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Cole Escola Can’t Process the Meteoric Success of Broadway’s ‘Oh, Mary!’
‘Oh, Mary!’ creator and star Cole Escola discusses the unconventional smash that’s become the toast of Broadway.
Instead of the “bratty curl” wig and hoop skirt they wear to portray a madcap version of Mary Todd Lincoln, Escola is dressed comfortably in a red cardigan, striped socks and fuzzy pink slippers. “Oh, Mary!” isn’t all that interested in facts: Escola plays Lincoln as an alcoholic aspiring cabaret singer married to this closeted gay guy who’s trying to end the Civil War. And it’s a sensibility that Escola, who grew up in Oregon, without much access to Broadway, has refined in YouTube videos — where they parody Bernadette Peters and suburban moms — as well as television shows like “Difficult People” and “Search Party.”
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