‘Oh, Mary!’ Mania Takes Over L.A.: Director Sam Pinkleton on Bringing the Unruly Broadway Comedy Phenomenon to Full Houses at the Ahmanson

‘Oh, Mary!’ Mania Takes Over L.A.: Director Sam Pinkleton on Bringing the Unruly Broadway Comedy Phenomenon to Full Houses at the Ahmanson hakkında magazin dünyasında yaşanan en son ayrıntılar ve sıcak gelişmeler netleşti. Nov 12, 2026 4:23pm PT ‘Oh, Mary!’ Mania Takes Over L.A.: Director Sam Pinkleton on Bringing the Unruly Broadway Comedy Phenomenon to Full Houses at the Ahmanson ‘The play is not what one would call subtle, so it really works in these big rooms. It’s also just so fun to be with that many people laughing,’ says Pinkleton By Chris Willman Plus Icon Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic ChrisWillman Latest Phoebe Bridgers Extends ‘Lost Tour’ With 25 Additional North American Dates in 2027 6 hours ago Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Designates the Troubadour as a Landmark Venue; Going Forward, L.A.

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So she would be deeply pleased with the production of “Oh, Mary!” that opens this week at L.A.’s Ahmanson Theatre, where the vast majority of seats for its nearly month-long run sold out in advance. That’s not something that happens with every engagement in the 2,100-seat theater, but Mary — and “Mary” — are a unique case, to say the least.

Related Stories Kaylee Hottle’s Sister Will Step in to Complete ‘Godzilla’ Actor’s Last Movie After Her Death at 18 Years Old The wild comedic play, directed by Sam Pinkleton and written by (and originally starring) Cole Escola, became Broadway’s toughest ticket immediately upon opening in early 2024, after a smash off-Broadway run. The succession of actors eager to step into Mary’s dress in the last two and a half years has included both drag performers and cis women.

On the national tour that is arriving in L.A., the leading lady is the indelicately named drag queen Alaska Thunderfuck, who has some big 19th century shoes to slip into. Even bigger, maybe, since she has a vaster balcony to project to than the one in Broadway’s Lyceum, which has less than half the L.A.

But in an interview with Variety , Pinkleton suggests that putting “Oh, Mary!” in a larger space might work to the show’s advantage, given the potential contagion of that many ticketholders getting caught up in uncontrolled laughter, as tends to happen as the show grows progressively more outrageous. Pinkleton is already known to some L.A.

audiences for his 2024 Pasadena Playhouse production of “La Cage aux Folles,” and Broadway theatergoers are currently catching his revival of “The Rocky Horror Show” as well as “Oh, Mary!” He also talked with Variety about two other classic musicals he is set to bring back to New York. But first, his thoughts on bringing the thunder to L.A.’s Music Center.

(Incidentally, the Ahmanson just announced that the demand for “Oh, Mary!” tickets will result in the show making a return engagement in 2027, for those with FOMO about missing out on the good seats this time.) Sometimes, when we do a piece about a play coming in, we say something about how we’ll be “helping spread the news.” It might sound silly to say that about this show, though — ust about everyone in L

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