Broadway’s ‘Oh, Mary!’ has its next Mary Todd Lincoln – Jinkx Monsoon! The "Queen of All Queens" will take on the role of Mary Todd Lincoln starting in August.

Mary Todd Lincoln’s Signature Dessert Was Abe’s Favorite first appeared on Parade on Jun 16, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 16, 2025, where it first appeared.

Written by Escola, "Oh, Mary!" imagines Mary Todd Lincoln as an alcoholic, wannabe cabaret star and her husband, Abraham (Conrad Ricamora), as a closeted, temperamental commander-in-chief.

Escola will play their final performance as ‘Mary Todd Lincoln’ on Saturday, June 21, 2025, with six-time Emmy-Nominee Tituss Burgess returning to the title role beginning Monday, June 23.

"Oh, Mary!" may be Broadway's most unlikely offering this season, a wildly over-the-top, not-at-all historically accurate look at first lady Mary Todd Lincoln, written by and starring Cole Escola ...

There is a blue velvet dress [the real] Mary Todd Lincoln wore—not that night to the theater, but it was a big inspiration for me with the color. Our color is this aqua, which is also this ...

Mary Todd Lincoln got to know about Ann Rutledge much later. After Lincoln was assassinated, she became aware of her late husband’s ‘first love’, which of course saddened her more.

Photographer Buddy Secor photographs Ron Carley and Tina Woolum following their wedding dressed as Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd at Belle Grove in King George, Va. on July 27, 2018.

In truth, Mary Todd Lincoln and Mathew Brady's relationship was a limited one. She did pose for Brady at his studio at 625 Pennsylvania Avenue in November of 1861.