Jane Krakowski to star in ‘Oh, Mary!’ in the West End

The Emmy-nominated and Tony-winning actress returns to the play's title role after starring in the Broadway production in 2025.

Summary

• Jane Krakowski will succeed Lolly Adefope as Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! in the West End
• Krakowski previously played the role in the Broadway production
• Booking for the show has been extended until 5 June 2027

Oh, Jane! Tony Award winner and Emmy nominee Jane Krakowski will star in the title role of Oh, Mary! in the West End, succeeding current star Lolly Adefope as Mary Todd Lincoln after her previously announced departure on 5 December. Bookings for the show have also been extended until 5 June 2027.

Krakowski previously played Mary in the show's Broadway production for a limited run in autumn 2025. She is best known for her four-time Emmy-nominated performance as Jenna Maroney on NBC’s 30 Rock and for starring as Jacqueline White in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, for which she also earned an Emmy nod. On stage, Krakowski won an Olivier for starring in Guys and Dolls in the West End, won a Tony for her Broadway performance in Nine, and earned additional Tony nominations for Nine and She Loves Me.

Her London Oh, Mary! run will take place from 7 December 2026 until 16 January 2027. The current Oh, Mary! West End cast, alongside Adefope, includes Lucy Frederick as Mary’s Chaperone, J.R. Ballantyne as Mary’s Husband’s Assistant, Vinnie Heaven as Mary’s Teacher, and Syrus Lowe as Mary’s Husband.

Written and directed, respectively, by Tony Award winners Cole Escola and Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary! wackily imagines former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln as a repressed, alcoholic woman with a burning passion for cabaret. After premiering off Broadway to acclaim in January 2024, the show transferred to Broadway in June of that year, earning five total Tony nominations and becoming a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Oh, Mary! is currently booking at the Trafalgar Theatre through 5 June 2027.

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