Jinkx Monsoon will take over the function of Mary Todd Lincoln in Broadway’s smash hit comedy Oh, Mary! for an eight-week engagement starting in August, producers introduced.
Also at present, producers introduced that the present’s Broadway run has been prolonged, with tickets now on sale by way of January 4, 2026. (Tickets had beforehand been on sale by way of September 24.)
Monsoon’s flip within the bratty curl ringlet wig follows an encore six-week engagement by Tituss Burgess, who had performed Mrs. Lincoln earlier this spring when the function’s originator Cole Escola took a short lived break. Escola, the play’s author, simply gained a Tony Award for his efficiency because the president’s determined spouse.
Escola’s remaining efficiency is on June 21. Costars Conrad Ricamora, James Scully, Bianca Leigh and Tony Macht will stay with the present by way of August 2.
Monsoon, the RuPaul’s Drag Race alum who’s at the moment on Broadway in Pirates! The Penzance Musical (closing July 27), will be a part of the Oh, Mary! forged on Monday, August 4, and play a restricted eight-week engagement by way of Saturday, September 27.
“Now — I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Cole Escola is the funniest person alive,” stated Monsoon in an announcement. “Oh, Mary! is one of the best, funniest, most energizing things I’ve seen in my life. To be invited to live in this playground for a time is not only an honor and a privilege, but a lovely chance to showcase the writing talents of one friend, the directorial talents of another, and everything else that comes with this singular production. Happy to trade in one pair of bloomers for another.”
Oh, Mary! is directed by Sam Pinkleton, who additionally gained a Tony this 12 months.
Oh, Mary! opened on Broadway on July 11, 2024, on the Lyceum Theatre, the place it grew to become the primary present within the theater’s 121-year historical past to gross greater than $1,000,000 in a single week. Oh, Mary! has since damaged its personal field workplace report twelve occasions, and have become the primary present of the 2024-25 Broadway season to recoup its funding.
The comedy is produced on Broadway by Kevin McCollum & Lucas McMahon and Mike Lavoie & Carlee Briglia with Bob Boyett, The Council, Jean Doumanian Productions, Nicole Eisenberg, Jay Marcus & George Strus, Irony Point, Richard Batchelder/Bradley Reynolds, Tyler Mount/Tommy Doyle, Nelson & Tao, Palomares & Rosenberg, and PresentTown Productions.