These Helen Hayes Awards are given for outstanding acting in non-resident or touring productions that are staged in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Lead acting Outstanding Lead Actor in a Touring Production 1985 Derek Jacobi - Cyrano de Bergerac - The Kennedy Center Charles Adler - Torch Song Trilogy - The Warner Theatre James Whitmore - Will Rogers, U.S.A. - Ford's Theatre Joe Sears - Greater Tuna - Ford's Theatre Mbongeni Ngema - Woza, Albert! - Arena Stage Percy Mtwa - Woza, Albert! - Arena Stage Outstanding Lead Actor in a Touring Production or Prior to New York 1986 Jason Robards - The Iceman Cometh - American National Theatre Bill Irwin - The Regard of Flight - Arena Stage Keene Curtis - La Cage aux Folles - The National Theatre Patrick Dempsey - Brighton Beach Memoirs - The National Theatre Tommy Tune - My One and Only - The Kennedy Center William L. Petersen - In the Belly of the Beast: Letters From Prison - American National Theatre Outstanding Lead Actor in a Non-Resident Production 1987 Colm Wilkinson - Les Misérables - The Kennedy Center Ben Cross - The Caine Mutiny Court Martial - The Kennedy Center Delroy Lindo - A Raisin in the Sun - The Kennedy Center Edward Duke - Jeeves Takes Charge - Ford's Theatre Joe Sears - Greater Tuna - Ford's Theatre Jonathan Silverman - Broadway Bound - The National Theatre 1988 Derek Jacobi - Breaking the Code - The Kennedy Center Ian McKellen - Acting Shakespeare - The National Theatre Joel Grey - Cabaret - The Kennedy Center Judd Hirsch - I'm Not Rappaport - The National Theatre Richard Kiley - All My Sons - Ford's Theatre Shay Duffin - Confessions of an Irish Rebel - New Playwrights' Theatre 1989 Victor Garber - Wenceslas Square - The Kennedy Center B.D. Wong - M. Butterfly - The National Theatre Brock Peters - Driving Miss Daisy - The Kennedy Center John Lithgow - M. Butterfly - The National Theatre Sammy Cahn - Words and Music - Ford's Theatre Tim Curry - Me and My Girl - The National Theatre 1990 Charles S. Dutton - The Piano Lesson - The Kennedy Center Avery Brooks - Paul Robeson - The Kennedy Center David Hurst - Incommunicado - The Kennedy Center Jaston Williams - A Tuna Christmas - The Kennedy Center Joe Sears - A Tuna Christmas - The Kennedy