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!"

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 Mary! —wowed on the Tony Awards red carpet in ice blue metallic corset gown from Wiederhoeft.

Cole Escola 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.