Video: Cole Escola Talks OH, MARY! And More
OH, MARY is nominated for five-time 2025 Tony Awards including Best Play.
By: A.A. Cristi May. 04, 2025
Tony-nominee Cole Escola, creator and star of Oh, Mary!, sat down with CBS Sunday Morning for a chat about their smash Broadway comedy, artistic origins, and why the riotous new work comes from a surprisingly personal place. Watch the segment and the extended video interview with Cole below!
About Oh, Mary!
Directed by Tony Award Nominee Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary! opened on Broadway on July 11, 2024 at the Lyceum Theatre, following a twice-extended, sold-out engagement at the Lucille Lortel Theatre Off-Broadway. At the Lyceum, it became the first show in the theater’s 121-year history to gross more than $1,000,000 in a single week and has since broken its own box office record eleven times.
Since Escola originally departed the show on January 19, 2025, Betty Gilpin and Tituss Burgess have both donned the now-infamous bratty curls. Escola returned to the role on April 8, 2025, with other members of the original cast for an encore run through June 28, 2025. Escola has received an Obie, Drama Desk, Theatre World, and Outer Critics Circle Award for their work on the show.
