Video: Meet the Cast of OH, MARY! on Broadway

I'm, I could cry

I won't, but I could. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I will cry. Yeah, I'm open to crying

Yeah. Hello, I'm Richard Ridge for Broadway World. Following a critically acclaimed sold-out run off Broadway

Cola Scola's hilarious comedy, O'Mary, is coming to Broadway's Lyceum Theater. And we dropped by the players to catch up with Cole and Company

just days before their first performance. It's like when you found out you were coming to Broadway with this

like what went through your mind? Well, it was just, It's sort of like slowly, it was like molasses

Like, it was just like, how would you feel about Broadway? And I was like, well, yeah, of course I would like to

And then it was like, okay, well. And then it just kept progressing

And then I woke up and now we're on Broadway. Yeah. Yeah, I think we got to a place downtown where I was like, well, I definitely want as many people as possible to see it. Yeah

And maybe the only reason I didn't think it was a broadway. Broadway show was because somebody drinks their own vomit

Yes. Yeah. Yeah. But yeah, we've really, it has been like molasses and now we have an audience tonight

And I feel, I've really come around to the idea. You know

I feel excited about it. Yeah. I mean, I laughed my ass off reading it

But more than that I was like oh this is this is a play that loves theater so much It so it such a play It felt like it was written to be done you know

And so I just, like, came in, ready to go and so excited

And it's been a really athletic experience in the best way. And working together

Oh, I mean, he might as well be, like, like 75% of my brain

I just, I've never trusted anyone more. Like, he just, every, every choice that he makes is, is just an extension of, of what I would have thought of if I were smarter

You know, yeah. I, I mean, words really cannot describe. I couldn't have thought of a better debut for myself in my wildest dreams

It's so nice to be acting with Conrad again. I've, I've loved Cole's work since I was, like, a teenage

it's just, it's brilliant, it's beautiful. Yeah. Are you coming to Broadway with this

Yeah, I've loved Cole's work since I was a teenager too. Yeah, we're just a couple of young kids here

No, it's such a pleasure to be able to, I've admired James' work since I saw you in the second season

It was just like, who is that? I want to work with that person And no this show is funny on the page Like it is the biggest no to me

I just didn't know that they allowed things like this on Broadway. So I feel grateful that it's coming this far

because it is so innovative and wildly funny. And I just feel grateful to be a part of it

When I auditioned for it, I literally had like one page to go off

of. And I was like, all right, I'm just going to, and I knew it was a comedy, and I knew

Coloskola's work, obviously, but I was like, I think the joke here is to just take it as

seriously as possible. So I just, like, tried my hardest to literally be, like, a 19th century

soldier, and, like, that's, I think the joke of the whole play, really, is, like, how

intensely serious it all is. And so when I got the script in full, I was like, oh, my God

this is crazier than I ever could have imagined, and so funny. I mean, I mean, I mean

I mean, I was actually, when I first got the script, I was on my way back from Baltimore on an Amtrak train

And I remember the person next to me, like, actually kind of getting annoyed because I was just like giggling to myself on this train the whole time

We knew right away that there was something very special and unique and as silly and as crazy and as wild as it can be There is a heart to it And if you come you get a lot of laughs but at the heart of it it going to knock you right over the head Cole is a beautiful writer between the jokes

It's beyond words. I feel like I could burst into tears right now

Peter's crying. It's the most incredible opportunity of our lives, I think

Yeah. Theater is a collaborative art form, and the people we're collaborating with are, like, really amazing

and I'm crying, and every time anyone asks this question, I start tearing up because we made something really special

off Broadway in a really much smaller room in a smaller space

and now we're all getting to just kind of expand into this beautiful, old, old theater, and it's just really special

The two times I saw your show downtown, I couldn't believe the audience. People who had never been to a show before

and were like, oh my God, I can't wait to come back again, what that means to you. I can't believe it

It's ridiculous. I, yeah, I'm embarrassed. I'm embarrassed. I feel, I mean, I'm deeply invested in theater not going extinct

And if anyone is going to come to the show who's like

maybe I don't want to see a play and have an amazing time and scream and laugh

maybe in three days they'll be at Stereophonic seeing their second play. Yeah. And that's thrilling

Absolutely thrilling. Yeah