Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical

The Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Performance by a Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical is an honor presented at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, a ceremony established in 1950 for excellence in Broadway productions, to actors for quality leading roles in a musical play, whether a new production or a revival. The awards replaced the former awards for Outstanding Actor and Actress in a Musical in 2022, voting to establish distinct Broadway and Off-Broadway gender-neutral categories.

Award winners and nominees

2020s

Year	Actor	Role(s)	Project
2023
	J. Harrison Ghee	*Some Like It Hot*	Jerry/Daphne
	Colton Ryan	New York, New York	Jimmy Doyle
	Anna Uzele	New York, New York	Francine Evans
	Micaela Diamond	Parade	Lucille Frank
	Caroline Innerbichler	Shucked	Maizy
2024
	Kelli O'Hara	*Days of Wine and Roses*	Kirsten Arnesen
	Maryann Plunkett	The Notebook	Older Allie
	Casey Likes	Back to the Future	Marty McFly
	Brian d'Arcy James	Days of Wine and Roses	Joe Clay
	Ali Louis Bourzgui	The Who's Tommy	Tommy
2025
	Jasmine Amy Rogers	*Boop! The Musical*	Betty Boop
	Nicole Scherzinger	Sunset Boulevard	Norma Desmond
	Audra McDonald	Gypsy	Rose Hovick
	Jeremy Jordan	Floyd Collins	Floyd Collins
	Darren Criss	Maybe Happy Ending	Oliver
	Jennifer Simard	Death Becomes Her	Helen Sharp
2026
	Joshua Henry	*Ragtime*	Coalhouse Walker Jr.
	Nicholas Christopher	Chess	Anatoly Sergievsky
	Luke Evans	The Rocky Horror Show	Dr. Frank-N-Furter
	Sara Chase	Schmigadoon!	Melissa Gimble
	Brandon Uranowitz	Ragtime	Tateh
	Sam Tutty	Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)	Dougal
	Jessica Vosk	Beaches	Cee Cee Bloom

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Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical

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2020s

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2020s

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