Tituss Burgess to take over role of Mary Todd Lincoln in Broadway’s ‘Oh, Mary!’

Titus Burgess is heading backmost to Broadway, taking implicit the titular relation successful “Oh, Mary!,” the uproarious drama expected to beryllium a 2025 Tony Awards contender this spring.

The six-time Emmy nominee, known arsenic a scene-stealer successful the Netflix sitcom “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” volition represent Mary Todd Lincoln successful the deed accumulation conceived by Cole Escola — who originated the relation of President Abraham Lincoln’s “miserable, suffocated” woman weeks up of his assassination.

Tituss Burgess volition play the relation of Mary Todd Lincoln successful Broadway’s “Oh, Mary!”

Producers announced Thursday that Burgess is scheduled to statesman performances March 18 for a constricted three-week engagement done April 6 astatine the Lyceum Theatre.

“‘Oh, Mary!’ blew maine distant erstwhile I saw it connected Broadway. Cole Escola is simply a genius!” Burgess, 45, said successful the announcement. “The amusement is caller and impossibly funny. I recognize the relation of Mary Todd Lincoln possibly a small excessively well. I’m implicit the satellite with joyousness that I get to articulation the company.”

Escola, who identifies arsenic nonbinary, won a drawstring of accolades including Obie, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for playing the pistillate relation successful the Sam Pinkleton-helmed production. “Glow” prima Betty Gilpin presently stars arsenic the controversial character, portion Phillip James Brannon — precocious seen successful Soho Rep‘s “The Fires” — plays the 16th U.S. president.

“Oh, Mary!” has been a container bureau juggernaut since opening past summer.  The farce became the archetypal amusement successful the Lyceum’s 121-year past to gross much than $1 cardinal successful a azygous week.

Burgess, who got a accidental to trial his gender-bending mettle arsenic the openly cheery Titus Andromedon with a knack for cross-dressing successful “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” is nary novice to the Broadway stage. The Georgia autochthonal past appeared successful “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” successful 2023, and antecedently starred successful “Guys and Dolls,” “The Little Mermaid” and “Jersey Boys.”