John Cameron Mitchell to star in ‘Oh, Mary!’ on Broadway

The Hedwig and the Angry Inch creator and original star will succeed Jinkx Monsoon in the title role of the award-winning comedy play starting in February.

Summary

• John Cameron Mitchell will play Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh Mary! from February 3 to April 12
• Mitchell is the creator and original star of Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• Oh Mary is an award-winning comedy play about Mary Todd Lincoln and her desire to become a cabaret star

Oh, John! John Cameron Mitchell will star in Oh, Mary! on Broadway, playing a limited run at the Lyceum Theatre from February 3 to April 12, 2026.

Mitchell is best known as the creator and original star of the musical-turned-movie Hedwig and the Angry Inch. In Oh, Mary!, he will assume the role from Jinkx Monsoon, who stars from January 8 to February 1 as previously announced. (Current star Jane Krakowski departs January 4.)

Directed by Tony Award winner Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary! follows a repressed, alcoholic Mary Todd Lincoln with a desire to become a cabaret star in the weeks before her husband's assassination.

“Cole Escola and Sam Pinkleton are the wild horses that dragged me back to drag and I couldn't be happier!” said Mitchell in a statement. “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, which reshaped what live performance could look and feel like for generations of tender weirdos. He’s a queer trailblazer, cultural icon, brilliant actor — and, most importantly for his new role, a giant idiot.”

The current Oh, Mary! cast also includes Cheyenne Jackson as Mary’s Teacher, John-Andrew Morrison as Mary’s Husband, Jenn Harris as Mary's Chaperone, and Tony Macht as Mary's Husband's Assistant.

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Photo credit: John Cameron Mitchell. (Photo by Matthew Placek)