Bowen Yang officially has his eyes on some bratty curls. The SNL favorite and Wicked film alum will be the next title star in Broadway’s Oh, Mary!, with a 12-week engagement to begin September 15 at the Lyceum Theatre, per a posting on the show’s official Instagram.
“My friendship with Cole has brought me many places over the years: late-night pizzerias, cross-borough social-distance walks, a tough production ofLes Misérables sung in Dutch,” says Yang in a statement. “But being part of their deranged and profound masterpiece, Oh, Mary!, is my favorite one by far. I will spend the rest of my life thanking them for the best Broadway debut a cis gay guy with limited singing ability could ask for.”
Yang will succeed current star Meg Stalter, who began her own run July 6 and is set to continue through September 12. Current cast members Phillip James Brannon as Mary’s Husband, Bianca Leigh as Mary’s Chaperone, and Barrett Foa as Mary’s Teacher are scheduled to remain with the production through December 6, the end of Yang’s engagement. Ryo Kamibayashi, currently appearing as Mary’s Husband’s Assistant, will take his final bow in the play September 13, with original cast member Tony Macht set to re-join the company in the role alongside Yang beginning September 15.
Understudies Hannah Solow, Martin Landry, Julian Manjerico, and Jackie Sanders round out the company.
Tickets are on sale through July 10, 2027. Casting for after Yang’s final bow is to be announced.
Escola’s comedy centers on Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks leading up to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. In Escola’s demented take (or as press notes put it, “through the lens of an idiot”), Mary Todd becomes a madcap, cabaret-obsessed alcoholic.
The piece premiered at Off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Theatre in 2024 in a run that was extended three times. It then transferred to Broadway later that year, where it’s been breaking box-office records at the Lyceum Theatre; it became the first show in the theatre’s 121-year history to gross more than $1 million in a single week.
The show earned two 2025 Tony Awards: Lead Actor in a Play for Escola and Director of a Play for Sam Pinkleton.
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Oh, Mary‘s creative team includes scenic designer dots, costume designer Holly Pierson, lighting designer Cha See, composer and co-sound designer Daniel Kluger, co-sound designer Drew Levy, wig designer Leah J. Loukas, and music arranger David Dabbon. Casting is by Henry Russell Bergstein. John C. Moore and Lilian McGrail are production stage manager and assistant stage manager, respectively.
