Jake Shane Wants to Star in Oh, Mary! on Broadway

Jake Shane is not performed with Broadway.

The “Therapuss” host and actor just lately made his Broadway debut in Simon Rich’s “All Out: Comedy About Ambition” reverse Nicholas Braun, Ray Romano and Jenny Slate.

“It was like one of those moments where I was like, ‘I can’t believe I’m doing this,’ Shane told me at Vanity Fair’s Vanities Young Hollywood party Wednesday night at Bar Marmont, adding, “At the end, it hit me all at once and I was like, ‘I want to do this again and again for the rest of my life.’”

His dream function? Mary in “Oh, Mary!”

Cole Escola’s Tony successful comedy reimagines First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln as an alcoholic dreaming of changing into an aspiring cabaret singer. It takes place simply days earlier than the assassination of Abe Lincoln.

While Escola insists he does not suppose there’s any probability of him being solid in “Oh, Mary!, he said “It would be incredible, but like that’s the dream. If you’re asking what the dream is, that’s the dream…I do have the theater bug now. It’s a real bug and I have it.”

“Oh, Mary!” originated off-Broadway earlier than shifting to Broadway in 2024. The present was nominated for 5 Tonys, successful finest actor in a play for Escola and finest path of play for Sam Pinkleton. Following Escola’s run, Mary has been performed by Jane Krakowski (October 2025–January 2026), Jinkx Monsoon, Tituss Burgess, Betty Gilpin and John Cameron Mitchell. It was introduced earlier this week that Maya Rudolph will take over the role on April 28.

Other bold-faced names who’ve appeared in varied elements embody Simu Liu, Kumail Nanjiani, Conrad Ricamora, James Scully, Cheyenne Jackson and Michael Urie.

Earlier this month, Shane was named as one in all Variety‘s 10 Creators to Watch. He additionally just lately signed because the chief artistic officer of the German sweet firm Katjes. His debut movie “Wishful Thinking” will premiere at this yr’s SXSW.