Tituss Burgess is Broadway’s new Mary Todd Lincoln in ‘Oh, Mary!’

Tituss Burgess returns to Broadway, for a limited three-week run in the hit comedy Oh, Mary!

The six-time Emmy-nominated leads the play as Mary Todd Lincoln from March 18 to April 6. He will be the third actor who “donates the infamous Bratty curls” as a release expresses it after Betty Gilpin, currently in the role and the playwright and the original Star Cole Escola.

“Oh, Mary! Blew me away when I saw it on Broadway, “Burgess, 45, said in a statement.” Cole Escola is a genius! The show is fresh and impossible fun. ”

He added, “I understand the role of Mary Todd Lincoln maybe a little too good. I’m over the moon with pleasure that I’m going to join the company at the Lyceum Theater.”

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This will be Burgess’ sixth Broadway credit. Ahead of his breakout -role in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidtthe actor stepped the boards of musicals as Good vibrations, Jersey boysAt The Little Mermaid and Guys and dolls.

He was the end of the stage like Harold Zidler in Moulin Rouge! The musicalduring the 2023 holiday season.

Oh, Mary! follows The miserable, strangled Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks that led to Abraham Lincoln’s assault.

The absurdist comedy has been a must-see since its debut in June 2024, with critics and audiences praising its direct laugh. Oh, Mary!‘S Off-Broadway race last February earned Escola, 38, a number of trophies including Obie, Drama Desk, Theater World and external critics Circle Awards.

Experts predict that similar love comes the show’s way to this June 2025 Tony Awards, the highest honor of the theater.

In the 121-year-old story of the Lyceum Theater, Oh, Mary! is the first show that gross more than $ 1 million in a single week, and has since broken its own box-office record 11 times.

The audience has kept it A hot ticket too. According to data provided by the Broadway League in its 31 weeks on Broadway so far, Oh, Mary! have played to full capacity for 27-one rare fete to a theater piece and even more for a new title that is not a long-lasting hit like EvilAt The lion king or Hamilton.

In addition to Gilpin, 38, Oh, Mary! Stars currently Phillip James Brannon as Mary’s husband, Chris Renfro as Maria’s teacher, Bianca Leigh as Maria’s Chaperone and Tony Macht as Mary’s husband’s assistant. Hannah Solow, Martin Landry and Julian Manjerico end the company.

The play is directed by Sam Pinkleton.

Tickets for Oh, Mary! is now for sale at Ohmaryplay.com.