MONSOON SEASON IS BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
AWARD-WINNING BROADWAY LEADING LADY
JINKX MONSOON
RETURNS AS ‘MARY TODD LINCOLN’ IN OH, MARY!
30 PERFORMANCES ONLY
JANUARY 8 – FEBRUARY 1, 2026
New York, NY (November 18, 2025) — Monsoon Season returns to the Lyceum Theatre on Broadway this January. The Tony Award-winning production of Oh, Mary! announced today that Broadway Leading Lady Jinkx Monsoon (“RuPaul’s Drag Race,” “Doctor Who,” Pirates! The Penzance Musical) will return to the title role of ‘Mary Todd Lincoln’ beginning Thursday, January 8, 2026. Monsoon returns to the historic Lyceum Theatre for 30 performances only through February 1, 2026.
“I was plotting my return before my first run was half through,” said Monsoon of her return engagement. “Normally I like more of a break before an encore, but this is one of those shows you can’t wait to come back to. Like the loving and familiar casts I had in my previous endeavors, this show is also the passion project and combined genius of some really great friends. Mary is a role that will live on in our theater world. I have already met young, aspiring actors who call Mary their “Dream Role” someday. There’s no chance I’m not coming back to this show as many times as makes sense!”
As previously announced, Tony, Olivier, and Critics’ Choice Award–winning actress Jane Krakowski will play her final performance January 4, 2026. The role of ‘Mary Todd Lincoln’ will be played by Hannah Solow on January 6 and 7, 2026. Monsoon originally joined the acclaimed Broadway company in August 2025 for an eight-week engagement.
Monsoon will be joined by Grammy and Emmy Award nominee Cheyenne Jackson as ‘Mary’s Teacher’ and Tony Award nominee John-Andrew Morrison as ‘Mary’s Husband.’ Extending their current engagements in the show, Jackson will play performances through January 25, 2026, and Morrison will play performances through February 1, 2026.
Additionally, current cast member Jenn Harris and original cast member Tony Macht will extend their engagements with the show through February 1, 2026.
Written by 2025 Tony Award winner Cole Escola and directed by 2025 Tony Award winner Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary! 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 twelve times, and became the first show of the 2024-25 Broadway season to recoup its investment.
Oh, Mary! is produced on Broadway by Kevin McCollum & Lucas McMahon and Mike Lavoie & Carlee Briglia with Bob Boyett, The Council, Jean Doumanian Productions, Nicole Eisenberg, Jay Marcus & George Strus, Irony Point, Richard Batchelder/Bradley Reynolds, Tyler Mount/Tommy Doyle, Nelson & Tao, Palomares & Rosenberg, and ShowTown Productions.
JINKX MONSOON (Hera Lilith Hoffer) is an award-winning actress, comedian, recording artist, and the first and only drag queen to win RuPaul’s Drag Race twice. In just two years, she has become a Broadway breakout star and box office draw with critically-acclaimed performances including Mary Todd Lincoln in the Tony-winning smash hit, Oh, Mary!, Matron "Mama" Morton in Chicago (where she broke box office records during an extended 10-week run), Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors off-Broadway opposite Corbin Bleu, and Ruth in the Tony-nominated revival, Pirates! The Penzance Musical - which landed Jinkx her first Drama League Award nomination. Variety hailed her performance as a "triumph" adding, "Broadway should be honored to have her gracing the boards, as she is sure to be canonized as one of the all-time comedy greats.”
In addition to Broadway, Jinkx blew audiences away last year with her masterful and frightening performance as Maestro on the beloved British sci-fi series Doctor Who (BBC / Disney+). She has toured the world performing original cabaret shows with music partner Major Scales, including the hit Off-Broadway sensation The Vaudevillians, as well as seven international tours of the wildly successful The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show with longtime collaborator and RuPaul's Drag Race alum BenDeLaCreme. In 2023, she embarked on her first major concert tour with a live band titled "Jinkx Monsoon: Everything at Stake" which performed in sold-out theaters across 44 cities, and in 2025 she headlined her first Carnegie Hall concert which also sold out.
Additional accolades include the Gregory Award for her portrayal of Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch and The MAC Award for original show, The Ginger Snapped. As a recording artist, Jinkx has released three critically-hailed albums of original music written by Major Scales including The Virgo Odyssey, The Inevitable Album and The Ginger Snapped.
As a voice actor, Jinkx has voiced characters for animated shows such as "Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake" (playing the iconic character Lemongrab), "Steven Universe" (playing Emerald), "Helluva Boss," "Mighty Magiswords," "Bravest Warriors," and more.
Jinkx first garnered an international fan base following her win on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 5 (2013), and continued her winning streak on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 7 (2022) where she was crowned “Queen of All Queens,” winning the competition against all previous winners.