West End ‘Oh, Mary!’ To Be Filmed With Cole Escola Back in Title Role at Trafalgar Theatre

The West End production of Oh, Mary! is scheduled to be filmed next month at London’s Trafalgar Theatre, bringing Cole Escola back to the title role for a proshot of the Tony-winning Broadway run. The filming is set for July 28, with details about the eventual release platform and schedule not yet disclosed by the production team.

Escola will return to the part of Mary Todd Lincoln, reprising the performance that previously played Broadway. Deadline reported that the proshot will capture the West End staging for a future release, in a reprise of the Broadway approach associated with the production’s earlier accolades.

The production is described as a revisionist comedy centered on Mary Todd Lincoln and the man she is married to. That framing situates the filming within a West End slate that, like many London transfers, aims to expand reach beyond the live audience through recorded distribution.

The filming announcement specifies the venue and date but does not provide additional operational details about production crews, technical setups, or whether the July 28 session will affect public access to the theatre on that day. The Trafalgar Theatre, a major commercial venue in the West End, has hosted a range of large-scale filmed and broadcast projects, but no further specifics were provided in the report.

For theatre audiences, a proshot typically means a shift from a strictly time-limited stage engagement to a longer sales and streaming lifecycle. The record still does not identify the rights holder, distribution partner, or whether the proshot will be released theatrically, streamed, or sold through home video, leaving audiences to wait for a later announcement.

The July 28 filming date also matters for cast and creative scheduling, because recorded sessions can require additional rehearsal time, extended performance windows, or technical rehearsals ahead of the cameras going live. In this case, the report does not name additional cast members participating in the filmed version beyond confirming Escola’s return as star and title performer.

As of publication, the production has not released a timeline for when the filmed performance will be made available to the public. No further casting, release details, or distribution commitments were included in the July 15 update.