| Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical |
| Location | United States |
| Presented by | The Off-Broadway League [1] [2] |
| Status | Retired |
| Currently held by | Larry Owens for A Strange Loop (2020) |
| Website | lortelaward |
The Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical was an award presented annually at the Lucille Lortel Awards to honor an actor for excellence in a leading role in an Off-Broadway musical production. The categories for lead performance were split into Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical in 2014, before being retired in favor of gender-neutral categories in 2021. [3] [4]
Before the categories were split, several musical performers won or received nominations for the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor. Winners include Boyd Gaines (2000 for Contact ) and Joel Hatch (2008 for The Adding Machine ), and nominees include Deven May (2001 for Bat Boy: The Musical ), Norbert Leo Butz (2002 for The Last Five Years ), Hunter Foster (also 2002 for Urinetown ) and Josh Grisetti and Sahr Ngaujah (both 2009 for Enter Laughing The Musical and Fela! respectively).
Conrad Ricamora was the only performer to receive multiple nominations in the category, nominated for both Here Lies Love in 2014 and Soft Power in 2020.
| Year | Actress | Play | Role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Larry Owens | A Strange Loop | Usher | [11] |
| Conrad Ricamora | Soft Power | Xuē Xíng | ||
| Joshua Henry | The Wrong Man | Duran | ||
| Jonathan Groff | Little Shop of Horrors | Seymour Krelborn | ||
| Francis Jue | Soft Power | DHH |