Suggestions by @jmcdowell
1,002 suggestions
Taraji P. Henson
as Jennie Montgomery in You're All I Need: The Tammi Terrell Story
Diana Ross
as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard
Avan Jogia
as Radames in Aida
LaKeith Stanfield
as David Ruffin in You're All I Need: The Tammi Terrell Story
Audra Day
as Diana Ross in Marvin
Luke James
as Marvin Gaye in You're All I Need: The Tammi Terrell Story
Halle Bailey
as Thomasina Montgomery in You're All I Need: The Tammi Terrell Story
Wayne Brady
as Willie Harris in Raisin (Broadway Revival)
Miss Lawrence
as Sylvester James, Jr. in The Sylvester Story
Regina Hall
as Dorothea in Bebe's Kids (Live Action Remake)
Fantasia Barrino
as Ruth Younger in Raisin (Broadway Revival)
Ryan Destiny
as Brenda Williams in The Five Heartbeats (Remake)
Colman Domingo
as Ernest Johnson in The Five Heartbeats (Remake)
Avery Wilson
as Victor Thomas in The Five Heartbeats (Remake)
Yara Shahidi
as Brenda Williams in The Five Heartbeats (Remake)
Hailey Kilgore
as Baby Doll in The Five Heartbeats (Remake)
Jeremy Pope
as Michael Turner in The Five Heartbeats (Remake)
Leon Thomas III
as Victor Thomas in The Five Heartbeats (Remake)
Fantasia Barrino
as Eudora in The Princess and the Frog
Ernie Hudson
as Rev. Woods in The Women of Brewster Place