Bernadette Peters reacted to Cole Escola's Tony gown homage, calling the moment "lovely." Escola wore a custom Wiederhoeft gown inspired by Peters' 1999 look from the awards ceremony.

The Tony Award–winning star of Oh, Mary! found it easy to slip into character as another eccentric with an appreciation for ...

Cole Escola's 'Oh, Mary!' is the front-runner in the Tony Award race for best play. But in one of the strongest playwriting categories in years, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' 'Purpose' deserves to win.

Cole Escola made history at the 2025 Tony Awards on Sunday night.. Escola, the deranged genius behind "Oh, Mary!", won best leading actor in a play for their inspired turn as first lady Mary Todd ...

Cole Escola's 2025 Tony Awards look paid homage to Bernadette Peters. The nominee wore a blue gown took inspiration from Peters' gown from 1999 when she won a Tony for 'Annie Get Your Gun.' ...

Cole Escola Wins: They won the Tony for best actor in a play for their performance in the outlandish, ahistoric comedy “Oh, Mary!” This is Escola’s Broadway debut, and first Tony.

All eyes were on Cole Escola last night. The “Oh, Mary!” star, 38, attended the Tony Awards 2025 in New York City, paying tribute to Bernadette Peters in a silvery-blue gown. Escola’s ...

Cole Escola and Darren Criss discuss their shows “Oh, Mary!" and “Maybe Happy Ending." ... ESCOLA: I thought the more serious it looked visually and tonally, the funnier it would be.

Cole Escola accepts the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play award for "Oh, Mary!" from Sarah Paulson and Jean Smart during The 78th Annual Tony Awards on June 08, 2025.

Cole Escola took home the 2025 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play for the role of Mary Todd Lincoln in "Oh, Mary!" Escola, who also wrote the hit play, beat out George Clooney, Jon ...

ESCOLA: I thought the more serious it looked visually and tonally, the funnier it would be. I wrote it in 2020, but I had the idea in 2009. I was afraid that once I got it on paper, it wouldn’t ...

Cole Escola's 'Oh, Mary!' is the front-runner in the Tony Award race for best play. But in one of the strongest playwriting categories in years, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' 'Purpose' deserves to win.