OH, MARY Reviews (2026 New) — Page 11

Maya Rudolph for the win.


Suffered through this show twice with Cole and didn’t laugh once. (Went back because I thought I must be missing something. I wasn’t)



This is not Medea. Or even Madea. But Rudolph made it a crazy, genius Romp. I was giggling constantly through the show. And her audition segment was side-splitting.


Kudos to the rest of the cast too, especially Cheyenne Jackson.


Wish I had seen Jinkx But Maya salvaged it for me.


P.S. - I have to admit that Cole’s Cabaret act was sporadically funny. OK so I did laugh once.

Updated On: 7/2/26 at 07:46 PM

It depends on the actors, but yes, the show can get "shouty" because of the energy.

Tking0012 said: "Does anyone know who is coming In after Meg? Shouldn’t it have been announced by now since Maya leaves tomorrow?"


They should just pay Maya whatever she wants and have her come back to the end of the run.


With Cheyenne, of course

Someone on the UK board is saying it will be the original Broadway cast during the first two weeks of Cole's run and that it will be filmed on a few days not for sale to the public. Take it all with the usual grain of salt.

https://theatreboard.co.uk/post/672839/thread

Is the new Mary merch typically available at the theater on that performer’s first night? I’ll be there tonight and was hoping to grab a Meg t-shirt in person, but the merch site says it doesn’t ship until 7/14.

It's out online so I imagine it will be available



https://www.broadwaymerchandiseshop.com/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&_kx=--Ry0DEmkx5ouP1hZkAUPTzsp3d1OtWC2AMKOfrGavk.TKDF3b

News from the West End production:

Catherine Tate has departed the show immediately, two weeks before the end of her scheduled run, due to "personal reasons." Mason Alexander Park has returned to the production until Cole begins their run on July 20.

AC126748 said: "News from the West End production:

Catherine Tate has departed the show immediately, two weeks before the end of her scheduled run, due to "personal reasons." Mason Alexander Park has returned to the production until Cole begins their run on July 20."

Didn't think Mason was available. Was wondering if Cole would fly over and take over the role for a few weeks.

I forgot until just now, I did notice she was wearing what looked like knee pads (or brace?) under her lights when I saw it in May. I kind of assumed they were knee pads and assumed other Mary's opted for them as well.

Hannah Solow assuming the role of Mary’s Chaperone from July 13 to Aug 1!

https://x.com/ohmaryplay/status/2075233111537856558?s=46&t=0XG46rJiPEOy8dyIeDsimg

quizking101 said: "Hannah Solow assuming the role of Mary’s Chaperone from July 13 to Aug 1!

https://x.com/ohmaryplay/status/2075233111537856558?s=46&t=0XG46rJiPEOy8dyIeDsimg"

I'd assume she'll still cover Mary? And that Jackie Sanders is returning as a standby? Sanders left on July 6 once Hannah returned from doing Hairspray.

Also, why not just make Jackie Sanders as Mary's Chaperone instead?

UPDATE: Hannah is still the first cover Mary even while she covers Bianca’s absence.

Now for the new administration:

Barrett Foa, for my money, was by and far the runaway winner of the night. He is the jackpot Booth. Utterly charming, fully calibrated, and when he cracks - it is an absolute beauty to behold. Think of the best attributes of Michael Urie’s pre-crashout and Cheyenne Jackson’s post-crashout. He plays off Meg well (which can be a challenge since she’s a constant moving target), but also has crackling chemistry with Phillip when it comes to the big moment for them. A week in and he absolutely bodied this role.

Ryo Kamibyashi is a fine addition as Simon for it being a small role. It’s his first week, so he will find his groove in the madness. He seems to fall directly in the middle of Tony’s constant tension and Martin’s doe-eyed empty-headedness.

Meg…is definitely the embodiment of the principle that you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. But right now, she lands about 50% of them. With her Mary, the hinges are COMPLETELY off. However, even in manic chaos, there still needs to be a certain level of control that is severely lacking. She is covering a broad range of accents, line reading speeds, facial expressions, mood changes, and personalities in an 80 minute period and it’s almost like watching her trying to sort out what works and what doesn’t in real time, The audience ate it up, but after a while, I found her to be a bit exhausting and some of the later surefire jokes didn’t land because she was racing and shouting through them. She did well with milking the right bits (the entrance, the desk), but she needs to wind herself down a bit because, by the end, her cabaret was clearly exhausted and you could tell her voice was shot. She also missed the baton catch, but played it off well with an invisible “baton” to finish out the number.

I have no doubt she will find her groove in the next few weeks, but she needs to dial it down because there is no way in hell she can sustain a Mary at that level for 11 more weeks.