Oh, Mary! swears in new stars February 3 at the Lyceum Theatre, with Hedwig and the Angry Inch creator and original star John Cameron Mitchell as Mary and Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) as Mary's Teacher. Get a first look at both in the Cole Escola comedy in the gallery below. Both are starring through April 21.
The current cast also features John-Andrew Morrison (A Strange Loop) as Mary's Husband, Jenn Harris as Mary's Chaperone, and Tony Macht as Mary's Husband's Assistant. The play's understudies are Hannah Solow, Martin Landry, and Julian Manjerico.
Along with his work as Marvel superhero Shang-Chi, Liu has starred in Kim's Convenience, Barbie, and The Copenhagen Test.
Jenn Harris and John Cameron Mitchell in Oh, Mary!
John Cameron Mitchell and John Andrew Morrison in Oh, Mary!
John Cameron Mitchell and Simu Liu in Oh, Mary!
John Cameron Mitchell and Simu Liu in Oh, Mary!
John Cameron Mitchell in Oh, Mary!
John Cameron Mitchell in Oh, Mary!
John Andrew Morrison and John Cameron Mitchell in Oh, Mary!
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 transferred to Broadway later that year, 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 and Director of a Play for Sam Pinkleton.
READ: Director Sam Pinkleton on the Art of Recasting Oh, Mary!
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.
