Suggestions by @jmcdowell

Yara Shahidi

as Diana Ross in The Supremes

Score: 0

Dyllón Burnside

as Eddie Kendricks in The Supremes

Score: +2

Omari Hardwick

as Berry Gordy in The Supremes

Score: +2

Melba Moore

as Idella Landy in Purlie (Broadway Revival)

Score: +1

Luke James

as J.T. Matthews in The Five Heartbeats (Remake)

Score: +1

Yara Shahidi

as Baby Doll in The Five Heartbeats (Remake)

Score: +1

Jorge Lendeborg Jr.

as Basil, Mattie's Son in The Women of Brewster Place

Score: +1

Jenifer Lewis

as Idella Landy in Purlie (Broadway Revival)

Score: +1

Taraji P. Henson

as Ruby Ann Wallace in Ossie & Ruby

Score: +2

Taraji P. Henson

as Ruby Ann Wallace in Ossie & Ruby

Score: +1

Jasmine Guy

as Ruby Ann Wallace in Ossie & Ruby

Score: -1

Angela Bassett

as Narrator in Ossie & Ruby

Score: +1

Viola Davis

as Narrator in Ossie & Ruby

Score: +1

Oprah Winfrey

as Producer in Ossie & Ruby

Score: +1

Spike Lee

as Director in Ossie & Ruby

Score: +2

Ava DuVernay

as Director in Ossie & Ruby

Score: +1

Fantasia Barrino

as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins in Purlie (Broadway Revival)

Score: 0

James Harkness

as Purlie Victorious Judson in Purlie (Broadway Revival)

Score: +1