roster of celebrity guests and is set to continue on Broadway, with London’s West End production and a North American tour planned.
Bowen Yang announced on Instagram that he will make his Broadway debut as Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary!, a 12-week limited run beginning September 15, after leaving Saturday Night Live mid-season in December 2025. He says the Broadway opportunity comes at the perfect time, and director Sam Pinkleton teases a particularly intense, masculine take on Mary as part of the production’s bold staging.
Bowen Yang will star as Mary Todd Lincoln in the Broadway production Oh, Mary!, starting September 15 and marking his Broadway debut. He initially declined the role to respect a tight SNL schedule but reconsidered after seeing understudy Hannah Solow perform; the show’s rotating Marys—from Betty Gilpin to Jinkx Monsoon and Maya Rudolph—have kept the role dynamic, with casting director Henry Russell Bergstein praising each interpretation.
Broadway box office rebounded about 13% week over week to $34.86M with 273,061 attendees as Oh, Mary! returns with Meg Stalter at the Lyceum. Oh, Mary! grossed $1,078,641 in its first full week back. Ragtime set a weekly record with $1,625,400 at Lincoln Center Theater and has been extended to Aug. 16. The five top earners were The Lion King, Hamilton, Death of a Salesman, MJ and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; the average ticket price was $127.68, with only Hamilton and Salesman topping $200.
Netflix’s Mark Twain Prize trailer for Bill Maher leans toward a light, roast-free ceremony with guests like Louis C.K., Whitney Cummings, and Jay Leno. The page also notes Oh, Mary! is being filmed in London with Cole Escola, while FCC chair Brendan Carr faces ethics questions over gifts from Paramount tied to mergers. Additionally, The Batman: Part II is officially moving forward with a February 18, 2028 release and a tease of Pattinson back in the Batsuit.
Oh, Mary!, Cole Escola's Tony-winning Broadway comedy, is headed to a live stage film; the July 28 performance at London's Trafalgar Theatre will be filmed with Escola in the title role, directed by Sam Pinkleton, and featuring Bianca Leigh, Tony Macht, Michael Urie, and Giles Terera, with a filming cast joining July 20–August 1 as the show transfers to the West End.
Cole Escola returns to the title role in Oh, Mary!, a revisionist comedy about Mary Todd Lincoln, for a West End pro-shot filmed at the Trafalgar Theatre. Filming is set for July 28 with performances July 20–Aug 15; Bianca Leigh, Tony Macht, Giles Terera, and Michael Urie co-star, directed by Sam Pinkleton. Producers include Kevin McCollum, Lucas McMahon, Mike Lavoie and Carlee Briglia; release planned for a future date.
Taylor Swift was spotted arriving at Electric Lady Studios in NYC on June 15, fueling chatter about new music after she and fiancé Travis Kelce attended Oh, Mary! on Broadway and mingled backstage with Maya Rudolph and the cast. The outing follows a busy NYC spell that included NBA Finals attendance, her Songwriters Hall of Fame induction, and a recent Toy Story 5 premiere performance of a new song, suggesting she’s keeping a high-profile multi-event run in motion.
The widely circulated rumor that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce would marry on June 13 near Swift’s Rhode Island beach house has been debunked, as the couple spent the date at Broadway’s Oh, Mary! and Swift publicly celebrated the show, signaling no wedding occurred that weekend.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were spotted leaving The Eighty Six in New York City hand-in-hand after dinner, with Swift wearing a maroon velvet Ralph Lauren dress and Kelce in a floral shirt and striped pants. They then attended a Broadway performance of Oh, Mary! and posed with stars including Maya Rudolph; the outing follows Kelce’s support for Swift at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction earlier in the week.
Meg Stalter will make her Broadway debut this July in Oh, Mary! as Mary Todd Lincoln, joining a cast that has included Maya Rudolph; the Tony Awards race features four Best Musical nominees—The Lost Boys, Schmigadoon!, Titanique, and Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)—and a slate of Best Play contenders including The Balusters, Giant, Liberation, and Little Bear Ridge Road; separately, Tim Heidecker’s bid to take over InfoWars faced a Texas court delay, with proceeds pledged to the families of Sandy Hook victims.
Meg Stalter will make her Broadway debut as Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary!, taking over from Maya Rudolph for a ten-week summer run at the Lyceum Theatre. The casting marks a major step for the comedian-actor, with Stalter juggling her rising pop career as she headlines on a big stage this season.
Maya Rudolph will extend her limited Broadway run in Oh, Mary! by two weeks to July 5 after two box-office records were set in its first week at the Lyceum Theatre, including a weekly gross of about $1.54 million and a single-performance take of $199,935.
Maya Rudolph’s Broadway debut as Oh, Mary! boosted the Lyceum production to a best-ever weekly gross of $1,540,980 (including a Friday take of $199,935). The May 3 week saw six shows sell out, and while Chicago and other titles posted strong numbers, Broadway’s 40 productions grossed $39,259,008 with 321,960 attendees, down modestly from the prior week and year.
Maya Rudolph will make her Broadway debut playing Mary Todd Lincoln in Cole Escola’s Oh, Mary!, with an eight-week run starting April 28; the show has since extended on Broadway through January 3, 2027.