Rehearsals are underway for the upcoming London takeover of Cole Escola's Oh, Mary!, set to begin performances at Trafalgar Theatre in the West End December 3, ahead an a December 18 opening night. Sam Pinkleton is reprising his Tony-winning Broadway direction, with performances currently set to continue through April 25, 2026. Step inside the rehearsal room with title star Mason Alexander Park and the full company in the photo gallery below.
Park—known best for their small screen performances in The Sandman, Quantum Leap, and Cowboy Bebop—is starring in the title role, following up earlier stage performances as The Emcee in Cabaret in London's West End, St. Jimmy in American Idiot for Deaf West Theatre in California, and the title role of Hedwig and the Angry Inch on a U.S. tour, amongst others.
The cast also features Kate O’Donnell (Big Girl’s Blouse) as Mary’s Chaperone, Oliver Stockley (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club) as Mary’s Husband’s Assistant, Dino Fetscher (The Normal Heart) as Mary’s Teacher, and Giles Terera (Hamilton) as Mary’s Husband.
Mason Alexander Park
Dino Fetscher and Mason Alexander Park
Sam Pinkleton, Giles Terera, and Mason Alexander Park
Mason Alexander Park
Dino Fetscher
Dino Fetscher
Dino Fetscher
Mason Alexander Park
Giles Terera
Oliver Stockley, Mason Alexander Park, Giles Terera, and Kate O'Donnell
Sam Pinkleton, Georgie Rankcom, and Giles Terera
Giles Terera
Giles Terera and Mason Alexander Park
Mason Alexander Park and Kate O'Donnell
Giles Terera and Mason Alexander Park
Giles Terera, Mason Alexander Park, and Kate O'Donnell
Sam Pinkleton
Oliver Stockley
Kate O'Donnell
Dino Fetscher and Mason Alexander Park
Oh, Mary! centers on Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks leading up to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. In Escola's demented take (or as press notes put it, "through the lens of an idiot"), Mary Todd becomes a madcap, cabaret-obsessed alcoholic.
The piece premiered at Off-Broadway's Lucille Lortel Theatre in 2024 in a run that was extended three times. It then opened on Broadway last summer, where it's been breaking box-office records at the Lyceum Theatre; it became the first show in the theatre’s 121-year history to gross more than $1,000,000 in a single week. The show earned two 2025 Tony Awards: Lead Actor in a Play for Escola, the play's original Mary; and Director of a Play for Pinkleton. Oh, Mary! continues its run on Broadway.
READ: Director Sam Pinkleton on the Art of Recasting Oh, Mary!
Pinkleton has re-assembled his creative team for the West End transfer, including scenic designer dots, costume designer Holly Pierson, lighting designer Cha See, composer and co-sound designer Daniel Kluger, co-sound designer Drew Levy, wig designer Leah J. Loukas, and music arranger David Dabbon.
U.K. casting is by Stuart Burt CDG.
The transfer is being produced by Kevin McCollum and Lucas McMahon, and Mike Lavoie and Carlee Briglia. Executive producers are Wessex Grove.
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