Cole Escola's "Oh, Mary!" is heading to HBO Max in 2027

"Oh, Mary!", the Tony Award-winning play by star-writer Cole Escola and director Sam Pinkleton, will release a filmed performance in 2027 on HBO and HBO Max.

The dark comedy follows a miserable, suffocated Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Unrequited yearning, alcoholism, and suppressed desires abound in this 80-minute, one-act play that finally examines the forgotten life and dreams of Mrs. Lincoln, through the lens of an idiot (playwright Cole Escola).

The cast of this performance of "Oh, Mary!" includes Escola as Mary Todd Lincoln, Olivier Award winner Giles Terera as Mary’s Husband, Bianca Leigh as Mary’s Chaperone, Tony Macht as Mary’s Husband’s Assistant, and Emmy® nominee Michael Urie as Mary’s Teacher. The special is the filmed version of the July 28, 2026 performance that took place at the Trafalgar Theatre in London’s West End.

Nina Rosenstein, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming, Late Night and Specials, said: “Some shows stay with you long after you've seen them. "Oh, Mary!" is one of them. It's 80 minutes of meticulously choreographed chaos...so wildly original that everyone who sees it immediately needs someone else to see it too. Cole has pulled off the almost impossible…they created a comedy that feels completely unlike anything else, while making it look effortless. We're so incredibly proud to welcome Cole Escola and Sam Pinkleton's "Oh, Mary!" to HBO.”

"Oh, Mary!" opened Off Broadway in January 2024 before transferring to Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre in July 2024, where it became the first show in the theater’s 121-year history to gross over $1 million in a single week. "Oh, Mary!" has since broken its own box office record fifteen times and became the first show of the 2024-25 Broadway season to recoup its investment. It premiered on the West End in December 2025 and will launch a North American tour this month.