Cole Escola shares what it was like to accept their Tony Award for Oh, Mary! while wearing a tribute gown honoring Bernadette Peters. Escola also talks about visiting Laura Keeneās grave to find inspiration for the play, and watching Betty Gilpin and Tituss Burgess step into their role in the show.
Check them out above on Seth Meyers!
Cole Escola dressed as Bernadette Peters on the Tonys Red Carpet, right before they became 1st openly non-binary artist ever to win ‘Leading Actor In A Play’ Tony Award for Oh, Mary! beating out fellow nominee George Clooney. They made sure to thank their mom, their cast, their friends, AND their Grindr hookup!
The play portrays Mary Todd Lincoln as an unhappy alcoholic who just wants to be a cabaret starāif only her husband Abe would get out of her way. Escola was (unless you knew!) an unknown before the show premiered last year Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. But the show’s success Off-Broadway and subsequent transfer, which has been selling out and extending since last July, has established them as a bona-fide star.
Check out Cole’s full speech after the jump!
Okay, this is a BEEG serve! Vivian Jenna Wilson will perform in drag for the first time at Pattie Gonia‘s “Save Her!” show on June 13 at The Bellwether in Los Angeles. The 21-year-old announced her participation on Instagram, expressing excitement about joining the climate activism performance…
What better way to start your weekend than by watch miss Oh, Mary! themself taste moisturizers!?
Cole Escolaās goal for #ExpensiveTasteTest? Get every item wrong. But between accusing us of spitting in their OJ, throwing water bottles across the room, and clocking cheap wigs by their blunt bangs, the āOh, Mary!ā creator might just be too good at this. After literally taste-testing $140 moisturizer (ew!) and claiming a pricey fragrance actually smells like money, Cole insists they donāt have expensive tasteāājust look at my teeth.ā And honestly? We wouldnāt want them any other way.
Check it out above!
Wickedās Cynthia Erivo is set to play Bram Stokerās vampire and 22 other roles in Dracula, a one-woman theatrical extravaganza set for next year in Londonās West End.
The play comes from the creatives and producers behind Sarah Snookās The Picture of Dorian Gray. Erivo will also sing an original song composed by Clemence Williams.
Wow. Fantastic casting! This is such a great move for her after Wicked. Who’s saving their coins to dust off the cob webs and see Cynthia, OMG?
Luigi is the inspiration behind a musical comedy coming to the Taylor Street Theatre in San Francisco, and the play’s entire run is already sold out. DUH! We would sell our hair on Temu for a ticket to this! Are you kidding me!?
The musical’s official synopsis says the production is “A wildly irreverent, razor-sharp comedy that imagines the true story of Luigi Mangione, the alleged corporate assassin turned accidental folk hero … Luigi navigates friendship, justice, and the absurdity of viral fame.”
Do any of our readers have tickets?
What’s gayer than THIS!? Cole Escola talks with Darren Criss (āMaybe Happy Endingā) about the incredible run of their off- turned on- Broadway sensation that is ‘Oh, Mary!’ and how it all started at the Duplex in the West Village. Check them out above!