| TITUSS BURGESS to Join Broadway's OH, MARY! — Three Weeks Only | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 09:36 am EST 02/06/25 | |
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| SIX-TIME EMMY NOMINEE TITUSS BURGESS TO JOIN OH, MARY! BURGESS TO PLAY "MARY TODD LINCOLN" FOR LIMITED ENGAGEMENT BEGINNING MARCH 18, 2025 New York, NY (February 6, 2025) — Sensational! The producers of Oh, Mary! have announced that six-time Emmy Award-nominated actor Tituss Burgess ("Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," "Schmigadoonl") will take over the role of 'Mary Todd Lincoln' beginning Tuesday, March 18, 2025 for a limited 3-week engagement through Sunday, April 6, 2025. Burgess is the third actor to don the infamous bratty curls, following three-time Emmy-Nominee Betty Gilpin ("GLOW," Netflix's 2025 "American Primeval") and playwright Cole Escola (Obie, Drama Desk, Theatre World, Outer Critics Circle Award winner). Burgess returns to the Broadway stage following his work in musicals Moulin Rouge!, Guys and Dolls, The Little Mermaid, and many more. "Oh, Mary! blew me away when I saw it on Broadway. Cole Escola is a genius!" Burgess said. "The show is fresh and impossibly funny. I understand the role of Mary Todd Lincoln maybe a little too well. I'm over the moon with joy that I get to join the company at The Lyceum Theatre." The play, written by Escola and directed by Tony Award nominee Sam Pinkleton, 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 eleven times. Oh, Mary! currently stars Betty Gilpin as a miserable, suffocated Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln's assassination, alongside Phillip James Brannon as Mary's Husband, Chris Renfro as Mary's Teacher, Bianca Leigh as Mary's Chaperone, and Tony Macht as Mary's Husband's Assistant, with Hannah Solow, Martin Landry, and Julian Manjerico completing the company. The entire production is directed by Sam Pinkleton. Oh, Mary! is produced on Broadway by Kevin McCollum & Lucas McMahon and Mike Lavoie & Carlee Briglia. General tickets, beginning at $58.00 (including fees), are available now on Telecharge, in person at the Lyceum Box Office (149 West 45th Street), or by calling 212.239.6200. A digital lottery is available at OhMaryPlay.com/lottery, with select tickets available at $47.00. ? A limited number of in-person rush tickets will be available at the Lyceum Theatre Box Office for $43.00, available day-of when the box office opens. DOWNLOAD TITUSS BURGESS PHOTO ASSETS HERE BIO: TITUSS BURGESS. Emmy and SAG-nominated actor, musician, and writer Tituss Burgess has quickly emerged as one of the entertainment industry's most versatile and dynamic performers, with his work in television, film, and theater generating both critical and commercial acclaim. Tituss starred as 'Titus Andromedon' in the hit Netflix comedy series "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" (nominations for four consecutive Emmy Awards, a SAG Award, and two Critics' Choice TV Awards). He reprised his role in the Netflix interactive special "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend" and was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting actor. Most recently, Tituss starred as the voice of 'Sunny' - Oracle of the Sun in Spellbound, Netflix's animated musical fantasy film, alongside Rachel Zegler, Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, John Lithgow, Jenifer Lewis and Nathan Lane. The film premiered on Netflix in November 2024. In May 2024, Tituss debuted his own musical adaptation of The Preacher's Wife at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre. The musical is based on the 1996 film starring Whitney Houston and Denzel Washington. The show, featuring music by Tituss himself, reimagines the beloved story with fresh energy and gospel-infused compositions. In Winter 2023 Tituss returned to Broadway for a turn in Moulin Rouge! The Musical, playing the role of club owner, "Harold Zidler". A veteran of the stage, Burgess made his Broadway debut as 'Eddie' in Good Vibrations and has played 'Hal Miller' in Jersey Boys, 'Nicely-Nicely Johnson' in the 2009 revival of Guys and Dolls, and 'Sebastian' in The Little Mermaid. In summer 2023, Tituss created and starred in Center of the YOUniverse alongside Jane Krakowski for three nights only at Off-Broadway's Minetta Lane Theatre. The recording was released exclusively on Audible in winter 2023. Other credits include the second season of the Apple TV+ musical comedy Schmigadoon!; the Netflix films Set It Up and Dolemite Is My Name; and MGM's Aretha Franklin biopic, Respect. An accomplished voice actor, Tituss starred in the animated musical comedy series Central Park for Apple TV+, for which he was nominated for his sixth Emmy Award. CONNECT WITH OH, MARY! @OhMaryPlay OhMaryPlay.com |
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