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Cole Escola makes Tony Awards history as first nonbinary best leading actor in a play
Cole Escola, channeling Bernadette Peters, thanked fellow nominees in their speech for their history-making Tony Awards win ...
Cole Escola Thanks Their Mom, Fellow Nominees and a Grindr Date in Tony Awards Acceptance Speech
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 pays tribute to Bernadette Peters with Tony Awards 2025 red carpet gown
Peters wore a similar frothy blue gown to the 1999 ceremony, where she won the award for best leading actress.
Cole Escola Becomes the First Nonbinary Performer to Win Lead Actor in a Play
Star-playwright Cole Escola won the Best Actor in a Play Tony for their riotously funny work in the outlandish comedy “Oh, ...
Bernadette Peters Reacts to Cole Escola's 'Lovely' 2025 Tony Awards Gown Homage: 'I Wore My Chest Hairs Different'
Bernadette Peters reacted to Cole Escola's Tony gown homage, calling the moment "lovely." Escola wore a custom Wiederhoeft ...
Cole Escola’s ‘Oh, Mary!’ is a hoot, but the Tony should go to Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ ‘Purpose’
Cole Escola's 'Oh, Mary!' is the front-runner in the Tony Award race for best play. But in one of the strongest playwriting ...