Suggestions by @jmcdowell

Taraji P. Henson

as Jennie Montgomery in You're All I Need: The Tammi Terrell Story

Score: +1

Diana Ross

as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard

Score: +1

Avan Jogia

as Radames in Aida

Score: +1

LaKeith Stanfield

as David Ruffin in You're All I Need: The Tammi Terrell Story

Score: +1

Audra Day

as Diana Ross in Marvin

Score: +1

Luke James

as Marvin Gaye in You're All I Need: The Tammi Terrell Story

Score: +2

Halle Bailey

as Thomasina Montgomery in You're All I Need: The Tammi Terrell Story

Score: +2

Wayne Brady

as Willie Harris in Raisin (Broadway Revival)

Score: +1

Miss Lawrence

as Sylvester James, Jr. in The Sylvester Story

Score: +2

Regina Hall

as Dorothea in Bebe's Kids (Live Action Remake)

Score: +1

Fantasia Barrino

as Ruth Younger in Raisin (Broadway Revival)

Score: +1

Ryan Destiny

as Brenda Williams in The Five Heartbeats (Remake)

Score: +1

Colman Domingo

as Ernest Johnson in The Five Heartbeats (Remake)

Score: +1

Avery Wilson

as Victor Thomas in The Five Heartbeats (Remake)

Score: +1

Yara Shahidi

as Brenda Williams in The Five Heartbeats (Remake)

Score: +1

Hailey Kilgore

as Baby Doll in The Five Heartbeats (Remake)

Score: +1

Jeremy Pope

as Michael Turner in The Five Heartbeats (Remake)

Score: +1

Leon Thomas III

as Victor Thomas in The Five Heartbeats (Remake)

Score: +1

Fantasia Barrino

as Eudora in The Princess and the Frog

Score: +1

Ernie Hudson

as Rev. Woods in The Women of Brewster Place

Score: +1