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Getting there. Behind the theatre at 152 W 46th St., across the street from Havana Central.
When to go. Head straight out at curtain call. Two-show days are the worst bet at both performances — the cast rests through the matinee and is spent by the evening. A Sunday matinee is the best single bet, because it is a one-show day. In bad weather the barricades sometimes never go up at all.
Who comes out. Anywhere from nobody to most of the cast. Nobody can tell you in advance which three — not us, not the theatre. Treat any list that claims otherwise with suspicion.
What to bring. Tonight’s Playbill and a fine-tip Sharpie, held open to the page you want signed. Ask before you photograph anyone, and keep the pavement clear — it is a working door, not a red carpet.
Why “still confirming”. The theatre details above are solid. What we haven’t nailed down is whether this particular production does a stage door — that changes with the cast, and no source publishes it. We’d rather say so than guess.
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The premise is simple: Mary Todd Lincoln is a desperate, booze-soaked cabaret performer suffocating in a marriage to a man who thinks his own speeches are profound. It is hysterical, deeply cynical, and entirely unhinged. Escola manages to make historical misery feel like a night out in a basement bar in the East Village. With a revolving door of high-wattage replacements like Jinkx Monsoon and Maya Rudolph, the production stays fresh enough to justify the hype. It earned its Tonys and its Pulitzer nod by being sharp enough to cut through the usual Broadway sentimentality. Skip the overpriced drinks and just go for the chaos.
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Cole Escola plays Mary Todd Lincoln as a boozy cabaret wannabe and won the Tony for Best Play doing it. Eighty minutes of dizzy, filthy, breakneck farce — the kind that ambushes you into laughing out loud. A few critics found the script thin; everyone else couldn't breathe. Go in knowing it's gleefully stupid on purpose, and you'll have the best dumb night of your year.
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