RuPaul's Drag Race's Michelle Visage Will Make Her Broadway Debut in Schmigadoon!

Michelle Visage, the head judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race, will make her Broadway debut as Mildred Layton in the Tony Award-winning musical Schmigadoon! Visage will play the role December 4-January 31, 2027, taking over for Jennifer Simard, who plays her final performance on November 29.

Visage made her West End debut as Miss Hedge in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at the Apollo Theatre. Her other theater credits include Morticia in The Addams Family at the London Palladium and Tante Hansa in Sea Witch at Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Schmigadoon!, written by Cinco Paul and directed and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli, stars Alex Brightman and Sara Chase as Josh Skinner and Melissa Gimble, a couple who accidentally wanders into a magical town where every day is a musical.

The current cast also includes Ann Harada reprising her role of Florence Menlove from the TV series, Brad Oscar as Mayor Menlove, Isabelle McCalla as Emma Tate, Juan Pablo Di Pace as Doc, Maulik Pancholy as the Reverend Layton/Leprechaun, Max Clayton as Danny Bailey, McKenzie Kurtz as Betsy, and Ayaan Diop as Carson.

Rounding out the company are Afra Hines, Becca Petersen, Brandon Block, Clyde Alves, Eldridge Taylor Jr., Jess LeProtto, Joshua Burrage, Kaitlyn Davidson, Keven Quillon, Kimberly Immanuel, Lauralyn McClelland, Lyrica Woodruff, Maria Briggs, Nathan Lucrezio, Richard Riaz Yoder, Shina Ann Morris, and Zachary Downer.