Meg Stalter Will Make Her Broadway Debut as Mary Todd Lincoln in “Oh, Mary!”
Meg Stalter Will Make Her Broadway Debut as Mary Todd Lincoln in “Oh, Mary!”
Yamillah HurtadoWed, May 13, 2026 at 10:09 PM UTC
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Meg Stalter at the Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles on February 7, 2025
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Meg Stalter will star as Mary Todd Lincoln in the hit Broadway comedy Oh, Mary!
“It's the prize of a lifetime to get to be in the best play to ever be written,” the comedian said in a statement
Stalter will join the production for a 10-week engagement, from July 6 to September 12
Meg Stalter is headed to Broadway!
The comedian, 35, will make her Broadway debut this summer in the hit comedy Oh, Mary! Stalter will star in the production as Mary Todd Lincoln for a limited 10-week engagement, from July 6 to September 12.
“When I first met Cole Escola, they said, ‘I thought I was too old to feel this excited and giddy about a new friend,' and that's exactly how I felt when I met Mary Todd Lincoln for the first time,” Stalter said in a statement.
Meg Stalter as Mary Todd Lincoln in 'Oh, Mary!'
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The Hacks actress noted that she'd "never seen myself in a character the way I see myself in Mary, which is strange because I don't even drink.”
“But that's what Cole's beautiful work does to you — makes you feel incredibly excited and seen at the same time, like a little kid meeting a new friend,” Stalter said of Escola, who wrote the play and originated the role of Mary.
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She continued, “I've been in love with Cole's brain, heart, and work since the moment I had the privilege of experiencing it, and it's the prize of a lifetime to get to be in the best play to ever be written!”
Stalter concluded her statement with a message to Escola, “Cole, despite our insane public breakup in 2018,” she joked, “I love you, thank you for making my dreams come true.”
Meg Stalter as Mary Todd Lincoln in 'Oh, Mary!'
Credit: Daniel Rampulla
Directed by Tony Award winner Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary! is an outrageous retelling of Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln's assassination. The comedy portrays the First Lady as a miserable, hard-drinking woman who dreams of escaping the White House to pursue her true passion: becoming a cabaret star.
Oh, Mary! opened on Broadway on July 11, 2024, at the Lyceum Theatre and became the first show in the theater's history to gross more than $1M in a single week. Since then, the comedy has broken its own box office record 13 times and became the first show of the 2024-25 Broadway season to recoup its investment.
Other stars who have stepped into the role and worn Mary's signature curls include Jane Krakowski, Tituss Burgess, Betty Gilpin, Hannah Solow, two-time RuPaul's Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon and John Cameron Mitchell.
Saturday Night Live alum Maya Rudolph is currently starring in the role through July 5.
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