Cole Escola's Tony-winning play, Oh, Mary!, has cast a satirical new light on the life and legacy of former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln, who is currently portrayed on Broadway by 30 Rock's Jane ...

A newly discovered letter written by former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln shows a side of her that is rarely seen, an author and historical document expert told FOX Business. The letter is addressed to ...

The hottest ticket in town features a hilariously scheming Mary Todd Lincoln who dreams of returning to her cabaret roots, but she’s stuck aimlessly wandering around the White House while unhappily ...

Mary Todd Lincoln’s Signature Dessert Was Abe’s Favorite originally appeared on Parade. Not so long ago, if your mind pondered on Mary Todd Lincoln, you simply thought of her association with her ...

“The author knows more about Lincoln than any other living person,” a distinguished Civil War historian, James McPherson, writes of Michael Burlingame. Another well regarded Lincoln biographer, Jon ...

Escola gives the former first lady a wild second act in the Tony-nominated play Oh, Mary! "This play is about a woman with a dream that no one... Mary Todd Lincoln as a cabaret star? How Cole Escola's ...

Mary Ann Todd was born to Robert Smith and Eliza Parker Todd in their home on Short Street. The fourth of seven children, Mary Todd was just six when her mother died in childbirth. Her father married ...

“Other than the shooting, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?” Nearly 150 years ago, on a cold spring day in April, a theater full of people laughed, making the consequential noise that covered up the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — On May 19, 1875, a Cook County jury handed down a verdict in a case concerning the health and welfare of Mary Lincoln, widow of the former president who had been assassinated a ...