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Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Original Musical (Musical Theatre)

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The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Musical/Opera is an annual award celebrating achievements in Toronto theatre.

Awards and nominations

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1990s

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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

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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

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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

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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

References

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  • "Dora Awards: Recipients" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
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