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!

Escola gives the former first lady a wild second act in the Tony-nominated play Oh, Mary! "This play is about a woman with a dream that no one around her understands," Escola says.

Actor Cole Escola won a coveted 2025 Tony Award Sunday for the role of Mary Todd Lincoln in “Oh Mary!” played in drag. Escola, a biological male, said he was “non-binary” in 2022 ...

“Julie Harris has a Tony for playing Mary Todd Lincoln,” Escola said as they started their speech, paying reverence to the stage legend’s 1972 play, “The Last of Mrs. Lincoln.” ...

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

Escola took a break from playing Mary Todd in January, handing off the role to Betty Gilpin (“GLOW”) and Tituss Burgess. The “Difficult People” actor stepped back into the first lady’s ...

Cole Escola as Mary Todd Lincoln in 'Oh, Mary!' In a review, Entertainment Weekly hailed the production as the "funniest play on Broadway" amid an otherwise "already-dysfunctional" political ...

Monsoon, best known for her winning runs on both “ RuPaul’s Drag Race ” and “Drag Race All Stars,” announced on Wednesday that she is set to take over the lead role in the wild, Tony-winning ...

The role was originated by Cole Escola, who also wrote the play and is currently starring in the Broadway production. Escola, who recently won a Tony Award for their portrayal of Mary Todd Lincoln ...

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 gives the former first lady a wild second act in the Tony-nominated play Oh, Mary! "This play is about a woman with a dream that no one around her understands," Escola says.