Oliver has been announced to join the cast of the highly anticipated West End transfer of Oh, Mary!
Oh, Mary! will play at the Trafalgar Theatre from 3rd December after a hugely successful Broadway run which saw the play nominated for 5 Tony Awards, ultimately taking home best actor and best director.
Oh, Mary! is a dark comedy about a miserable, suffocated Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Unrequited yearning, alcoholism, and suppressed desires abound in this 80-minute one-act play that finally examines the forgotten life and dreams of Mrs. Lincoln, through the lens of an idiot (playwright Cole Escola).
Declared “one of the best comedies in years” by The New York Times, Oh, Mary! received Tony Awards for Best Leading Actor in a Play (Cole Escola) and Best Direction of a Play (Sam Pinkleton), Drama League Awards for Outstanding Play and Outstanding Direction of a Play, as well as a special citation from the New York Drama Critics’ Circle. It was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Set to star alongside Oliver as ‘Mary’s Husband’s Assistant’ will be Mason Alexander Park in the title role of Mary Todd Lincoln, joined by a cast including Kate O’Donnell as Mary’s Chaperone, Dino Fetscher as Mary’s Teacher and Giles Terera as Mary’s Husband.