Dorian Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Musical
The Dorian Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Musical is a theatrical award given annually to the best performance in a musical on Broadway by GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics since 2010 (the group was initially named the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association). The category was introduced in 2023 when the awards began honoring Broadway theatre.
Winners and nominees
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2020s
Year |
Performer |
Production |
Role |
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2023 |
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Victoria Clark |
Kimberly Akimbo |
Kimberly Akimbo |
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Annaleigh Ashford |
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
Mrs. Lovett |
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J. Harrison Ghee |
Some Like It Hot |
Jerry/Daphne |
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2024 |
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Jonathan Groff |
Merrily We Roll Along |
Franklin Shepard |
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Ali Louis Bourzgui |
The Who's Tommy |
Tommy |
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Eden Espinosa |
Lempicka |
Tamara de Lempicka |
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Brody Grant |
The Outsiders |
Ponyboy Curtis |
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Brian d’Arcy James |
Days of Wine and Roses |
Joe Clay |
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Kelli O’Hara |
Kirsten Arnesen |
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Maleah Joi Moon |
Hell's Kitchen |
Ali |
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Maryann Plunkett |
The Notebook |
Older Allie |
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Eddie Redmayne |
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Klub |
Emcee |
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Shaina Taub |
Suffs |
Alice Paul |
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2025 |
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Megan Hilty |
Death Becomes Her |
Madeline Ashton |
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Darren Criss |
Maybe Happy Ending |
Oliver |
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Andrew Durand |
Dead Outlaw |
Elmer McCurdy |
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Tom Francis |
Sunset Blvd. |
Joe Gillis |
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Jonathan Groff |
Just in Time |
Bobby Darin |
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Audra McDonald |
Gypsy |
Rose |
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Jasmine Amy Rogers |
Boop! |
Betty Boop |
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Nicole Scherzinger |
Sunset Blvd. |
Norma Desmond |
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Helen J. Shen |
Maybe Happy Ending |
Claire |
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Jennifer Simard |
Death Becomes Her |
Helen Sharp |
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2026 |
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Joshua Henry |
Ragtime |
Coalhouse Walker Jr. |
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Kristin Chenoweth |
The Queen of Versailles |
Jackie Siegel |
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Nicholas Christopher |
Chess |
Anatoly |
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Luke Evans |
The Rocky Horror Show |
Frank-N-Furter |
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Sara Chase |
Schmigadoon! |
Melissa Gimble |
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Stephanie Hsu |
The Rocky Horror Show |
Janet |
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Caissie Levy |
Ragtime |
Mother |
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Sam Tutty |
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) |
Dougal Todd |
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Brandon Uranowitz |
Ragtime |
Tateh |