"a lead part" is correct and can be used in written English
It refers to the main or most important role in a performance, production, or activity. Example: The lead part in the play was given to the talented actress, who delivered a stunning performance.
But even if I'm not playing a lead part, I'm the lead in the character's own life.
"Modern Family was not the easiest to cast because it's such a large ensemble and most actors want to go for a lead part.
But Rafael Marques, of the Open Society, a pro-democracy activist group, argues that this is unlikely unless UNITA takes a lead part.
(Producers of "The Best Man" had aimed him in the equivalent category for the Tonys too, but the nominating committee ruled his role a lead part).
Miss Gowrie praised the writer's answers on test questions and gave her a lead part in her play, "Marcus Tullius", that the school presented.
Mosse had been working on another play, entitled Dodger - with a "wonderful lead part" for an older male actor - commissioned for the Chichester Festival Theatre 's 2013 season.
Raines's first plate appearance came with two runners on in the second inning, as the Mets struggled to hold a 4-0 lead, part of which came on a two-run homer by Mike Piazza.
Juliette Binoche is intensely gripping (even though she doesn't shed a single tear during the whole film) and it is a fantastic lead part for Preisner's music.
She says: "I'd never go out and do a romantic lead part.
Still, at least it looks like the incomparable Murphy might be getting a proper lead part for once, after taking countless supporting roles for the British-American maestro of widescreen cinema.
