Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Original Musical (Musical Theatre)
The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Musical/Opera is an annual award celebrating achievements in Toronto theatre.
Awards and nominations
1990s
| Year | Playwright | Title | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Guy Mignault, Félix Leclerc | C'était un p'tit bonheur | |
| Atom Egoyan, Rodney Sharman | Elsewhereless | ||
| Mordecai Richler, John Roby | Jacob Two-Two's First Spy Case | ||
| Second City Ensemble | What Fresh Mel Is This? | ||
| 1999 | Richardo Keens-Douglas | The Nutmeg Princess | |
| Robertson Davies, Randolph Peters | The Golden Ass | ||
| Jim Garrard, Grant Heckman | Sir John, Eh? | ||
| Tom Lackey, Rick Fox | Needfire | ||
| Richard Maltby, Jr., Chet Walker, Ann Reinking | Fosse |
2000s
| Year | Playwright | Title | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Ann-Marie MacDonald, Allen Cole, Alisa Palmer | Anything That Moves | |
| Leslie Arden | A Meeting of Minds | ||
| Dean Regan, Sam Lutfiyya | Forever Swing | ||
| Gavin Crawford, Tracy Dawson, Marypat Farrell, Melody Johnson, Doug Morency, Lee Smart | Nude Beach Wear 100% Off | ||
| Ted Swindley, Ted Dykstra, Charles T. Cozens, Stephen Mayoff | Swingstep | ||
| 2001 | Chan Ka Nin, Mark Brownell | Iron Road | |
| Marek Norman, Richard Ouzounian | Larry's Party | ||
| Joey Miller, Brad Fraser | Outrageous | ||
| Allen Cole, Glen Cairns | The Crimson Veil | ||
| 2002 | Damien Atkins | Real Live Girl | |
| Guy Mignault | La, la, la, mine de rien | ||
| 2003 | Jay Turvey, Paul Sportelli, Morwyn Brebner | Little Mercy's First Murder | |
| Greg Robic | Assemblywomen! | ||
| Allen Cole, J. Douglas Dodd, Stephen Eddins, Jim Kass, Vincent de Tourdonnet | Snappy Tales: Short Satirical Musicals | ||
| 2004 | Kevin Quain | Tequila Vampire Matinee | |
| Karen Hines | Hello...Hello | ||
| Allen Cole, Vincent de Tourdonnet | Pélagie | ||
| Denis McGrath, Scott White | Top Gun! The Musical | ||
| 2005 | David Finley | Aladdin | |
| Guy Mignault | Autour de Kurt Weill | ||
| 2006 | Shaun McKenna, Matthew Warchus | Lord of the Rings | |
| David Finley | Snow White and the Group of Seven | ||
| Chris Craddock, Aaron Macri | BoyGroove | ||
| 2007 | Florence Gibson, Shawn Byfield | i think i can | |
| Neil Bartram, Brian Hill | The Story of My Life | ||
| Second City Ensemble | Bird Flu Over the Cuckoo's Nest | ||
| 2008 | Jim LeFrancois, David Oiye | Arthouse Cabaret | |
| Guy Mignault | Et si on chantait... | ||
| Chris Earle | Peter Pan" The Family Musical | ||
| Juliet Palmer, Anna Chatterton | Stitch | ||
| Lizt Alfonso, Kelly Robinson | VIDA! | ||
| 2009 | Abigail Richardson, Marjorie Chan | Sanctuary Song | |
| Alexis Diamond, Abigail Richardson | Opera to Go: The Perfect Screw | ||
| Taylor Graham, William Rowson | Opera to Go: The Virgin Charlie | ||
| Marcia Johnson, Stephen Andrew Taylor | Opera to Go: My Mother's Ring | ||
| James Rolfe, Paul Bentley | Inês |
2010s
| Year | Playwright | Title | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | R. Murray Schafer | The Children's Crusade | |
| Leslie Arden, The Princess & the Handmaiden | |||
| Allen Cole, Melody Johnson, Rick Roberts | Mimi | ||
| Chris Earle | Robin Hood, The Environmental Family Musical | ||
| Catherine Magowan, Spy Dénommé-Welch | Giiwedin | ||
| 2011 | Rufus Wainwright | Prima Donna | |
| Timothy French, Avery Saltzman | To Life | ||
| The Ensemble | (Re)Birth: E.E. Cummings in Song | ||
| 2012 | Ana Sokolovic | SVADBA - Wedding | |
| Nicole Brooks | Obeah Opera | ||
| Brian Goldenberg, Anthony Bastianon | Off-Broadway On Stage | ||
| 2013 | Alice Ping Yee Ho, Marjorie Chan | The Lesson of Da Ji (The Lessons of Love) | |
| Joseph Aragon | Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare | ||
| Alistair Newton | Of A Monstrous Child: a gaga musical | ||
| Deborah Pearson | A Synonym for Love | ||
| Tom Walmsley, Louis Dufort | Julie Sits Waiting | ||
| 2014 | Joel Ivany | Figaro's Wedding | |
| Rob Kempson | The Way Back to Thursday | ||
| John Millard, Michael O'Brien | The Barber of Seville | ||
| Luc Moquin, Claude Naubert | le fa le do | ||
| 2015 | Mike Ross, Albert Schultz | Spoon River | |
| Ivan Barbotin, Nicolas Billon, Dean Burry, Nicole Lizée, Hannah Moscovitch, Morris Panych, Benton Roark, James Rolfe, Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, Chris Thornborrow, David Yee | Tapestry Briefs: Booster Shots | ||
| Brian Current, Anton Piatigorsky | Airline Icarus | ||
| Joel Ivany | #UncleJohn | ||
| 2016 | Marjorie Chan, John Harris | M'dea Undone | |
| Wesley J. Colford | Heart of Steel | ||
| Sara Farb, Britta Johnson, Bryce Kulak, Erin Shields, Julie Tepperman, Kevin Wong | Reframed | ||
| Anika Johnson, Britta Johnson | Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang | ||
| Alan Kliffer | One Night Only: The Greatest Musical Never Written | ||
| 2017 | David Hein, Irene Sankoff | Come from Away | |
| Waleed Abdulhamid, John Millard | John & Waleed | ||
| Anna Chatterton, Gareth Williams | Rocking Horse Winner | ||
| Joel Ivany | A Little Too Cozy | ||
| 2018 | Britta Johnson | Life After | |
| Aaron Gervais, Colleen Murphy | Oksana G | ||
| Joel Ivany | La Bohème | ||
| Morris Panych, James Rolfe | The Overcoat - A Musical Tailoring | ||
| Wong Teng Chi, Njo Kong Kie | Mr. Shi and His Lover | ||
| 2019 | Mike Ross, Sarah Wilson | Rose | |
| Kevin Dyer, Reza Jacobs | Under the Stairs | ||
| Anika Johnson, Britta Johnson | Dr. Silver: A Celebration of Life |
2020s
| Year | Playwright | Title | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Landon Doak, Matthew Finlan | Life in a Box | |
| John Millard | The Cave | ||
| Erin Shields, Daniel Große Boymann, Thomas Kahry | Piaf/Dietrich | ||
| 2021 | Ceremony not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2022 | Fatuma Adar | Dixon Road | |
| Jake Epstein | Boy Falls From the Sky | ||
| Anika Johnson, David Danzon, Matthew O'Connor | Divine Interventions | ||
| Ben Kopp, Margot Greve | Killing Time: A Game Show Musical | ||
| 2023 | Fiona Sauder, Landon Doak, Victor Pokinko, Matt Pilipiak | Alice in Wonderland | |
| Frank Cox-O’Connell, Beau Dixon, Hailey Gillis, Marni Jackson, Raha Javanfar, Andrew Penner | The Shape of Home | ||
| Ben Elliott, Fatuma Adar, Suzy Wilde, Rose Napoli, Adam Sakiyama, Kat Sandler | Retold | ||
| 2024 | Gregory Prest, Mike Ross, Sarah Wilson | De Profundis: Oscar Wilde in Jail | [1] |
| Britta Johnson, Sara Farb | Kelly v. Kelly | [2] | |
| Scott Joplin, Jessie Montgomery, Jannina Norpoth, Leah-Simone Bowen, Cheryl L. Davis | Scott Joplin's Treemonisha | ||
| Kye Marshall, Amanda Hale | Pomegranate | ||
| Amy Nostbakken, Norah Sadava, Akosua Amo-Adem, Seiko Nakazawa, Stefanie Sourial, Vicky Araico | Universal Child Care | ||
| 2025 | HAUI x Sean Mayes | Aportia Chryptych: A Black Opera for Portia White | [3] |
| Julien Bilodeau, Michel Marc Bouchard | La Reine-Garçon | ||
| Lyndsey Bourne and Sam Kaseta | I Was Unbecoming Then | ||
| Matt Murray | The Wizard of Oz: The Toto-ly Aesome Family Musical | ||
| Igor Stravinsky, Titilope Sonuga | Sankofa: The Soldier's Tale Retold | ||
References
- ^ Glenn Sumi, "Dora Awards 2024: ‘Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812’ earns four statuettes at Toronto’s top theatre honours". Toronto Star, June 24, 2024.
- ^ Aisling Murphy, "TAPA announces 2024 Dora Award nominees". Intermission Magazine, May 28, 2004.
- ^ Joshua Chong, "Dora Awards 2025". Toronto Star, June 30, 2025.
- "Dora Awards: Recipients" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-10-07.