Tonya Porter (Hedwig and the Angry Inch)

Overall, the production of Hedwig must have made quite the impact on you readers because Tonya Porter won best actress for being in that play. She played the role of Yitzhak, Hedwig's back up singer, which is actually a man who was a drag queen, who had promised Hedwig to not do drag again, but is portrayed by a woman in the actual production making it a huge blur of gender lines in that aspect. It was a role which Porter describes as her, "biggest role to date." The came as quite a challenge to Porter, "I spent a lot of time researching the role and watching how men stand/sit/gesture. It was a completely amazing experience. The role of a lifetime for me.The crowds were so supportive and the production team behind the show was a dream." Porter's next role will be in Titanic: The Musical which is set to come out in July.

Runner up: Caroline LePine (Next to Normal)