“I’ve often been asked what my dream role would be,” Alaska said. “As an 8-foot-tall drag queen from outer space, I never really had an answer. Mama Rose? I’m too tall.”
The Tony Award-winning “Oh, Mary!” on Broadway. | Emilio Madrid
Producers Kevin McCollum, Lucas McMahon, Mike Lavoie and Carlee Briglia have announced that “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” winner Alaska will star as Mary Todd Lincoln and Tony Award winner J. Harrison Ghee will star opposite her as Mary’s Husband when “Oh, Mary!” comes to Las Vegas.
The strictly limited engagement from Oct. 6-11 is at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Symphony Park in Downtown Las Vegas, and more casting will be announced in the coming months. Tickets starting at $58 – fees included – are on sale now at TheSmithCenter.com.
“I’ve often been asked what my dream role would be,” Alaska said. “As an 8-foot-tall drag queen from outer space, I never really had an answer. Mama Rose? I’m too tall. Evita? I’m too short. Willy Loman? Wait … that might actually be amazing. But the point is, I never had a dream role. Until I saw ‘Oh, Mary!’
“So, it is an actual dream come true that I, Alaska, get to play Mary F*cking Todd in the greatest play of the generation. This is an honor. This is unbelievable. I am infinitely grateful to the inspired genius known as Cole Escola for creating the best role in the best show ever to exist.”
“I have seen ‘Oh, Mary!’ three times and relished the beauty of this show – how different people shine so brightly in these roles, and yet you see the influence of Cole all over the production,” Ghee said. “The opportunity to get a crack at Mary’s Husband is beyond a dream come true.
“We all possess so much within us. If we surrender to circumstances, we will find the possibility for expansion beyond belief. I’m so excited to play opposite Alaska; there are bound to be some brilliant moments, and we are going to set the road on fire with this electrifyingly hilarious play.”
Written by Tony winner Escola and directed by Tony winner Sam Pinkleton, “Oh, Mary!” opened on Broadway in July 2024 and continues to play at London’s Lyceum Theatre, where it became the first show in the venue’s 121-year history to gross more than $1 million in a single week.
“Oh, Mary!” has broken its own box office record 13 times and became the first 2024-2025 Broadway season show to recoup its investment. “Oh, Mary!” opened to rave reviews in London’s West End in December and won the Noël Coward Award for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play at the 2026 Olivier Awards.
“Oh, Mary!” is a dark comedy play about a miserable, suffocated Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks leading up to Lincoln’s assassination. Unrequited yearning, alcoholism and suppressed desires abound in this one-act play that examines Mrs. Lincoln’s life and dreams through the lens of an idiot (Escola).
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit TheSmithCenter.com or call (702) 749-2000. Box office phone hours are Mondays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Please note that The Smith Center box office is open two hours before each performance.
Connect with “Oh, Mary!”: @OhMaryPlay + OhMaryPlay.com
