The two-time Tony winner reacted to the one-time Tony winner, who paid homage to Peters with their ensemble on Sunday.

The smash-hit play "Oh, Mary!" is the result of Escola's uncompromising vision and flair for the absurdly strange

Star-playwright Cole Escola won the Best Actor in a Play Tony for their riotously funny work in the outlandish comedy “Oh, Mary!,” marking the first time a nonbinary performer has scored a Tony win for any play category for acting.

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 Music Hall.

Oregon native Cole Escola made history at the Tony Awards as the first openly nonbinary person to win best leading actor in a play for "Oh, Mary!"

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

At the final fitting for their custom Wiederhoeft gown ahead of the show, Escola shared their thoughts on Patti LuPone, and a proposal for fixing gendered categories at the Tonys: “They should do it based on where you piss,

Several Hollywood A-listers earned their first Tony nominations, including George Clooney for "Good Night, and Good Luck," Mia Farrow for "The Roommate," Bob Odenkirk for “Gleng