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Theatre Review: Oh, Mary! (Lyceum Theatre, Broadway) ★★★★★

The skill required to craft and perform truly great comedy is often underrated, so its refreshing to see the slew of much-deserved plaudits for Cole Escola’s Oh, Mary! that currently adorn the marquee of Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre. Included among the attention-grabbing endorsements is the show’s own mock-boastful tagline—which channels the titular character’s tendency for self-aggrandizement—”The…

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Exclusive Interview: Oh, Mary! star Bianca Leigh on Cole Escola's hit Broadway comedy "laughter is my oxygen"

For the last few months, Broadway’s oldest continually operating legitimate theatre, the Lyceum, has reverberated with the raucous laughter of sell-out houses attending Cole Escola’s Oh, Mary! Having made its award-winning debut downtown at the Lucille Lortel earlier this year, the irreverent, colourful—and very queer—reimagining of historical figures, centred around a petulant, heavy-drinking,…

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LGBTQ Critics reveal 2024 Dorian Theater Award winners

Illinoise, Merrily We Roll Along, and Oh, Mary! came out on top in GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ second annual Dorian Theater Awards which were announced this week. Voted for by the group’s 39 theater wing members, the awards honor the best of the 2023-24 season’s Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Merrily We Roll Along took four Dorian Awards, including Outstanding…