{"id":3366,"date":"2026-07-30T18:45:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T18:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3366"},"modified":"2026-07-30T18:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T18:45:42","slug":"some-like-it-hot-actor-j-harrison-ghee-will-play-mary-todd-lincoln-in-the-philadelphia-run-of-oh-mary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3366","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Some Like it Hot\u2019 actor J. Harrison Ghee will play Mary Todd Lincoln in the Philadelphia run of \u2018Oh, Mary!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The riotous play <i>Oh, Mary!<\/i> has found two new leads for its first North American tour kicking off this fall: drag queen Alaska Thunderf\u2014 and Broadway darling J. Harrison Ghee. When the show lands in Philadelphia next March, Ghee will take the spotlight as the delightfully mad first lady Mary Todd Lincoln. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3364\">Disney hits back as Trump administration targets 6abc\u2019s TV license<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>First, though, the titular role will go to Alaska, a winner of <i>RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race All Stars,<\/i> who grew up in Erie, Pa., and graduated from University of Pittsburgh. While she stars as Mary, Ghee \u2014 a longtime New Yorker originally from Fayetteville, N.C. \u2014 will play \u201cMary\u2019s Husband,\u201d a.k.a. President Abraham Lincoln, becoming the first actor to play both roles in the play. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The 2026-2027 tour starts in Hartford, Conn., in September and runs through May, with stops including Washington DC, Boston, Los Angeles, and Detroit. Alaska will play Mary through Jan. 17 and Ghee will take over the lead role beginning Jan. 19 in Chicago. They will be the star during the show\u2019s brief Philly run at the Miller Theater from March 9 to 14.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The camp comedy from actor\/comedian Cole Escola follows a miserable, alcoholic Mary Lincoln just before her husband\u2019s assassination in a satirical story that \u201cfinally examines the forgotten life and dreams of Mrs. Lincoln through the lens of an idiot.\u201d Following Escola, several stars have put their own stamp on the role, including Tituss Burgess, Maya Rudolph, Jane Krakowski, and Jinkx Monsoon (another breakout star from the <i>RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race<\/i> universe). <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The play was a massive hit when it landed on Broadway in 2024, becoming a Pulitzer Prize finalist and receiving five Tony Award nominations. <i>Oh, Mary!<\/i> won two in 2025, including best direction of a play and best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play for Escola \u2014 who made Tony Award history as the first nonbinary actor to win in that category.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>So it\u2019s fitting that Ghee \u2014 a nonbinary actor who also achieved a historic first at the 2023 Tony Awards when they won best leading actor in a musical for playing Daphne\/Jerry in <i>Some Like It Hot<\/i> \u2014 will get a chance to play Mary, too. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The two actors haven\u2019t yet talked in-depth about the roles, but earlier this year they crossed paths when Ghee was waiting to hear back on their audition results. \u201cWe spoke briefly at the Tony [Awards] after party at the Carlyle [Hotel], and they had kind of given me a hint,\u201d said Ghee, who\u2019s currently playing Hermes in <i>Hadestown<\/i> on Broadway. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3362\">Angels trade former Phillies prospect Logan O\u2019Hoppe to Rangers<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey were like, \u2018I feel like I\u2019m gonna see more of you coming up.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Ghee has seen Krakowski, Monsoon, and Hannah Solow play Mary so far and they can\u2019t wait to take up the role. \u201cI\u2019ve seen a spectrum of Marys, and I\u2019m excited to, as Billy Porter would say, \u2018steal the good sh\u2014,\u2019 and also just bring myself to it and really have fun.\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>They first auditioned for the role of \u201cMary\u2019s Husband\u201d but had eyes on the lead, too. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt was very much a \u2018yes, and\u2019 [situation],\u201d Ghee said. \u201cA lot of my career has been based in duality. I am very that, and I love versatility. I don\u2019t ever want to be pigeonholed\u2026I want to show people the capacity \u2014 don\u2019t let other people limit you.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>As for stopping in Philadelphia, Ghee said it\u2019s one of the cities where they\u2019re most eager to perform. They love visiting the city and enjoying the food culture. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI love to take an Amtrak down to Philly because you still get city vibes, but it breathes a little easier,\u201d they said. \u201cSo I\u2019m even considering, like, is there a world where I live in Philly one day? I don\u2019t know!\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><i>Tickets are on sale now for \u2018Oh, Mary!,\u2019 which runs March 9-14, 2027 at the Miller Theater, 250 S. Broad St., Phila., 215-893-1999 or <\/i><i>ensembleartsphilly.org<\/i><i>. <\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3360\">Philly\u2019s new cruise terminal is behind construction schedule and will cost millions more than expected<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first nonbinary actor to win a Tony for best leading actor in a musical will also play \u201cMary\u2019s Husband\u201d in other stops of the touring production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-theater"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018Some Like it Hot\u2019 actor J. 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