Jinkx Monsoon will be Oh, Mary!'s next leading lady
Monsoon will take over the role from Tituss Burgess on August 4.
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Jinkx Monsoon will be “trad[ing] in one pair of bloomers for another” when she travels from Penzance to the White House for a limited run in Oh, Mary! later this summer. The two-time RuPaul’s Drag Race winner will be inheriting Mary Todd Lincoln’s bratty wig from Tituss Burgess, who begins a second limited run on June 23. Monsoon starts antagonizing Honest Abe on August 4, and will finish her run September 27.
Cole Escola‘s ahistorical, deranged, Tony-winning play follows a completely unresearched version of Mary Todd as she guzzles paint thinner, drives her husband batty, and stops at nothing to achieve her dream of starring in a cabaret. “Oh, Mary! is one of the best, funniest, most energizing things I’ve seen in my life,” Monsoon gushed in a statement, via Playbill. “To be invited to live in this playground for a time is not only an honor and a privilege, but a lovely chance to showcase the writing talents of one friend (Escola), the directorial talents of another (Sam Pinkleton), and everything else that comes with this singular production.”