Oh Mary!, the wacky and irreverent Tony Award-winning play about first lady Mary Todd Lincoln, will stop in Philadelphia on its first national tour next spring and tickets go on sale this week.
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Following a box office record-breaking Broadway run, the Philadelphia premiere of Oh Mary! will be one of the buzziest theater tickets of the season. The brief run at the Miller Theater from March 9 to 14, 2027 will likely sell fast given the show’s massive popularity.
Written by actor/comedian Cole Escola, the play focuses on the Lincolns in the weeks leading up to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln (here called “Mary’s husband”). The dark, campy comedy first featured Escola in the role of Mary — which led them to win the 2025 Tony Award for best leading actor in a play — and has since hosted special guest stars like Maya Rudolph, Tituss Burgess, Jinkx Monsoon, and Jane Krakowski. The show also won the Tony for best direction of a play, and was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
“Oh, Mary! is exactly the kind of bold, inventive Broadway sensation that we want to bring to Philadelphia,” said Frances Egler, Ensemble Arts Philly’s vice president of theatrical programming and presentations, in a statement. “The play is both razor-sharp and delightfully idiotic, an absurdist, whip-smart comedy … And given Mary Todd Lincoln’s well-documented fondness for shopping in Philadelphia, it feels only right that she finally gets top billing here.”
Casting for the tour has not been announced yet. Presale tickets are available for Ensemble Arts Philly members beginning June 22; tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 26.
‘Oh Mary!’, March 9-14, 2027, Miller Theater, 250 S Broad St., 215-893-1999 or www.ensembleartsphilly.org.