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‘Oh, Mary!’ Broadway Review: How Was The Play, Mrs. Lincoln? Sensational

Deadline's review of Cole Escola's Broadway comedy 'Oh, Mary!'

Escola, low-key famous these last few years through YouTube videos, late night appearances and side gigs writing for TV’s The Other Two and Difficult People, ups the career stakes immensely with Oh, Mary!, opening tonight at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre. With nods and hints to Charles Busch, the late, great and forever Ridiculous Everett Quinton, the Sedaris siblings, Carol Burnett, Pee-wee Herman and Absolutely Fabulous, Escola squeezes just enough juice from his influences for a mix that is entirely fresh and not to be missed. A few teases: Watch for the moments when Mary gleefully torments her prim chaperone (Bianca Leigh) with all manner of indignities, especially the betrayal of a lewd confidence involving the application of ice cream somewhere between kneecaps and heaven.

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