C ole Escola began their career on YouTube, hilariously dressed in a middling wig, performing a pitch perfect and extremely loopy imitation of Bernadette Peters. Now, after their

Cole Escola’s first shot on Broadway has earned them one of the most coveted prizes in the theater world. At Sunday night’s Tony Awards, the star of “Oh, Mary!” scored the Tony for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for their delightfully daffy depiction of Civil War-era first lady Mary Todd Lincoln.