Simu Liu, best known for roles in, among other projects, Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and the CBC/Netflix comedy series Kim’s Convenience, will make his Broadway debut in the hit comedy Oh, Mary!, the show’s producers announced today.
Liu will join the Broadway play as “Mary’s Teacher” beginning on Tuesday, February 3, for performances through Tuesday, April 21.
Additionally, the production has announced that current cast members John-Andrew Morrison (‘Mary’s Husband’), Jenn Harris (‘Mary’s Chaperone’), and Tony Macht (‘Mary’s Husband’s Assistant’) will extend their engagements in the company, continuing alongside Liu at the Lyceum Theatre through April 26. As previously announced, Tony and Obie Award-winning actor, writer, and director John Cameron Mitchell will join the company as ‘Mary Todd Lincoln’ beginning February 3 for performances through April 26.
Written by 2025 Tony Award winner Cole Escola, and directed by 2025 Tony Award winner Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary! opened on Broadway on July 11, 2024 at the Lyceum Theatre, where it became the first show in the theater’s 121-year history to gross more than $1,000,000 in a single week. Oh, Mary! has since broken its own box office record twelve times, and became the first show of the 2024-25 Broadway season to recoup its investment.
Oh, Mary! is produced on Broadway by Kevin McCollum & Lucas McMahon and Mike Lavoie & Carlee Briglia with Bob Boyett, The Council, Jean Doumanian Productions, Nicole Eisenberg, Jay Marcus & George Strus, Irony Point, Richard Batchelder/Bradley Reynolds, Tyler Mount/Tommy Doyle, Nelson & Tao, Palomares & Rosenberg, and ShowTown Productions.
Liu starred in the first Asian-fronted movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Destin Daniel Cretton’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. For five seasons, he starred in the CBC/Netflix comedy series Kim’s Convenience. Liu’s first major role was on the critically acclaimed OMNI crime drama Blood and Water, and in 2023, he starred in Warner Bros.’ Barbie directed by Greta Gerwig.
