Producers announced Thursday that Burgess is scheduled to begin performances March 18 for a limited three-week engagement through April 6 at the Lyceum Theatre. “‘Oh, Mary!’

Six-time Emmy Award-nominated actor Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Schmigadoonl) will take over the role of Mary Todd Lincoln in Cole Escola’s hit Broadway comedy Oh, Mary! for a limited three-week engagement in March.

Tituss Burgess is about to don Mary Todd Lincoln’s bouncy curls and voluminous gowns. The “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" star will take over the lead role in Broadway’s “Oh, Mary!” after Betty Gilpin leaves the show on March 16.

GLOW actress Betty Gilpin took over the role early this year for a limited engagement, and now a new queer superstar is preparing to step into Mary’s shoes. That’s right! Literal hero Tituss Burgess is donning his finest bratty curls to take over the lead role for three weeks only,

Tituss Burgess is taking over Cole Escola's role in Oh, Mary! Oh, Mary! on Broadway is getting a new lead. Spoiler alert: it's a breakout star from Netflix's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and a Broadway veteran!

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.