Playbill's podcast has officially launched. The latest episode of The Playbill Podcast: A Show On Broadway features Oh, Mary! writer and star Cole Escola and director Sam Pinkleton—both 2025 Tony Award nominees—and is now available anywhere you get your podcasts, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also listen below.
Oh, Mary! centers on famed First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, who, through the demented lens of Escola, becomes a cabaret-obsessed alcoholic, to hilarious results. The play began as a cult favorite downtown hit at Off-Broadway's Lucille Lortel Theatre last year, transferring to Broadway's Lyceum last summer and becoming a perhaps unlikely major Broadway smash. The show is currently up for five 2025 Tony Awards, including Best Play, Leading Actor in a Play for Escola, Direction of a Play for Pinkleton, Featured Actor in a Play for Conrad Ricamora, and Costume Design of a Play for Holly Pierson.
Along with a chat with Escola and Pinkleton, the Oh, Mary! episode of The Playbill Podcast also features host Playbill Chief Operating Officer and Vice President Alex Birsh, joined by Playbill Managing News Editor Logan Culwell-Block, our resident superfan of Escola and Oh, Mary!, to discuss what makes Escola's insane sense of humor so unique—and so hilarious.
Future episodes of The Playbill Podcast are slated to center on Floyd Collins with star Jeremy Jordan, and lots more in the weeks ahead.
“The two most common questions anyone at Playbill gets from friends or family are: 'What's on Broadway? And what should I see?,'" says Birsh of the inspiration behind the new project. "The Playbill Podcast is here to help. Whether you’re a Broadway veteran or just starting to explore, we'll bring you the magic of Broadway, one show at a time.”
Along with Birsh and stars from each spotlighted show, episodes feature conversations with Playbill's resident theatre experts, aka the staffers that spend all their days writing and working on theatre and most nights seeing shows. The Playbill Podcast connects listeners with the savvy and fun theatre fans you've been looking for, whether it's to help you find your next ticket to buy or just give you a place to geek out about your favorite show.
Cole Escola in Oh, Mary!
Cole Escola and Bianca Leigh in Oh, Mary!
Conrad Ricamora and Cole Escola in Oh, Mary!
Conrad Ricamora and Tony Macht in Oh, Mary!
Cole Escola and Conrad Ricamora in Oh, Mary!
Cole Escola and James Scully in Oh, Mary!
Conrad Ricamora, Cole Escola, and Bianca Leigh in Oh, Mary!
Tony Macht, Cole Escola, Conrad Ricamora, and Bianca Leigh in Oh, Mary!
