Broadway: Oh, Mary! Cole Escola

[Rod Hagen]

Am I missing it, or is there really no discussion of Cole or of Oh, Mary!  ?  Doesn't seem possible.

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Edited May 4 by Rod Hagen

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

I thought we talked about it here, but perhaps we didn't (?)

I saw it back at the Lyceum and then again at the Lucille Lortel.  

While I enjoyed it for the camp, absurdist piece it was, I didn't find it near as wildly groundbreaking as some of the audience around me.

Cole is talented, but I would have also loved to see someone like Charles Busch tackle this. 

 

[foxy]

Thinking about getting a ticket next week. 

[+ nycman]

4 hours ago, foxy said:

Thinking about getting a ticket next week. 

I saw it recently (most likely the last male homosexual in NYC to get tickets), and I honestly loved it. 

Cole was clearly raised on a diet rich in Carol Burnett, Joan Rivers, and Lady Bunny humor. 

At times I seriously couldn’t stop laughing. I will say the late-middle aged woman in front of me in the theater, didn’t laugh once, and seemed befuddled at my difficulty in constraining my giggles. It’s been a long time since I laughed so hard I cried, and that happened several times during the show. Expect nothing, and enjoy the ride.

"The sheer bliss of dumb, dumb comedy, made by very, very smart people."

[AtticusBK]

I saw it at the Lucille Lortel and loved it. The energy in the smaller theater probably swayed my experience — everyone was clearly v excited to be there & ready to be entertained, making it that much more fun.

also — love Conrad Ricamora — I’d watch him in just about anything.

[MenLoveAvenue]

Cole used to do sketch comedy on YouTube with Jeffrey Self ages ago, and I always loved his Bernadette Peters bits. Recognized him on the street near Times Square maybe 15 years ago (??) in the middle of the day and got to tell him how much I enjoyed his work. He's a sweetheart. 

Oh, and Conrad Ricamora? from the first time he appeared on HTGAWM, I was smitten.

Edited May 5 by MenLoveAvenue
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[MenLoveAvenue]

here's a link to VGL Gay Boys circa 2009

 

[MenLoveAvenue]

Jeffrey and Cole reminisce about sex work last month at The Strand 

 

[MenLoveAvenue]

just for good measure . . . 

 

[Rod Hagen]

I don't know if any of you are old enough to watch CBS Sunday morning (between Murder She Wrote and Matlock), but here is the longer unaired version of the interview.  Is they the youngest looking (and acting) 38 year old ever?

 

 

 

Edited May 5 by Rod Hagen

[skynyc]

For the first 30 minutes, I was wondering what the buzz was about. It felt like a P-town drag show just getting laughs by using the C-word and accusing an uptight woman of being a Dyke. But the last half really got me laughing. The scene at Ford's Theater is truly brilliant. Cole is so funny, and it will be interesting to see how the Tony voters go. I also wonder how in this crazy world, the fact that they can support a very GAY play by a non-cis playwright/performer may be a factor. 

I do find it rather amazing that this was a finalist for the Pulitzer. 

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

2 hours ago, skynyc said:

Tony voters go... I also wonder how in this crazy world, the fact that they can support a very GAY play by a non-cis playwright/performer may be a factor.

Considering the TONY voting block has a majority of gay men, it's not altogether a shocking thing to fathom.

[+ ApexNomad]

On 5/4/2025 at 9:52 PM, AtticusBK said:

I saw it at the Lucille Lortel and loved it. The energy in the smaller theater probably swayed my experience — everyone was clearly v excited to be there & ready to be entertained, making it that much more fun.

also — love Conrad Ricamora — I’d watch him in just about anything.

Love Conrad! He’s wonderful.

[+ ApexNomad]

On 5/4/2025 at 11:57 AM, BenjaminNicholas said:

I thought we talked about it here, but perhaps we didn't (?)

I saw it back at the Lyceum and then again at the Lucille Lortel.  

While I enjoyed it for the camp, absurdist piece it was, I didn't find it near as wildly groundbreaking as some of the audience around me.

Cole is talented, but I would have also loved to see someone like Charles Busch tackle this. 

 

Have you seen it with Titus Burgess? He’ll be taking over again.

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

12 hours ago, ApexNomad said:

Have you seen it with Titus Burgess? He’ll be taking over again.

I have not.  Only with Escola.

I'd think that Titus would find the rhythms of absurdist comedy perfectly.  Kimmy Schmidt proved that.

Edited May 7 by BenjaminNicholas

[Rod Hagen]

They won!

 

[d.anders]

I don't know if it's true, but I read that Jinx Monsoon will be taking over the role. 

[leeper]

Jinx Monsoon is verified.

From Playbill News:

Two-time RuPaul's Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon will join Broadway's Oh, Mary! later this summer, following her current gig in Roundabout Theatre Company's Pirates! The Penzance Musical. The former Little Shop of Horrors and Broadway Chicago star revealed the news on Today June 18.

Monsoon's limited engagement will run August 4-September 27, succeeding Tituss Burgess. 2

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

On 5/3/2025 at 11:08 PM, Rod Hagen said:

Am I missing it, or is there really no discussion of Cole or of Oh, Mary!  ?  Doesn't seem possible.

It's also discussed (or rather, complained about) here: 

I guess this person was expecting a non-humorous live documentary on Lincoln.

 

Edited June 19 by Vegas_Millennial