JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL Joins OH, MARY! On Broadway This February

Published December 11, 2025

New York, NY (December 11, 2025) — Tony and Obie Award-winning actor, writer, and director John Cameron Mitchell will return to Broadway in the smash hit play Oh, Mary! for a limited 12-week engagement this winter, the show’s producers announced today. Best known as the writer and original star of the groundbreaking musical (turned film) Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Mitchell will play ‘Mary Todd Lincoln’ beginning Tuesday, February 3, 2026 through April 26, 2026.

TONY AWARD WINNERJOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

TO PLAY ‘MARY TODD LINCOLN’ IN BROADWAY’S HIT COMEDYOH, MARY!

12 WEEKS ONLY, BEGINNING FEBRUARY 3, 2026

“Cole Escola and Sam Pinkleton are the wild horses that dragged me back to drag and I couldn't be happier!” said Mitchell. “As the most mature Mary yet, my days are filled with working the StairMaster™, mainlining Ozempic® and mastering my Brilliant Dialogue©. ‘Line?!’ Thank you, Cole, may I do you proud mangling your classic!”

“Welcoming John into this cast feels both delicious and somehow inevitable,” added Tony Award-winning director Sam Pinkleton. “So many of us in the Oh, Mary! Universe, myself very much included, wouldn’t be where we are without John’s work…”

John Cameron Mitchell's illustrious career includes prior Broadway appearances and iconic roles, alongside an esteemed list of other actors who have played the character in this current production.

Cole Escola
Jane Krakowski (through January 4, 2026)
Tituss Burgess
Betty Gilpin
Hannah Solow (playing on January 6 and 7, 2026)
Jinkx Monsoon (returning to the show for an encore engagement on January 8, 2026)

Directed by 2025 Tony Award winner Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary! opened on Broadway on July 11, 2024 at the Lyceum Theatre, where it became the first show in the theater’s 121-year history to gross more than $1,000,000 in a single week.

General tickets for Oh, Mary! begin at $58.00 (including fees) and are available now on Telecharge, in person at the Lyceum Box Office (149 West 45th Street), or by calling 212.239.6200.

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