Broadway and Drag Race star Jinkx Monsoon will return for another curtain call in Cole Escola's Oh, Mary! at the Lyceum Theatre beginning January 8, 2026, starring for 30 performances through February 1. Monsoon will succeed current title star Jane Krakowski, who takes her final bow January 4. Understudy Hannah Solow will star in performances January 6 and 7.
And much of the current cast has extended their runs in the show, too. Cheyenne Jackson, currently starring as Mary's Teacher, will stay with the production through January 25, 2026. John-Andrew Morrison, playing Mary's Husband, will continue through February 1, 2026, alongside Jenn Harris as Mary's Chaperone and Tony Macht as Mary's Husband's Assistant.
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“I was plotting my return before my first run was half through,” says Monsoon in a statement. “Normally I like more of a break before an encore, but this is one of those shows you can’t wait to come back to. Like the loving and familiar casts I had in my previous endeavors, this show is also the passion project and combined genius of some really great friends. Mary is a role that will live on in our theatre world. I have already met young, aspiring actors who call Mary their 'Dream Role' someday. There’s no chance I’m not coming back to this show as many times as makes sense!”
Escola's comedy centers on Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks leading up to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. In Escola's demented take (or as press notes put it, "through the lens of an idiot"), Mary Todd becomes a madcap, cabaret-obsessed alcoholic.
The piece premiered at Off-Broadway's Lucille Lortel Theatre in 2024 in a run that was extended three times. It then opened on Broadway last summer, where it's been breaking box-office records at the Lyceum Theatre; it became the first show in the theatre’s 121-year history to gross more than $1,000,000 in a single week.
The show earned two 2025 Tony Awards: Lead Actor in a Play for Escola (who departed the production in June) and Director of a Play for Sam Pinkleton.
The play's understudies are Solow, Julian Manjerico, Sean Peter Forte, and Jackie Sanders.
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Oh, Mary's creative team includes scenic designer dots, costume designer Holly Pierson, lighting designer Cha See, composer and co-sound designer Daniel Kluger, co-sound designer Drew Levy, wig designer Leah J. Loukas, and music arranger David Dabbon. Casting is by Henry Russell Bergstein. Bryan Bauer and Ryan Patrick Kane are production stage manager and assistant stage manager, respectively.
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Michael Urie in Oh, Mary!
Michael Urie in Oh, Mary!
Michael Urie and Jinkx Monsoon in Oh, Mary!
Kumail Nanjiani in Oh, Mary!
Jinkx Monsoon in Oh, Mary!
Jinkx Monsoon and Kumail Nanjiani in Oh, Mary!
Jinkx Monsoon and Kumail Nanjiani in Oh, Mary!
Jinkx Monsoon and Kumail Nanjiani in Oh, Mary!
Jenn Harris in Oh, Mary!
