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Mary’s getting a new cabinet! The Tony-winning production of Oh, Mary! has just announced that joining Jinkx Monsoon in her eight-week stint as Mary Todd Lincoln will be Kumail Nanjiani, Michael Urie and Jenn Harris. The new foursome will begin their bratty hijinks at the Lyceum Theater on Monday, August 4 through Sunday, September 28.
This will mark Nanjiani and Harris’ Broadway debuts, and Urie’s first return since his Drama Desk-winning turn in the 2024 revival of Once Upon a Mattress.
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Tony-nominee Conrad Ricamora, James Scully and Bianca Leigh, who originated their roles in the play’s Off-Broadway premiere at the Lucille Lortel Theater last year, debuted them on Broadway, and are currently back for an encore, will play their final performances on August 2. Tituss Burgess, in his second go-round as Mary Todd Lincoln, will also bow out that day.
Tony Macht, who has been with the production from the start, will also play his final performance as “Mary’s Husband’s Assistant” on September 28.
Nanjiani, an Academy Award and Emmy nominee for his work on The Big Sick and The Twilight Zone, and known for his performance in Marvel’s Eternals, will step into the role of “Mary’s Husband.” Harris, recently of American Fiction and the TV series Elsbeth, and a Lortel winner for her performance in Modern Orthodox, will be the next “Mary’s Chaperone.”
Urie, a Broadway mainstay who just received his first Emmy nomination for his performance in Shrinking, will play “Mary’s Teacher.”
The three will be witness to what is sure to be yet another stage triumph for Jinkx Monsoon, a RuPaul’s Drag Race favorite who has recently taken to Broadway, with box office-breaking turns in Chicago, Little Shop of Horrors, and Pirates! The Penzance Musical. Monsoon is the production’s fourth official Mary Todd Lincoln, following Escola, Betty Gilpin, Tituss Burgess and standby Hannah Solow.
Written by Cole Escola, Oh, Mary! is a proudly ridiculous spoof of the final days of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, in which Mary Todd Lincoln is a miserable alcoholic longing for her cabaret-starring heyday, and dealing with an obviously gay husband. The play had a blockbuster premiere Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theater in February, 2024 before transferring to the Lyceum Theater. It became a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama, and netted five Tony nominations, including Best Play. Escola won for their performance as Mary Todd Lincoln, as did director Sam Pinkleton for his work on the production.