The &34;Bridesmaids&34; actress will have her first show on April 28. Maya Rudolph set to make her Broadway debut in a role she was born to play The &34;Bridesmaids&34; actress will have her first show on April 28. By Daysia Tolentino :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/DaysiaTolentinoauthorphotob1c9bf2343cf4cf7b77759eeb9f69e8d.jpg) Daysia Tolentino Daysia Tolentino is a writer at . She has written for since 2025. Her work has appeared in NBC News, Vulture, GQ, and InStyle. EW's editorial guidelines on March 12, 2026 11:09 a.m.

The "Bridesmaids" actress will have her first show on April 28.

Maya Rudolph set to make her Broadway debut in a role she was born to play

The "Bridesmaids" actress will have her first show on April 28.

By Daysia Tolentino

Daysia Tolentino

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Maya Rudolph is taking on the mantle of Mary Todd Lincoln in *Oh, Mary! *on Broadway.

This will be Rudolph's Broadway debut. She takes over the role, which was originated by the play's writer Cole Escola, on April 28. The *Bridesmaids *actress will star in *Oh, Mary! *for an 8-week engagement through June 20.

"Ever since I was a little girl I have dreamed of being Cole Escola," Rudolph said in a statement. "*Oh, Mary!* is the funniest play I have ever seen, and I have seen a lot of plays, you'd be surprised. It's such an honor to play the role of Mary, especially after so many iconic Marys have come before me. So making my Broadway debut in the role of a lifetime — as a miserable, suffocated, alcoholic woman — is a real dream come true."

Directed by Sam Pinkleton, *Oh, Mary! *is a comedy following a fictionalized, drunkard Mary Todd Lincoln in the lead-up to her husband President Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Escola has shared how they wrote the play using "no research," instead riffing off the basic facts about the Lincolns.

Tony Macht, Simu Liu, John Cameron Mitchell, John-Andrew Morrison, and Jenn Harris in 'Oh, Mary!'.

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Rudolph will replace John Cameron Mitchell, whose run ends on April 26. She joins an impressive lineage of Marys, which have included Jinkx Monsoon, Jane Krakowski, Tituss Burgess, Betty Gilpin, and Hannah Solow.

*Oh Mary!* won two awards at the 78th annual Tonys in 2025 including Best Direction of a Play and Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play. Escola became the first non-binary person to win a lead actor Tony.

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