Actor and writer John Cameron Mitchell shares the downsides of identity politics in a capitalist society, doing cunnilingus for the first time on camera, why Hedwig and the Angry Inch couldn’t be made today, and why “set foot” has gotta stop.

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See John Cameron Mitchell as 'Mary Todd Lincoln' in Broadway's smash hit comedy Oh, Mary! now through April 26. Tickets are on-sale now through July 2026 at https://www.ohmaryplay.com/, and at the Lyceum Theatre box office.

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Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi

Technical production by Ty Colgate

Edited by Christian Pittman

Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann

Original music by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Douglas Goodhart⁠

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