- The National Theatre Kaye Ballard - Hey, Ma ... Kaye Ballard - The Kennedy Center Lenka Peterson - Quilters - The Kennedy Center Sally Struthers - The Odd Couple - The National Theatre Sinéad Cusack - Cyrano de Bergerac - The Kennedy Center Outstanding Lead Actress in a Touring Production or Prior to New York 1986 Barbara E. Robertson - Kabuki Medea - American National Theatre Barbara Cook - Barbara Cook—A Broadway Evening - Ford's Theatre Laurie Metcalf - Coyote Ugly - American National Theatre Sandy Duncan - My One and Only - The Kennedy Center Zoe Caldwell - Lillian - The Kennedy Center Outstanding Lead Actress in a Non-Resident Production 1987 Linda Lavin - Broadway Bound - The National Theatre Esther Rolle - A Raisin in the Sun - The Kennedy Center Rosemary Harris - Hay Fever - The Kennedy Center Sharon Brown - Dreamgirls - The National Theatre Teresa Burrell - Queenie Pie - The Kennedy Center 1988 Ann Guilbert - The Immigrant: A Hamilton County Album - Arena Stage Alyson Reed - Cabaret - The Kennedy Center Colleen Dewhurst - My Gene - The Kennedy Center Donna McKechnie - Sweet Charity - The National Theatre Sandra Reaves-Phillips - The Great Ladies of Blues & Jazz - Arena Stage 1989 Lily Tomlin - The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe - The Kennedy Center Dana Ivey - Wenceslas Square - The Kennedy Center Julie Harris - Driving Miss Daisy - The Kennedy Center Madeline Kahn - Born Yesterday - The National Theatre Tina Fabrique - Abyssinia - Arena Stage 1990 Nan Martin - The Road to Mecca - The Kennedy Center Margo Martindale - Steel Magnolias - The Kennedy Center Nancy Marchand - The Cocktail Hour - The Kennedy Center S. Epatha Merkerson - The Piano Lesson - The Kennedy Center Tyne Daly - Gypsy - The Kennedy Center 1991 Cheryl Lynn Bruce - From the Mississippi Delta - Arena Stage Colleen Dewhurst - Love Letters - The National Theatre Jacqueline Williams - From the Mississippi Delta - Arena Stage Roma Downey - The Playboy of the Western World - The Kennedy Center Sally Mayes - Closer Than Ever - Arena Stage Sybil Walker - From the Mississippi Delta - Arena Stage 1992 Mercedes Ruehl - Lost in Yonkers - The National Theatre Cynthia Martells - Two Trains Running - The Kennedy Center Jodi