Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Direction (General Theatre)
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The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play/Musical is an annual award celebrating achievements in Toronto theatre.
Winners and nominees
[edit]1980s
[edit]1990s
[edit]2000s
[edit]2010s
[edit]2020s
[edit]| Year | Playwright | Title | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu | The Brothers Size | [33] |
| Chris Abraham | Julius Caesar | [34] | |
| Mitchell Cushman | The Flick | ||
| Jani Lauzon | Almighty Voice and His Wife | ||
| Weyni Mengesha | A Streetcar Named Desire | ||
| 2021 | No ceremony held due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada on theatre production in 2020. | [35] | |
| 2022 | Soheil Parsa | Wildfire | [36] |
| Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster | Three Women of Swatow | [37] | |
| Weyni Mengesha | Pipeline | ||
| Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu | Is God Is | ||
| John Tiffany | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | ||
| 2023 | Cherissa Richards | Red Velvet | [38] |
| Philip Akin | Maanomaa, My Brother | ||
| Marie Farsi | Fifteen Dogs | ||
| Weyni Mengesha | Queen Goneril | ||
| Alisa Palmer | Fall On Your Knees, Part Two: The Diary | ||
| 2024 | Andrew Kushnir | Bad Roads | [39] |
| Chris Abraham | The Master Plan | [40] | |
| Seth Bockley | King Gilgamesh and the Man of the Wild | ||
| Brendan Healy | The Inheritance, Pt. 1 | ||
| Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu | Sizwe Banzi Is Dead | ||
References
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- ^ Gina Mallet, "Controversial Bent set for Toronto run". Toronto Star, January 23, 1981.
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- ^ "And the nominees are...". Toronto Star, January 16, 1982.
- ^ Carole Corbeil, "An outstanding night for Tamara". The Globe and Mail, November 16, 1982.
- ^ "Dora Mavor Moore awards Tamara paces the nominees". The Globe and Mail, October 1, 1982.
- ^ Ray Conlogue, "Thomson, Phipps take Doras for outstanding acting". The Globe and Mail, October 11, 1983.
- ^ Stephen Godfrey, "Jungle of Cities wins four Doras". The Globe and Mail, October 23, 1984.
- ^ Stephen Godfrey, "Team aims to make this award show different". The Globe and Mail, October 13, 1984.
- ^ "Cats takes lion's share of Dora awards". Montreal Gazette, October 9, 1985.
- ^ Henry Mietkiewicz, "Cats leads pack of Dora nominees". Toronto Star, September 5, 1985.
- ^ Sid Adilman, "A night for families at Dora Awards show". Toronto Star, June 20, 1986.
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- ^ Ray Conlogue, "Mikado, B-Movie big Dora winners". The Globe and Mail, June 23, 1987.
- ^ "Dora Award nominees". Toronto Star, May 27, 1987.
- ^ Ray Conlogue, "Walker's Nothing Sacred collects four Dora awards". The Globe and Mail, June 15, 1988.
- ^ Robert Crew, "CentreStage play tops Dora Award nominees". Toronto Star, May 11, 1988.
- ^ "Highway sweeps Dora awards". Edmonton Journal, June 27, 1989.
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- ^ "Dora Award nominees". Toronto Star, May 27, 1998.
- ^ Kamal Al-Solaylee, "The Producers lost at box office but wins big at Dora awards". The Globe and Mail, June 29, 2004.
- ^ Robert Cushman, "The Doras: and the winner is ...: Odd nominees make predictions difficult". National Post, June 26, 2004.
- ^ Robert Cushman, "Some nods are inexplicable: A desperate season, a desperate slate of Dora nominees". National Post, June 24, 2006.
- ^ Guy Dixon, "Scorched wins best play at Dora Awards". The Globe and Mail, June 25, 2007.
- ^ Robert Cushman, "Navigating the nominations; Our critic predicts Dora winners and laments overlooked performances". National Post, June 26, 2010.
- ^ Robert Cushman, "Best in shows; The Doras have a weak field to choose from this year, but they've chosen well". National Post, June 21, 2014.
- ^ Nestruck, J. Kelly (June 22, 2015). "Movie-turned-musical Once a surprise winner at Toronto's Dora Awards". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
- ^ J. Kelly Nestruck, "Soulpepper leads in Dora Award nods". The Globe and Mail, June 2, 2015.
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- ^ J. Kelly Nestruck, "Soulpepper's 13 nominations lead general theatre division of Toronto's Dora Awards". The Globe and Mail, May 31, 2018.
- ^ BWW News Desk (June 26, 2019). "Full List of Winners Announced For the 40th Annual Dora Awards - Soulpepper Theatre, Canadian Opera Company, and More!". Broadway World. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ^ The Canadian Press (June 30, 2020). "Soulpepper's The Brothers Size racks up five wins at Dora Awards". CBC. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ^ Smith, Mae (June 29, 2020). "2020 Dora Mavor Moore Award Winners". Intermission Magazine. Archived from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
- ^ "Dora Awards honour lifetime achievement in theatre as COVID-19 shuts down live shows: Dora Mavor Moore Awards celebrates lifetime contributions after COVID-19 pandemic shut down live performances". The Globe and Mail, June 16, 2021.
- ^ Joshua Chong, "‘Sweeney Todd,’ ‘Italian Mime Suicide’ and ‘Wildfire’ win big at 2022 Dora Awards". Toronto Star, September 19, 2022.
- ^ Aisling Murphy, "Nomination Announcements: 42nd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards". Intermission Magazine, August 29, 2022.
- ^ Hélène Crowley, "Announcing the 2023 Dora Mavor Moore Award Winners". Intermission Magazine, June 27, 2023.
- ^ 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.