PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — The Tony and Olivier Award-winning Broadway comedy “Oh Mary!” is hitting the road on tour, making a stop at Philadelphia’s historic Miller Theater.<\/p>\n
Tony Award-winner J. Harrison Ghee has been tapped to play the role of Mary Todd Lincoln when the show comes to town in March of 2027.<\/p>\n
“I’m putting on my Mary cape, and I’m ready to show the world the superpowers,” says Ghee.<\/p>\n
The show is breaking records on Broadway, and for Ghee, this is more than a moment.<\/p>\n
“It is a moment of liberation,” says Ghee. “It’s a moment of foolishness, of freedom, and fabulosity.”<\/p>\n
Ghee made history at the 2023 Tony Awards by becoming one of the first openly non-binary actors to win an award, taking home the trophy for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for their role as Daphne in the Broadway stage adaptation of “Some Like It Hot.”<\/p>\n
Ghee will start out playing Mary’s husband on tour, and then assume the title role of Mary.<\/p>\n
Cole Escola’s one-act play is described as a dark comedy about a miserable, suffocated Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.<\/p>\n
Ghee can only describe it as “craziness.”<\/p>\n
“It’s a ride of exhilaration. It’s a moment to really step out of our reality into a world of silliness, of stupidity, and just have a good time,” says Ghee.<\/p>\n
“Oh, Mary!” comes to the Miller Theater March 9-14, 2027.<\/p>\n