Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Musical Performance

The Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Musical Performance is an annual award presented since 2013 by the Evening Standard in recognition of achievement in British theatre.

Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Musical Performance
2023 recipient: Nicole Scherzinger
Awarded for	Best Musical Performance
Location	United Kingdom
Presented by	Evening Standard
Currently held by	Nicole Scherzinger for Sunset Boulevard (2023)

Winners and nominees

Year	Actor	Work	Character
2013 [1]
	Rosalie Craig	The Light Princess	The Light Princess
	Cynthia Erivo	The Colour Purple	Celie Harris Johnson
	Charlotte Wakefield	The Sound of Music	Maria von Trapp
2014 [2]
	N/A
2015 [3][4]
	Imelda Staunton	Gypsy	Mama Rose
	Katie Brayben	Beautiful	Carole King
	Rosalie Craig	City of Angels	Gabbi/Bobbi
	Killian Donnelly	Kinky Boots	Charlie Price
2016 [5][6]
	Glenn Close	Sunset Boulevard	Norma Desmond
	Andy Karl	Groundhog Day	Phil Connors
	Sheridan Smith	Funny Girl	Fanny Brice
2017 [7][8]
	Amber Riley	Dreamgirls	Effie White
	Janie Dee	Follies	Phyllis Rogers Stone
	Robert Fairchild	An American in Paris	Jerry Mulligan
2018 [9][10]
	Rosalie Craig	Company	Bobbie
	Sharon D. Clarke	Caroline, or Change	Caroline Thibodeaux
	Arinzé Kene	Misty	Arinzé
	Kelli O'Hara	The King and I	Anna Leonowens
	Adrienne Warren	Tina	Tina Turner
2019 [11][12]
	Anne-Marie Duff	Sweet Charity	Charity Hope Valentine
	Andy Nyman	Fiddler on the Roof	Teyve
	Sheridan Smith	Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat	Narrator
2022
	Patrick Vaill	Oklahoma!	Jud
	Jessie Buckley	Cabaret	Sally Bowles
	Arinzé Kene	Get Up, Stand Up!	Bob Marley
	Sutton Foster	Anything Goes	Reno Sweeney
	Marisha Wallace	Oklahoma!	Ado Annie
2023
	Nicole Scherzinger	Sunset Boulevard	Norma Desmond
	Kyle Ramar Freeman	A Strange Loop	Usher
	Charlie Stemp	Crazy for You	Bobby Child
	Marisha Wallace	Guys and Dolls	Miss Adelaide

Multiple awards and nominations

Awards

2 awards

• Rosalie Craig

Nominations

3 nominations

• Rosalie Craig

2 nominations

• Arinzé Kene
• Sheridan Smith
• Marisha Wallace

See also

• Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical
• Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical
• Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
• Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical