The True Story of Mary Todd Lincoln: What Broadway's “Oh, Mary! ”Got Right and Wrong About the Troubled First Lady

The Tony-winning play paints Abraham Lincoln's wife as a boozy aspiring actress, but how does history really remember her?
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Mary Todd Lincoln to be retried for insanity

One hundred and 30 years after her death, Mary Todd Lincoln will be retried for insanity. The former first lady was declared insane 10 years after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865, when ...
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Mary Todd Lincoln as a cabaret star? How Cole Escola's 'stupid' dream came true

The Broadway comedy Oh, Mary! is an intentionally ridiculous reimagining of first lady Mary Todd Lincoln. It portrays her as having become addicted to alcohol, not because of the Civil War, but ...
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The True Story of Mary Todd Lincoln: What Broadway's “Oh, Mary! ”Got Right and Wrong About the Troubled First Lady

Cole Escola's Tony-winning play, Oh, Mary!, has cast a satirical new light on the life and legacy of former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln, who is currently portrayed on Broadway by 30 Rock's Jane ...