Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical

The Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical is an award presented annually at the Lucille Lortel Awards to honor a performer for excellence in a leading role in an Off-Broadway musical production since 2022, when the acting categories were made gender-neutral.

Marla Mindelle is the only performer to be nominated in the category more than once, with two nominations (winning one).

Winners and nominees

Key

2020s

Year	Actress	Play	Character
2022	Victoria Clark	*Kimberly Akimbo*	Kimberly Levaco
	Kearstin Piper Brown	Intimate Apparel: A New Opera	Esther
	Ahmad Maksoud	The Visitor	Ensemble
	Tamika Lawrence	Black No More	Performer
	Justin Cooley	Kimberly Akimbo	Seth
2023	Marla Mindelle	*Titanique*	Celine Dion
	Callum Francis	Kinky Boots	Lola / Simon
	Natey Jones	The Harder They Come	Ivan
	Lindsay Mendez	Merrily We Roll Along	Mary Flynn
	Nicholas Barasch	The Butcher Boy	Francie Brady
	Somi Kakoma	Dreaming Zenzile	Miriam Makeba
	Jim Parsons	A Man of No Importance	Alfie Byrne
2024	Natalie Venetia Belcon	*Buena Vista Social Club*	Omara
	Priscilla Lopez	The Gardens of Anuncia	Older Anuncia
	Santino Fontana	I Can Get It for You Wholesale	Harry Bogen
	Jeb Brown	Dead Outlaw	Band Leader
	Andrew Durand	Dead Outlaw	Elmer McCurdy
	Maleah Joi Moon	Hell's Kitchen	Ali
	Alyse Alan Louis	Teeth	Dawn O'Keefe
2025	Sarin West	*Medea: Re-Versed*	Medea
	Marla Mindelle	The Big Gay Jamboree	Stacey
	J.D. Mollison	Three Houses	Beckett
	Mia Pak		Sadie
	Margo Seibert		Susan
	Lauren Patten	The Lonely Few	Lila
	Alaska Thunderfuck	Drag: The Musical	Kitty Galloway
2026
	Nygel D. Robinson	*Mexodus*	Henry
	Abigail Bengson	My Joy is Heavy	Herself
	J. Harrison Ghee	Saturday Church	Black Jesus
	Dulé Hill	Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole	Nat King Cole
	Daniel J. Watts	Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole	Sammy Davis Jr.
	Ruthie Ann Miles	The Seat of Our Pants	Mrs. Antrobus
	Brian Quijada	Mexodus	Carlos

Multiple nominations

2 nominations

Marla Mindelle

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Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical

Winners and nominees

2020s

Multiple nominations

See also

Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical

Winners and nominees

2020s

Multiple nominations

See also

See Also

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