Jane Krakowski felt a pang of jealousy the first time she saw “Oh, Mary!,” the hit comedy that imagines former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln as a deranged wannabe cabaret star.

The Tony-winning actor, best known for offbeat television roles on “30 Rock” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” remembers whining to herself, “Why didn’t I come up with that for me?!”

She sat in the “Oh, Mary!” audience another five times — since creator and original star Cole Escola departed the play, Mary’s bratty curls have been donned by Betty Gilpin, Tituss Burgess and Jinkx Monsoon — before becoming the latest boldface name to wear the heavy hoop skirt. Taking over the role has been a novel experience for the Broadway veteran of “Nine,” “She Loves Me” and “Company.”

“I’m having a lot of firsts in my career,

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