70th Tony Awards - Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

And the nominees are:

Laura Benanti 

She Loves Me 

as 

Amalia Balash

Carmen Cusack 

Bright Star 

as 

Alice Murphy

Cynthia Erivo 

The Color Purple 

as 

Celie Harris Johnson

Jessie Mueller 

Waitress

as

 Jenna Hunterson

Phillipa Soo 

Hamilton 

as 

Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton