A new Mary Todd Lincoln is heading to the Lyceum Theatre. It was announced today that Tony, Olivier, and Critics’ Choice Award–winning actress Jane Krakowski will join the cast of Oh, Mary! in the titular role this fall for a limited eight-week engagement.
“Thank you, Cole, for giving us this madcap work of genius, directed to perfection by Tony Award winner Sam Pinkleton,” said Krakowski. “I am so honored to slip into the bratty curls previously worn by (my Tony Award-winning zaddy) Cole Escola, (my sister wife) Betty Gilpin, (my comedy brother) Tituss Burgess, and (mother) Jinkx Monsoon. From the first time I watched Oh, Mary! downtown I thought, ‘how do I get myself on that stage in this role?’ After watching Cole take the NYC taxi ride uptown and now worshipping it four times more, I made it! Oh, Mary! is a comedic work of genius that ends up in my dream version of 7 minutes in heaven.”
Beginning October 14, Krakowski will star in Oh, Mary! through December 7, 2025. Tickets are on sale now.
The Tony Award-winning Krakowski returns to the Broadway stage following her Tony-nominated performance in She Loves Me (2016), taking over the role of Mary Todd Lincoln following award-winning drag queen and recording artist Jinkx Monsoon. Krakowski joins an esteemed group of actors to play Mary, also including Emmy Nominee Tituss Burgess, Emmy Nominee Betty Gilpin, and the Tony Award-winning original star and playwright, Cole Escola. Monsoon will play her final performance as previously announced on September 28. Original Off-Broadway and Broadway company member Hannah Solow (Oklahoma! National Tour) will play the title role from Tuesday, September 30 through Sunday, October 12.
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. Oh, Mary! has since broken its own box office record twelve times, and became the first show of the 2024-25 Broadway season to recoup its investment.
