Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Tony Award-winning actor and filmmaker John Cameron Mitchell is returning to drag this spring for a stint as Mary Lincoln Todd in Broadway's Oh, Mary!
He'll star in the show for 12 weeks starting Feb. 3, donning the iconic bratty curls for a role originated and written by Cole Escola, the show announced Thursday. Escola won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for playing the titular first lady.
The last time Mitchell appeared on Broadway was a decade ago for a Broadway revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, a musical based on characters created by Mitchell and later turned into a 2001 movie he directed and starred in. The 2014 revival won Mitchell a Special Tony Award.
"Cole Escola and [director] Sam Pinkleton are the wild horses that dragged me back to drag and I couldn't be happier!" Mitchell said in a statement, according to People.
"As the most mature Mary yet, my days are filled with working the StairMaster, mainlining Ozempic and mastering my Brilliant Dialogue. 'Line?!'" the 62-year-old joked.
