Are - Olney Theatre Donna Migliaccio - The Pirates of Penzance - Interact Theatre Company Megan Lawrence - Company - Signature Theatre Robin Baxter - Show Me Where the Good Times Are - Olney Theatre Susan Bender - The Pirates of Penzance - Interact Theatre Company Outstanding Lead Actress in a Resident Musical 1989 Kim Criswell - Side by Side by Sondheim - Olney Theatre Deidra L. Johnson - Sanctuary D.C. - No-Neck Monsters Theatre Company Jane Pesci-Townsend - Revenge of Mrs. Foggybottom - Marquee Lounge/Omni Shoreham Karen Akers - Side Side Sondheim - Olney Theatre Sharon Scruggs - Elmer Gantry - Ford's Theatre 1990 Adriane Lenox - On the Town - Arena Stage Debra Tidwell - Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill - The Studio Theatre Franchelle Stewart Dorn - The Beggar's Opera - The Shakespeare Theatre Lorraine Serabian - Lucky Stiff - Olney Theatre Queen Esther Marrow - Don't Let This Dream Go (A Musical Celebration of Mahalia Jackson) - Ford's Theatre Tia Speros - Lucky Stiff - Olney Theatre 1991 Nanna Ingvarsson - The Rocky Horror Show - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Becky Ann Baker - Merrily We Roll Along - Arena Stage Liz Donohoe Weber - Me and My Girl - Harlequin Dinner Theatre Robin Baxter - The Rocky Horror Show - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Suzanna Guzman - Amahl and the Night Visitors - The Kennedy Center 1993 Rebecca Rice - In Living Colors - Theater of the First Amendment Catherine Flye - "Joyce" The Music and Magic of Joyce Grenfell - Interact Theatre Company Catherine Flye - "Joyce" The Music and Magic of Joyce Grenfell - The Washington Stage Guild Holly Twyford - Her Aching Heart - Consenting Adults Theatre Company Jane Pesci-Townsend - Closer Than Ever - The Rose Organization Pam Bierly-Stewart - Closer Than Ever - The Rose Organization 1995 Dana Krueger - Wings - Signature Theatre April Harr - Into the Woods - Signature Theatre Barbara McCullogh - The Sweet Revenge of Louisa May - Olney Theatre Center for the Arts Donna Migliaccio - Into the Woods - Signature Theatre Karen Culliver - The Sweet Revenge of Louisa May - Olney Theatre Center for the Arts 1996 Dahd Sfeir - Mano a Mano - GALA Hispanic Theatre Bernardine Mitchell - Bessie's Blues - The Studio Theatre Megan Lawrence - Cabaret - Signature Theatre Sarah Marshall - Wanted - Woolly Mammoth