He'll be the third actor to "don the infamous bratty curls," as a release puts it, following Betty Gilpin, who is currently in the role, and playwright and original star Cole Escola."Oh, Mary! blew me away when I saw it on Broadway,

Oh Mary! reimagines the life of Mary Todd Lincoln, depicting her as a wannabe cabaret star with a drinking problem. The play, directed by Tony Award nominee Sam Pinkleton, opened on Broadway on July 11, 2024 at the Lyceum Theatre.

You don’t have to be pop-u-lar / Find out who your true friends are,” Titus Andromedon, played by Tituss Burgess, intones on his instant classic “Pinot Noir” on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. That could very well be the motto of Burgess’s next character as well.