"People just want to pit us Broadway gals against each other, and I think it’s sad," the "Oh, Mary!" actor said.

Peters wore a similar frothy blue gown to the 1999 ceremony, where she won the award for best leading actress.

Cole Escola won the Tony for best actor in a play for their performance in the outlandish, ahistoric comedy “ Oh, Mary! ” ...

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!" ...

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

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 ...

Cole Escola accepts the award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play at the 2025 Tony Awards on CBS. Clip courtesy ...

Escola was in the press room as Scherzinger won her award, prompting the comedian and "Oh, Mary!" star to joke about the ...

Escola wore a custom Wiederhoeft gown inspired by Peters' 1999 look Bernadette Peters responded to Cole Escola's 2025 Tony ...

Cole Escola’s first shot on Broadway has earned them one of the most coveted prizes in the theater world. At Sunday night’s ...

Tony Awards look paid homage to Bernadette Peters. The nominee wore a blue gown took inspiration from Peters' gown from 1999 ...

Here’s what Sarah Snook, Nicole Scherzinger, Cole Escola and four other Tony Award newbies had to say about their wins.