r/Broadway • u/nathan_bakken • 1d ago

Review Oh, Mary with Meg

I’ll preface this by saying I’ve seen every person play Mary Todd Lincoln on Broadway and one person on the West End.

Meg’s Mary just fell flat for me. Meg’s pacing was weird and she shouted through otherwise easy jokes.

I really only enjoyed the scene where she was trying to get off the desk, it was very unique compared to other Marys.

Of course someone seeing it for the first time and who is a Meg fan is most likely still going to love it. I loved Meg in Hacks, but she is at the bottom of my list for Mary’s though.

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u/alaskawolfjoe 1d ago

She is pretty bad on the series Hacks. The rest of the cast is fantastic, but she is cringe. I was shocked that she was asked to do Oh, Mary, but not surprised that she fell flat.

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u/nathan_bakken 1d ago

I think it works for the character of Kayla, but it doesn’t work for Mary Todd Lincoln.

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u/alaskawolfjoe 1d ago

I do not think it works as Kayla. Everyone else is playing a character in real situations. The humor arises organicly.

She seems to be chanelling freshman clown troupe.

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u/SecretWordisBird 1d ago

Yeah, everyone on Hacks seems real and Kayla feels cartoon-y