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.

Cole Escola won Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play at the 78th Annual Tony Awards on June 8, 2025 at Radio City Music Hall.

Oh, Mary!' Tony winner Cole Escola joked about Nicole Scherzinger's Tony Awards victory after the latter's Jesus hat controversy: 'Four more years!' ...

Escola made history in 2025 when they won the Tony for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for Oh, Mary!

Cole Escola’s Tony Award-winning play Oh, Mary! has somehow just got even gayer: Ugly Betty actor Michael Urie is joining the ...

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 poses in the press room with the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play for "Oh, Mary!" during the 78th Tony Awards on Sunday, June 8, 2025, at Radio City ...

Escola wore the piece to the Tony Awards with a portrait of British actress Laura Keene inside. Don’t recognize the name? Keene was the leading lady in Our American Cousin, the show that President ...

Cole Escola is honoring a Broadway icon through their style. At the 2025 Tony Awards in New York City on Sunday, June 8, the Oh, Mary! star appeared in a silvery-blue gown inspired by Bernadette ...

Cole Escola accepts the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play award for "Oh, Mary!" onstage during The 78th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 8, 2025, in New ...

Cole Escola, channeling Bernadette Peters, thanked fellow nominees in their speech for their history-making Tony Awards win for "Oh, Mary!" ...

Bernadette Peters should be proud of Cole Escola’s big night at the 2025 Tony Awards—in more ways than one. Last night, Escola—who won their first Tony Award for best actor in a play for Oh ...