OH, MARY Reviews (2026 New)- Page 3

[quizking101]

Posted: 2/16/26 at 7:57pm

WiCkEDrOcKS said: "I liked JCM, well enough. I thought he found some fresh jokes, which I appreciated. I will say he goes back and forth between talking in a lower register, oddly - and when he does slip into thatvoice, it can be somewhat hard to hear him. Simu was nothing more than fine, up until that saloon sequence - he finally won me over there. I love Jenn Harris in this SO much. She would sell $10 worth of tickets, but I’d love to see her tackle Mary. You simply can’t teach her comedic timing and skillset.

If I’m ranking (I haven’t seen Hannah):

1. Cole
2. Jinkx (I’m honestly tempted to put Jinkx first - that’s how good she was.)
3. Jane
4. Betty
5. JCM
6. Tituss

"

I would switch Betty and JCM and put Mason A. Park in a tie with Jinkx.

Re: Charles Busch - I kinda wish I saw this post last night because I ended up out for drinks with him and some mutual friends and so I should’ve asked. But he definitely has some Quentin Crisp energy about him and I absolutely Iove it 

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 2/18/26 at 9:32pm

I loved Morrison. Everything about his performance. The great thing about this show is the debates about casting and character choices. Makes it fun. Everyone is going to relate differently to actors. I don’t care for Harris at all but I don’t think she ruins the show. I’m glad some folks love her. 
 

I’d actually like to see Kathryn Hahn as Mary. She was a trip in Boeing Boeing. She is a twisted trip as an actress. 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 2/18/26 at 9:49pm

I just want Jackie Sanders to go on already!

[QueenAlice]

Posted: 2/19/26 at 9:45am

I understand the instinct to rank performers in a role, but truly everyone who has played the title role in this show has brought something totally unique to not only the part, but to the sensibility of the show itself.  So how do we quantify?  Obviously, by now the real winner is Cole Escola- not the performer, but the playwright who has written something that is so enduring and elastic you could put Melania Trump in the role and the show would probably still ultimately work.

For what it's worth, I saw JCM a few nights ago and thought he was wonderful. He is perhaps the performer so far least inclined to follow in the proven comedic beats of his predecessors, but his Mary is singularly HIM as a personality and as an artist. And I think at this point, that is what we are going to see, whenever we go see the latest incarnation in this role.

[inception]

Posted: 2/19/26 at 10:29am

QueenAlice said:  you could put Melania Trump in the role and the show would probably still ultimately work.

That woman is already living this show for reals daily.  I imagine she's knocking back oxy & codeine instead of whiskey though.

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 2/19/26 at 12:40pm

CoffeeBreak said:

"JCM has potential - and we love him - but last night he could not find the moments and ran over joke after joke."

The lost joke that annoyed me the most was:

 

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During the audition, "she killed herself today," which always gets a big laugh from me and the audience, was reduced to nothing without a pause before it. JCM launched into it in the same breath as "kissin and tellin, and kissin some more," which made it barely understandable amid the laughs from the previous line. When it's delivered correctly, it s a guaranteed laugh, but JCM managed to lose it.

Updated On: 2/19/26 at 12:40 PM

[AC126748]

Posted: 2/19/26 at 1:32pm

I spoke with Charles Busch about a year ago, and he more or less said that his days of doing any sort of extended run were behind him.