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.

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

Mary’s getting a new cabinet! The Tony-winning production of Oh, Mary! has just announced that joining Jinkx Monsoon in her ...

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.” ...

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 ...

Kumail Nanjiani, Michael Urie and Jenn Harris will join the Broadway company of “Oh, Mary” as Mary’s Husband (if you know, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Escola is set to play their final performance as Mary Todd Lincoln on June 21, and Tituss Burgess will return to the role for an encore performance from June 23 to Aug. 2.

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.