How Maya Rudolph Became an ‘Absolute Menace’ in ‘Oh, Mary!’
#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }Performances in N.Y.C.Broadway GuideFree Summer Plays‘Girl, Interrupted’‘Jerome’‘And Then the Rodeo Burned Down’You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. ETMaya Rudolph loves jokes that are so stupid, they verge on brilliant.So it’s high praise when Rudolph describes “Oh, Mary!,” the Broadway play she’s starring in as an unhinged Mary Todd Lincoln, as “so dumb.”“The biggest compliment I can give sometimes in comedy is, it’s so dumb. It just is silly,” Rudolph said during a video interview.
- ▪#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }Performances in N.Y.C.Broadway GuideFree Summer Plays‘Girl, Interrupted’‘Jerome’‘And Then the Rodeo Burned Down’You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your a
- ▪ETMaya Rudolph loves jokes that are so stupid, they verge on brilliant.So it’s high praise when Rudolph describes “Oh, Mary!,” the Broadway play she’s starring in as an unhinged Mary Todd Lincoln, as “so dumb.”“The biggest compliment I can
- ▪It just is silly,” Rudolph said during a video interview.
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#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }Performances in N.Y.C.Broadway GuideFree Summer Plays‘Girl, Interrupted’‘Jerome’‘And Then the Rodeo Burned Down’You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Skip to contentSkip to site indexA First Lady and ‘Absolute Menace’: Maya Rudolph Does ‘Oh, Mary!’For her Broadway debut, the comedian hired a trainer, read lines with her daughter and, when she needed it most, was saved by improv.Credit...Supported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTListen · 10:28 min Share full article24By Alexandra AlterVisuals by Thea TraffJune 10, 2026Updated 10:47 a.m.
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