Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Production (Musical Theatre)
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The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical is an annual award celebrating achievements in live Canadian theatre.
Awards and nominations[edit]
1990s[edit]
| Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | The Phantom of the Opera | Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe | Livent |
| 1991 | Hush* | Noam Riches (libretto) | Allen Cole | Noam Riches (libretto) | Theatre Passe Muraille |
| 1992 | Closer Than Ever | Steven Scott Smith and Richard Maltby, Jr. | David Shire | Richard Maltby, Jr. | Jeffrey Latimer in assoc. with Laurence Follows, and Closer Than Ever Partners |
| 1993 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | Terrence McNally | John Kander | Fred Ebb | Livent |
| 1994 | Crazy For You | Ken Ludwig | George Gershwin | Ira Gershwin | David and Ed Mirvish, Roger Horchow and Elizabeth Williams |
| 1995 | Tommy | Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff | Pete Townshend | David and Ed Mirvish, Concert Productions Int., Pace Theatrical Group, Dodger Productions | |
| 1996 | A Little Night Music | Hugh Wheeler | Stephen Sondheim | Canadian Stage and Grand Theatre | |
| 1997 | Ragtime | Terrence McNally | Stephen Flaherty | Lynn Ahrens | Livent |
| 1998 | Oedipus Rex with Symphony of Psalms* | Jean Cocteau (libretto) | Igor Stravinsky | Jean Cocteau (libretto) | Canadian Opera Company |
| 1999 | Norma* | Felice Romani (libretto) | Vincenzo Bellini | Felice Romani (libretto) | Canadian Opera Company |
2000s[edit]
| Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Cabaret | Joe Masteroff | John Kander | Fred Ebb | Mirvish Productions and PACE Theatrical Group / SFX Entertainment |
| Notre-Dame de Paris | Luc Plamondon | Riccardo Cocciante | Luc Plamondon | Mirvish Productions, SFX Entertainment | |
| Pelléas et Mélisande* | Maurice Maeterlinck (libretto) | Claude Debussy | Maurice Maeterlinck (libretto) | Canadian Opera Company | |
| Shaking the Foundations | Bryden MacDonald | Carole Pope and Kevan Staples | Buddies in Bad Times Theatre | ||
| The Lion King | Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi | Elton John | Tim Rice | Mirvish Productions in association with Disney Theatricals | |
| 2001 (Final Doras without separate category for Opera) |
Billy Budd* | E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier (libretto) | Benjamin Britten | E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier (libretto) | Canadian Opera Company |
| The Bartered Bride* | Karel Sabina (libretto) | Bedřich Smetana | Karel Sabina (libretto) | Canadian Opera Company | |
| Iron Road* | Mark Brownell (libretto) | Chan Ka Nin | Mark Brownell (libretto) | Tapestry New Opera Works | |
| Mamma Mia! | Catherine Johnson | Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus | Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus | Mirvish Productions, Littlestar & Universal | |
| When We Were Singing | Dorothy Dittrich | Buddies in Bad Times Theatre | |||
| 2002 | Anything That Moves | Ann-Marie MacDonald and Alisa Palmer | Allen Cole | Ann-Marie MacDonald | Tarragon Theatre and Nightwood Theatre |
| Dream A Little Dream: The Nearly True Story of the Mamas and the Papas | Denny Doherty and Paul Ledoux | Various | Dream Productions (Toronto) Inc. | ||
| La, La, La, Mine de Rien | Guy Mignault | Various | Théâtre français de Toronto | ||
| Real Live Girl | Damien Atkins | Various | Buddies in Bad Times Theatre | ||
| Snow White and the Magnificent Seven | Malcolm Heenman | Various | Ross Petty Productions | ||
| 2003 | Little Mercy's First Murder | Morwyn Brebner | Jay Turvey and Paul Sportelli | Morwyn Brebner | Shaw Festival and Tarragon Theatre |
| A Dixie Gospel | Tom Key and Russell Treyz | Harry Chapin | Brookstone Performing Arts | ||
| Robin Hood | Malcolm Heenman | Various | Ross Petty Productions | ||
| Snappy Tales: Short Satirical Musicals | Vincent de Tourdonnet | Allen Cole, J. Douglas Dodd, Stephen Eddins and Jim Kass | Vincent de Tourdonnet | Theatre Non Nobis | |
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Hugh Wheeler | Stephen Sondheim | Canadian Stage | ||
| 2004 | The Producers | Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan | Mel Brooks | Mirvish Productions | |
| Cookin' at the Cookery | Marion J. Caffey | Alberta Hunter | Canadian Stage in co-production with Manitoba Theatre Centre | ||
| Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang | Mordecai Richler | Dennis Lee, Phil Balsam, Jim Betts and Allen Cole | Young People's Theatre | ||
| Tequila Vampire Matinee | Kevin Quain | Theatre Passe Muraille and Rat-A-Tat-Tat | |||
| The Last Five Years | Jason Robert Brown | Canadian Stage | |||
| 2005 | Urinetown | Grg Kotis | Mark Hollmann | Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis | Canadian Stage |
| Aladdin | David Finley | Various | Ross Petty Productions | ||
| Ain't Misbehavin' | Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby Jr. | Fats Waller | Various | Canadian Stage and Dancap Private Equity Inc. | |
| Autour de Kurt Weill | Guy Mignault | Various | Théâtre français de Toronto | ||
| Hairspray | Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan | Marc Shaiman | Scott Wittmman and Marc Shaiman | Mirvish Productions | |
| 2006 | The Lord of the Rings | Shaun McKenna and Matthew Warchus | A.R. Rahman, Värttinä and Christopher Nightingale | Shaun McKenna and Matthew Warchus | Kevin Wallace and Saul Zaentz in association with David & Ed Mirvish and Michael Cohl |
| BoyGroove | Chris Craddock | Aaron Macri | Michael Rubinoff & Derrick Chua in association with BoyGroove Entertainment Inc. | ||
| Bunnicula | Jon Klein | Chris Jeffries | Jon Klein | Young People's Theatre | |
| Song & Dance | None credited | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Don Black | Song & Dance Limited Partnership in association with Diversified Productions Inc. | |
| Snow White and the Group of Seven | David Finley | Various | Ross Petty Productions | ||
| 2007 | We Will Rock You | Ben Elton | Queen | David and Ed Mirvish and the Kimsa Group in association with Queen Theatrical Productions, Phil McIntyre Entertainment and Tribeca Theatricals | |
| i think i can | Florence Gibson and Shawn Byfield | Various | Young People's Theatre | ||
| The Rocky Horror Show | Richard O'Brien | Canadian Stage in co-production with Manitoba Theatre Centre | |||
| Seussical | Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty | Stephen Flaherty | Lynn Ahrens | Young People's Theatre | |
| The Story of My Life | Brian Hill | Neil Bartram | Canadian Stage | ||
| 2008 | Fire | Paul Ledoux and David S. Young | Various | Canadian Stage in co-production with Citadel Theatre | |
| Arthouse Cabaret | Jim LeFrancois and David Oiye | Various | Buddies in Bad Times Theatre | ||
| Dirty Dancing | Eleanor Bergstein | Various | David Mirvish and Jacobsen Entertainment, Lionsgate and Magic Hour Productions | ||
| Little Shop of Horrors | Howard Ashman | Alan Menken | Howard Ashman | Canadian Stage | |
| A Man of No Importance | Terrence McNally | Stephen Flaherty | Lynn Ahrens | Acting Up Stage Theatre Company | |
| 2009 | The Sound of Music | Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Ian, David Mirvish |
| Cinderella: The Sillylicious Family Musical | Chris Earle | Various | Ross Petty Productions | ||
| The Forbidden Phoenix | Marty Chan | Robert Walsh | Marty Chan and Robert Walsh | Young People's Theatre in partnership with Citadel Theatre | |
| Jersey Boys | Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice | Bob Gaudio | Bob Crewe | Dancap Productions Inc., Dodger Theatricals, Joseph J. Grano, Tamara and Kevin Kinsella, Pelican Group, Latitude Link and Rick Steiner | |
| A New Brain | William Finn and James Lapine | William Finn | Acting Up Stage Theatre Company | ||
2010s[edit]
2020s[edit]
| Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Piaf/Dietrich | Daniel Grobe Boymann and Thomas Kahry, playwrights Erin Shields, adapter |
Various | David Mirvish | |
| The Adventures of Pinocchio | Brian Hill | Neil Bartram | Young People's Theatre | ||
| Caroline, or Change | Tony Kushner | Jeanine Tesori | Tony Kushner | The Musical Stage Company & Obsidian Theatre | |
| Ghost Quartet | Dave Malloy | Crow's Theatre & Eclipse Theatre Company | |||
| Life in a Box | Landon Doak and Matthew Finlan | Bad Hats Theatre | |||
| 2021 | No ceremony held due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada on theatre production in 2020. | ||||
| 2022 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Hugh Wheeler | Stephen Sondheim | Talk is Free Theatre | |
| & Juliet | David West Read | Max Martin | David Mirvish presents the Max Martin, Tim Headington, Theresa Steele Page, Jenny Petersson, Martin Dodd production | ||
| Boy Falls From the Sky | Jake Epstein | Various | David Mirvish and Past Future Productions | ||
| Dixon Road | Fatuma Adar | The Musical Stage Company & Obsidian Theatre Company, in association with Canadian Stage | |||
| Into the Woods | James Lapine | Stephen Sondheim | Talk is Free Theatre | ||
References[edit]
- "Dora Awards: Recipients" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-10-07.