In ‘Oh, Mary!,’ A Closeted President’s Unhinged Wife Draws Cackles
What’s more interesting, the Civil War or singing in a cabaret club?
For the lovely and limber Mary Todd Lincoln, it’s no contest, considering the war with the South prompts her to ask an important question: the South of what?
While at least 620,000 soldiers died in a conflict that still carries ramifications for the United States today, Mary isn’t thinking about that history and legacy mumbo jumbo. On her mind is much more critical business at hand, mostly involving her dream of climbing all over a piano crooning classic cabaret hits, tickling the ivories and the audience.
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