Escola wore a custom Wiederhoeft gown inspired by Peters' 1999 look Bernadette Peters responded to Cole Escola's 2025 Tony Awards dress homage The Broadway legend said Escola's look was "lovely" and joked that she "wore my chest hairs in a different pattern" Peters also congratulated Escola on winning the award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor Bernadette Peters is shouting out Cole Escola's style homage.

The New York Times chief theater critic, Jesse Green, called “Oh, Mary!,” which Escola also wrote, “one of the best crafted and most exactingly directed Broadway comedies in years.”

Oh, Mary! was also up for Best Play at last night’s award ceremony but lost to Purpose.