Vogue has been a fan of Cole Escola’s Oh, Mary! since before the play opened on Broadway. Now, 10 Marys in, actor, writer, and longtime podcaster Bowen Yang has stepped into the lead role of Mary Todd Lincoln (X), making his Broadway debut. Marley Marius, who made her podcast debut in 2024 while interviewing Escola, the show’s playwright and onetime star, once again joined Chloe on The Run-Through, this time to talk to Yang about starring in this wildly beloved production.
Yang, a writer and cast member on Saturday Night Live for many years, is adjusting to a new kind of endurance test, doing eight shows a week at the Lyceum Theatre. “I would just nod my head politely any time someone would say, like, ‘Broadway performers are athletes.’ And I never doubted it, but now I understand that it is absolutely true,” he told them. The secret to his stamina? A potent combination of energy drinks—Fuji apple-flavored Celsius, to be specific—and traditional Chinese medicine.
