Michelle Visage Joins Broadway’s Schmigadoon! as Mildred Layton Dec. 4
Michelle Visage, the RuPaul's Drag Race judge, will make her Broadway debut in Schmigadoon! at the Nederlander Theatre on December 4, succeeding Jennifer Simard as Mildred Layton in a limited run that continues through January 31, 2027.
Michelle Visage will make her Broadway debut on December 4, 2026, joining the Tony-winning musical Schmigadoon! at the Nederlander Theatre as Mildred Layton. The longtime RuPaul's Drag Race judge succeeds Jennifer Simard in a limited engagement running through January 31, 2027.
The casting was announced on November 12, 2026. It is the first time Visage, a stage veteran in London, will appear on a Broadway stage.
A stage résumé built in London
Visage has starred in West End productions of Everybody's Talking About Jamie, The Addams Family and Sea Witch. She is best known as a radio DJ, a reality TV judge and a former member of the 1990s girl group Seduction.
She trained in musical theatre at AMDA before starting her career.
The show she is joining
Schmigadoon! won Best Musical at this year's Tony Awards. It took four categories in all, tying The Lost Boys and Ragtime for the most wins by a musical this season. The others were Best Original Score and Book of a Musical, both for Cinco Paul, and Orchestrations, for Doug Besterman and Mike Morris.
The musical opened April 20 at the Nederlander. It is currently scheduled to run through April 4, 2027.
It began as a two-season Apple Original series that premiered on Apple TV+ in 2021. The Broadway version follows the first season's plot. Real-world couple Josh and Melissa land in a magical town populated by characters, plots and songs pulled from Golden Age musicals such as Oklahoma!, The Music Man and Carousel.
Paul wrote the book, music and lyrics for the adaptation. It keeps all the songs from the series' Grammy-nominated score and adds new ones, including numbers cut from the show.
Who else is on stage
Alex Brightman and Sara Chase currently lead the cast as Josh Skinner and Melissa Gimble. Ann Harada plays Florence Menlove, and Brad Oscar plays Mayor Menlove.
Isabelle McCalla is Emma Tate, Juan Pablo Di Pace is Doc, and Maulik Pancholy plays The Reverend Layton and Leprechaun. Max Clayton is Danny Bailey, McKenzie Kurtz is Betsy and Ayaan Diop is Carson.
Christopher Gattelli directs and choreographs. The show had its world premiere in 2025 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Lorne Michaels and No Guarantees Productions are among the producers.
Visage's run begins December 4 at the Nederlander Theatre.
