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Review: What Makes ‘Oh, Mary!’ One of the Best Summer Comedies in Years
Cole Escola’s dragtastic White House farce asks the immortal question: Besides that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?
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‘Oh, Mary!,’ a Surprise Downtown Hit, Will Play Broadway This Summer
Cole Escola’s madcap comedy about the former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln will begin performances in June.
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Sports
Costuming a Small Army of Virgins for the Met Opera’s ‘El Niño’
The challenge for Montana Levi Blanco, the Tony-winning costume designer for John Adams’s oratorio, was how to keep straight so…
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Mary Todd Lincoln, Thwarted Cabaret Star? That’s Cole Escola’s Take.
“Oh, Mary!,” which follows a boozing, romance-starved first lady, is the latest entertainment about the Lincolns, illustrating their staying power…
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World
Denmark’s Next Queen Is a Progressive, Common-Born Former Australian
“I don’t recall wishing that one day I would be a princess,” Princess Mary told reporters. “I wanted to be…
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Books
Conjuring Mary Shelley’s Outrageous Imagination
A Dutch novelist envisions the creation of “Frankenstein,” Shelley’s most famous work.
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World
The Sandwich Southerners Wait for All Year
A lush tomato, eaten in peak summer, is meant to be pined over.
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Books
‘Lucy’ Review: There’s Something About the Babysitter
A workplace comedy set at home, this cleverly detailed production explores child care as both labor and primal instinct.
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World
Lost Letters by Mary, Queen of Scots, Uncovered by Amateur Code Breakers
The messages, written while she was imprisoned by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I, were mistakenly listed as Italian texts in…