“Oh, Mary!”

[David Lockmiller]

(08-13-2024 11:30 AM)Gene C Wrote:  Just in case I missed the memo and it's important to someone out there, Gene C is a male person and uses he/him pronouns
(and my icon is not a picture of me, but of Fido, a male dog and also uses he/him pronouns.

That's important to know, Gene. . . . I think.

Given that the play follows a reimagined Mary Todd Lincoln, depicting her as a petulant wannabe cabaret star with a predilection for booze and, in its absence, paint thinner, the warm reception wasn’t necessarily a given. It even drew praise from Lincoln director Steven Spielberg, Sally Field (who played Mary in the movie) and screenwriter Tony Kushner, who all attended one night.