Ann passed away in 1835, and he married his first wife in 1838. Mary Todd Lincoln got to know about Ann Rutledge much later. After Lincoln was assassinated, she became aware of her late husband’ ...

It was a performance that kicked off Burgess' limited three week run in the Sam Pinkleton-directed Broadway hit, which follows the miserable, suffocated Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks leading up ...

By Joshua Barone “Oh!” Tituss Burgess said, the curls of his Mary Todd Lincoln wig bobbing as he spoke. “I need kneepads.” Fully in costume, wearing the wig and a bell-shaped black dress ...