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Mary Todd Lincoln as a cabaret star? How Cole Escola's 'stupid' dream came true
For playwright and actor Cole Escola, the show is deeply personal ... Escola began to imagine a "second chapter" for Mary Todd Lincoln, an idea that evolved slowly over 12 years.
Everyone’s Celebrating a Play About Mary Todd Lincoln—Except Her Impersonators
The former first lady’s biggest fans say people don’t get her, and the Broadway hit ‘Oh, Mary!’ isn’t exactly helping the ...
Cole Escola’s ‘Oh, Mary!’ is a hoot, but the Tony should go to Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ ‘Purpose’
Cole Escola's 'Oh, Mary!' is the front-runner in the Tony Award race for best play. But in one of the strongest playwriting ...
“Getting to Do It for an Audience, It’s Like Drugs”: 7 Tony Nominees on Jumping Between Hollywood and Broadway
Sarah Snook, Darren Criss, Nicole Scherzinger, Jonathan Groff, Audra McDonald, Cole Escola and Louis McCartney join THR's ...
Tony-nominated Cole Escola recalls growing up in Oregon: ‘lots of trees and nothing much else’
Cole Escola, who grew up in Clatskanie, created the comedy, "Oh, Mary!" which is nominated for five Tony Awards, ...
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Mary Todd Lincoln as a cabaret star? How Cole Escola's 'stupid' dream came true
Escola gives the former first lady a wild second act in the Tony-nominated play Oh, Mary! "This play is about a woman with a dream that no one... Mary Todd Lincoln as a cabaret star? How Cole ...
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Mary Todd Lincoln as a cabaret star? How Cole Escola's 'stupid' dream came true
The comedy follows a very fictionalized, intentionally improbable version of first lady Mary Todd Lincoln in the time leading to her husband's assassination. Our guest today, Cole Escola ...