At the 2025 Tony Awards, Cole Escola chats with THR and talks about their favorite moment of putting on 'Oh Mary!' and their favorite fan interaction. Plus, they reveal which people championed their love for theater.
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00:00How incredible is going into tonight for you?
00:03I feel insane. I mean, yeah. I'm the luckiest idiot in the world. Yeah.
00:09Talk to me about the most special moments of putting this show together
00:13and maybe a special fan interaction that you had after one of the shows.
00:17Oh, well, okay. My favorite moment of putting the show together is just
00:21working with Sam Pinkleton, the director. I love checking in with him after every show,
00:26getting notes anytime he's there, even if he doesn't want to give notes.
00:31I'm begging him for notes. And then my favorite fan interaction,
00:36someone gave me a crocheted Mary Todd Lincoln that is wearing her black dress,
00:42and then when you flip it over, there's another Mary Todd Lincoln,
00:46and she's wearing her blue dress. Yeah.
00:48That's very detailed. Yeah, it's very detailed. Yeah.
00:51Well, also, your last show is June 22nd.
00:55June 21st. June 21st. Yeah.
00:57What went into that decision, too?
00:59Well, I thought that we were closing at the end of June,
01:03and so my goal or my plan was to come back to the show to close it,
01:07and then the show extended, and I was like, my body, I can't. I can't.
01:14And so, and then I, you know, I cut a week off because I'm moving. So, yeah. Yeah.
01:20Well, it's been so incredible watching you throughout this Broadway season.
01:23If there was one person that you could thank for championing your love for the arts
01:28to get you here today, who would it be?
01:30One person to thank all of my friends, the most important people. Yeah. Yeah.
01:38Is there one production outside of your own that you've been really wowed by this season?
01:42Oh, Purpose. I saw Purpose, like, two weeks ago. I saw Matinee, which usually matinees are sleepy,
01:48but this was, like, so electric, and I want to go back. I want to go back and see it again.
01:54And Alana Arenas is, is, her performance blew me away in particular. Yeah.
02:00And very quickly, eight shows a week is no easy task to fulfill.
02:05Do you have a pre-show or post-show routine that kind of centers you?
02:09I have no routine. I just, I put my body where it's supposed to be,
02:12and I hope that everything comes out.