Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Leading Actor (Musical Theatre)

The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Musical is an annual award celebrating achievements in live Canadian theatre.

Winners and nominees[edit]

1980s[edit]

Year	Actor	Play	Ref
1981	Heath Lamberts	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum	^[1]
	Brian McKay	The Boyfriend	^[2]
	Rudy Webb	We Got Love
	Elias Zarou	Toronto, Toronto
1982	Charles Fletcher	Rock and Roll
	Derek McGrath	To Mock a Kilogram	^[3]
	Ian Wallace	Nion and Company	^[3]
1983	Denis Simpson	Ain't Misbehavin'
	Brian McKay	March of the Falsettos
	Morris Panych	Last Call!
1984	Brian George	Madeira M'Dear
	John Hemphill	Waiting for John Doe
	Blaine Parker	Forbidden Broadway
1985	Kimble Hall	The Count of Monte Cristo
	Paul Dorsey	A Chorus Line
	Richardo Keens-Douglas	The Obeah Man
1986	Victor A. Young	The Desert Song
	Steven Bush	Bad Apples	^[4]
	David Switzer	Half Past the Eighties	^[4]
1987	Eric Donkin	The Mikado	^[5]
	Mike Myers	Not Based on Anything by Stephen King	^[6]
	Alan Scarfe	The Maske of Comus	^[6]
1988	Neil Foster	Girls in the Gang
	Dana Andersen	Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and a Baby	^[7]
	Keram Malicki-Sánchez	The Prince and the Pauper	^[7]
1989	Ted Dykstra	Fire
	Michael Burgess	Les Misérables	^[8]
	Michael Riley	Blood Brothers	^[8]

1990s[edit]

Year	Actor	Play	Ref
1990	Colm Wilkinson	The Phantom of the Opera
	Jeff Jones	Rigoletto
	Lonny Price	Durante
1991	Gordon Pinsent	Anne of Green Gables
	Paul Brown	That Scatterbrain Booky	^[9]
	Paul Hipp	Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story	^[9]
1992	Richard Greenblatt	God Almighty’s Second-Class Saloon
	Keith Michell	Aspects of Love
	Marek Norman	Closer Than Ever
1993	Large Theatre
	Brent Carver	Kiss of the Spider Woman
	Benedict Campbell	Ratbag	^[10]
	Anthony Crivello	Kiss of the Spider Woman
	Donny Osmond	Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat
	Midsize Theatre
	Neil Bartram, Paul Castree, John Devorski, Brian Hill	Forever Plaid
	François Godin	Une soirée avec Jacques Brel	^[10]
	Christian Thomas	Une soirée avec Jacques Brel
	William Vickers	Another Kind of Hero
	Jonathan Whittaker	Nigredo Hotel
1994	Kevin Gray	Miss Saigon
	Michel Bell	Show Boat
	Rufus Bonds Jr.	Miss Saigon
	David Mucci	Crazy for You
	Jim Walton	Crazy for You
1995	Large Theatre
	Tyley Ross	Tommy
	Dan Chameroy	Into the Woods	^[11]
	Ted Dykstra	Tommy
	Frank Moore	Tommy
	Avery Saltzman	Into the Woods
	Midsize Theatre
	Richard McMillan	Assassins
	Andrew Currie	Jolly Roger's Cable, or Pirates in Men's Pants	^[11]
	Chris Earle	The Old Man's Band
	Cameron MacDuffee	Assassins
	Bill Reill	Chess
1996	Large Theatre
	Dan Chameroy	Beauty and the Beast
	Juan Chioran	Kiss of the Spider Woman
	Cliff Saunders	Beauty and the Beast
	Rex Smith	Sunset Boulevard
	Chuck Wagner	Beauty and the Beast
	Midsize Theatre
	Jay Turvey	Falsettos
	John Dolan	Les Fantastiques
	David Fox	The Barber of Seville
	Martin Julien	The Barber of Seville
1997	Large Theatre
	Brian Stokes Mitchell	Ragtime
	David Cassidy	Blood Brothers
	Brian Conley	Jolson
	Anthony Crivello	Jane Eyre
	Matthew Hargreaves	Don Giovanni
	Steven Sutcliffe	Ragtime
	Midsize Theatre
	Mark Christmann	The Martha Stewart Projects
	Diego Matamoros	Still Moon on Fire
	Jack Mosshammer	Last Tango on Lombard
	Jack Mosshammer	Tragically OHIP
	Christopher Peterson	Eyecons
1998	Roger Honeywell	The House of Martin Guerre
	Dean Jones	Show Boat
	Marcus Nance	Elsewhereless
	Chad Richardson	Rent
	Gary Rideout	Hansel & Gretel
	Michael Schade	Oedpius Rex With Symphony of Psalms
1999	Colm Wilkinson	Les Misérables
	John Blackwood	Sir John, Eh?
	Russell Braun	The Barber of Seville
	David Daniels	Xerxes
	Donato Di Stefano	The Barber of Seville
	Eugene Fleming	Fosse
	Richard Margison	Il Trovatore

2000s[edit]

Year	Actor	Play	Ref
2000	Norbert Leo Butz	Cabaret	^[12]
	Graham Bickley	The Pajama Game
	Sylvain Cossette	Notre-Dame de Paris
	Richard McMillan	The Lion King
	Gidon Saks	The Flying Dutchman
	Michael Schade	L'elisir d'amore
2001	Russell Braun	Billy Budd
	Thom Allison	Outrageous!
	Brent Carver	Larry's Party
	Stuart Howe	Iron Road
	Nigel Robson	Billy Budd
2002	Damien Atkins	Real Live Girl
	Graham Abbey	Snow White and the Magnificent Seven
	Denny Doherty	Dream a Little Dream: The Nearly True Story of the Mamas and the Papas
	Eddie Glen	Snow White and the Magnificent Seven
	Tim Howar	Anything That Moves
2003	Peter Millard	Little Mercy's First Murder
	Graham Abbey	Robin Hood
	Kevin Aichele	A Dixie Gospel
	George Masswohl	Sweeney Todd
	Paul McQuillan	Snappy Tales: Short Satirical Musicals
2004	Michael Therriault	The Producers
	Dmitry Chepovetsky	Top Gun! The Musical
	Réjean Cournoyer	Pélagie
	Sean Cullen	The Producers
	Tyley Ross	The Last Five Years
	Stephen Sparks	Tequila Vampire Matinee
2005	David Keeley	Urinetown
	Jay Brazeau	Hairspray
	David Lopez	Ain't Misbehavin'
	Derek McGrath	Aladdin
	Frank Moore	Urinetown
2006	Michael Therriault	Lord of the Rings
	Richard Binsley	Bunnicula
	Brent Carver	Lord of the Rings
	Seán Cullen	Snow White and the Group of Seven
	Peter Howe	Lord of the Rings
2007	Adam Brazier	The Rocky Horror Show
	Jeffrey Kuhn	The Story of My Life
	George Masswohl	Seussical
	Yvan Pedneault	We Will Rock You
	Ryan Ward	Evil Dead the Musical
2008	Ted Dykstra	Fire
	Keith Cole	Arthouse Cabaret
	Douglas E. Hughes	A Man of No Importance
	Ross Petty	Peter Pan
	Rick Roberts	Fire
2009	Jeff Madden	Jersey Boys
	Jeremy Kushnier	Jersey Boys
	Richard Lee	The Forbidden Phoenix
	Michael Lomenda	Jersey Boys
	Quinn VanAntwerp	Jersey Boys

2010s[edit]

Year	Actor	Play	Ref
2010	Jeff Lillico	The Light in the Piazza	^[13]
	Daren A. Herbert	The Toxic Avenger
	Jeigh Madjus	Altar Boyz
	Paul McQuillan	Assassins
	Evan Smith	The Toxic Avenger
2011	Tony Sheldon	Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	^[14]
	Justin Bott	[title of show]
	Daren A. Herbert	Parade
	Allen MacInnis	A Year with Frog and Toad
	Will Swenson	Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
2012	Sterling Jarvis	Caroline, or Change	^[15]
	Damien Atkins	Seussical
	Michael Levinson	Caroline, or Change
	Jeff Madden	I Love You Because
	George Masswohl	Seussical
2013	Bruce Dow	Of a Monstrous Child	^[16]
	Darrin Baker	Falsettos
	Evan Buliung	Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare
	Richard Lee	Cinderella
	Cedric Smith	The Wizard of Oz
2014	Damien Atkins	London Road	^[17]
	Aiden Glenn	Les Misérables
	Daren A. Herbert	Once on This Island
	Ramin Karimloo	Les Misérables
	Marke Uhre	Les Misérables
2015	Daren A. Herbert	The Wild Party	^[18]
	Raoul Bhaneja	Life, Death and the Blues
	Dan Chameroy	The Wild Party
	Ian Lake	Once
	Jacob MacInnes	James and the Giant Peach
2016	Alan Mingo, Jr.	Kinky Boots
	Graham Scott Fleming	Kinky Boots
	Jeff Lillico	Grey Gardens
	Diego Matamoros	Marat/Sade
	Ron Pederson	One Night Only: The Greatest Musical Never Written
2017	Jahlen Barnes	Passing Strange
	Dan Chameroy	Matilda: The Musical
	Beau Dixon	Passing Strange
	Chad Kimball	Come from Away
2018	Evan Buliung	Fun Home
	Dan Chameroy	Life After
	Jordan Cheng	Mr. Shi and His Lover
	Josh Epstein	Onegin
	Derek Kwan	Mr. Shi and His Lover

References[edit]

^ Carole Corbeil, "Just like Oscars: lots of no-shows Carver, Maxwell win theatre awards". The Globe and Mail, January 26, 1982.
^ "And the nominees are...". Toronto Star, January 16, 1982.
^ "Dora Mavor Moore awards Tamara paces the nominees". The Globe and Mail, October 1, 1982.
^ "Tarragon sweeps the nominations for Dora Awards". Toronto Star, May 15, 1986.
^ Ray Conlogue, "Mikado, B-Movie big Dora winners". The Globe and Mail, June 23, 1987.
^ "Mikado nominated for 7 Dora Awards". Toronto Star, May 27, 1987.
^ "CentreStage play tops Dora Award nominees". Toronto Star, May 11, 1988. Page C1.
^ "And the Dora nominees are...". The Globe and Mail, May 13, 1989.
^ H.J. Kirchhoff, "That Scatterbrain Booky and Lilies pace Dora race; Each production picks up eight nominations". The Globe and Mail, May 15, 1991.
^ ^a ^b "Dora Award nominations". Toronto Star, May 11, 1993.
^ ^a ^b "Nominations for '95 Dora Awards". Toronto Star, May 13, 1995.
^ "Dora Mavor Moore Award winners". Toronto Star, June 27, 2000.
^ "Soulpepper, Tarragon tops at Doras". The Globe and Mail, June 29, 2010.
^ "Blasted picks up five Dora Awards". Toronto Star, June 28, 2011.
^ "Three productions take most Doras". Toronto Star, June 26, 2012.
^ "A Cinderella story at the Dora Awards". The Globe and Mail, June 25, 2013.
^ "Of Human Bondage and London Road win big at the Dora Awards". The Globe and Mail, June 24, 2014.
^ "A Dora Awards surprise, for Once". The Globe and Mail, June 23, 2015.

External links[edit]

Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts - Doras

[1] Carole Corbeil, "Just like Oscars: lots of no-shows Carver, Maxwell win theatre awards". The Globe and Mail, January 26, 1982.

[2] "And the nominees are...". Toronto Star, January 16, 1982.

[3] "Dora Mavor Moore awards Tamara paces the nominees". The Globe and Mail, October 1, 1982.

[4] "Tarragon sweeps the nominations for Dora Awards". Toronto Star, May 15, 1986.

[5] Ray Conlogue, "Mikado, B-Movie big Dora winners". The Globe and Mail, June 23, 1987.

[6] "Mikado nominated for 7 Dora Awards". Toronto Star, May 27, 1987.

[7] "CentreStage play tops Dora Award nominees". Toronto Star, May 11, 1988. Page C1.

[8] "And the Dora nominees are...". The Globe and Mail, May 13, 1989.

[9] H.J. Kirchhoff, "That Scatterbrain Booky and Lilies pace Dora race; Each production picks up eight nominations". The Globe and Mail, May 15, 1991.

[1993nom-10] "Dora Award nominations". Toronto Star, May 11, 1993.

[95nom-11] "Nominations for '95 Dora Awards". Toronto Star, May 13, 1995.

[12] "Dora Mavor Moore Award winners". Toronto Star, June 27, 2000.

[13] "Soulpepper, Tarragon tops at Doras". The Globe and Mail, June 29, 2010.

[14] "Blasted picks up five Dora Awards". Toronto Star, June 28, 2011.

[15] "Three productions take most Doras". Toronto Star, June 26, 2012.

[16] "A Cinderella story at the Dora Awards". The Globe and Mail, June 25, 2013.

[17] "Of Human Bondage and London Road win big at the Dora Awards". The Globe and Mail, June 24, 2014.

[18] "A Dora Awards surprise, for Once". The Globe and Mail, June 23, 2015.

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v t e Dora Mavor Moore Awards
General Theatre Division	Production Original Play Leading Performer Supporting Performer Direction Scenic/Projection Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design/Composition Leading Actor (retired) Leading Actress (retired) Supporting Actor (retired) Supporting Actress (retired) Ensemble (retired) Choreography (retired)
Musical Theatre Division	Production Original Musical Leading Performer Supporting Performer Direction Musical Direction Choreography Design Leading Actor (retired) Leading Actress (retired) Supporting Actor (retired) Supporting Actress (retired) Ensemble (retired) Scenic Design (retired) Costume Design (retired) Lighting Design (retired) Original Score (retired)
Independent Theatre Division	Production Original Play Direction Performer Ensemble Scenic/Projection Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design/Composition Leading Actor (retired) Leading Actress (retired) Supporting Performer/Ensemble (retired) Design (retired)
Dance Division	Production Performer Ensemble Choreography Design Sound Design/Composition Actor (retired) Actress (retired)
Opera Division	Production Original Opera Performer Ensemble Direction Musical Direction Design Actor (retired) Actress (retired)
Theatre for Young Audiences Division	Production Original Play Performer Ensemble Direction Design
Touring Division	Production
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