Leading the way with eight nominations was A Year With Frog and Toad, including mentions for Best Musical Production and Director (Allen MacInnis). It was followed by seven nominations each for Brothel #9, Blasted and paper Series. Nominations for Brothel #9 included Best Production, Actress (Anusree Roy), Actor (Ash Knight) and Director (Nigel Shawn Williams). Blasted received those same mentions for Best Production, Actor (David Ferry), Actress (Michelle Monteith) and Director (Brendan Healy). In the Independent Production Division, paper Series' seven nominations included Best Production, Director (Nina Lee Aquino) and Performance (The Ensemble).
Soulpepper Theatre Company led the companies with 10 nominations overall for seven different shows. Cahoots Theatre Company managed nine nominations between paper Series and A Taste of Empire. The Canadian Opera Company dominated the Opera Division with eight nominations for five of its shows. Mirvish leads in the musical theatre division with five nominations for its productions Billy Elliot The Musical and Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical.
Also announced were three honourary awards. The Leonard McHardy and John Harvey Award for administrators in theatre, dance and opera goes to Ghislain Caron, managing director of Theatre francais de Toronto; the George Luscombe Award for mentorship in theatre will go to playwright, director and former Native Earth artistic director Yvette Nolan; and the Barbara Hamilton Memorial Award for excellence and advocacy in the arts goes to actor/director/dramaturge/teacher David Ferry, also a Best Performance nominee for his role in Blasted.
The Doras are Toronto’s theatre, dance and opera Awards as selected by their peers in the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA). Yesterday, the critics named their top picks for the first ever Toronto Theatre Critics' Awards.
The ceremony for the 32nd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards takes place Monday June 27. It will be hosted by Craig Lauzon and Michaela Washburn. After the 6-7:30pm pre-show and VIP reception at The Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, the Awards Show begins at 8pm at the Bluma Appel Theatre at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. Afterwards at 10:30pm, there will be an After-Party Under the Stars outside the St.Lawrence Centre on Front Street.
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Complete list of nominations for the 32nd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards
GENERAL THEATRE PRODUCTION DIVISION
BEST PRODUCTION
The Railway Children
Ruined
Peggy Pickit Sees the Face of God - The Africa Trilogy
Brothel #9
Blasted
BEST TOURING PRODUCTION
The Andersen Project
Studies in Motion - The Hauntings of Eadweard Muybridge
South Pacific
L'Orchestre D'Hommes-Orchestres Performs Tom Waits
Jake's Gift
BEST NEW PLAY
Roland Schimmelpfennig, Peggy Pickit Sees the Face of God - The Africa Trilogy
Maja Ardal, The Cure for Everything
Brendan Gall, Wide Awake Hearts
Anusree Roy, Brothel #9
Andrew Kushnir, The Middle Place
BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY / MUSICAL
Philip Akin, Ruined
Nigel Shawn Williams, Brothel #9
Gina Wilkinson, Wide Awake Hearts
Brendan Healy, Blasted
Allen MacInnis, A Year With Frog and Toad
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE
Sterling Jarvis, Ruined
Joseph Ziegler, Death of a Salesman
Diego Matamoros, Oleanna
David Ferry, Blasted
Ash Knight, Brothel #9
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE
Yanna McIntosh, Ruined
Pamela Sinha, Brothel #9
Michelle Monteith, Blasted
Jane Spidell, Peggy Pickit Sees the Face of God - The Africa Trilogy
Anusree Roy, Brothel #9
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A FEATURED ROLE or ENSEMBLE
The Ensemble, Our Class
Oliver Dennis, Jitters
Jane Spidell, Doc
Ari Cohen, Death of a Salesman
BEST SET DESIGN
Scott Reid, The Clockmaker
Robin Fisher, A Year With Frog and Toad
Julie Fox, Blasted
Joanna Scotcher, The Railway Children
Glen Charles Landry, À toi, pour toujours, ta Marie-Lou
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Tim Chappel & Lizzy Gardiner, Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical
Shawn Kerwin, Brothel #9
Robin Fisher, A Year With Frog and Toad
Joanna Scotcher, The Railway Children
Charlotte Dean, The Misanthrope
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
Thomas Hase, Prima Donna
Richard G. Jones, The Railway Children
Lorenzo Savoini, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Kimberly Purtell, Blasted
Ken MacKenzie, (Re)Birth: E.E. Cummings In Song
BEST ORIGINAL SOUND DESIGN/COMPOSITION
Richard Feren, Blasted
Mike Ross, (Re)Birth: E.E. Cummings In Song
Mike Ross, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Debashis Sinha, The Post Office
Craig Vear / Christopher Madin, The Railway Children
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Tim French, [title of show]
Teddy Masuku / Heidi Strauss, Shine Your Eye - The Africa Trilogy
Ross Coleman, Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical
Peter Darling, Billy Elliot The Musical
Jen Shuber, A Year With Frog and Toad
BEST MUSICAL DIRECTION
Steuart Bedford, Death in Venice
Pablo Heras-Casado, Nixon in China
Harry Bicket, Orfeo ed Euridice
Diane Leah, A Year With Frog and Toad
Anthony Bastianon. [title of show]
OPERA PRODUCTION DIVISION
BEST OPERA PRODUCTION
Prima Donna
Orfeo ed Euridice
Nixon in China
La Cenerentola
Death in Venice
BEST OPERATIC PERFORMANCE
Sondra Radvanovsky, Aida
Lawrence Zazzo, Orfeo ed Euridice
Jane Archibald, Ariadne auf Naxos
Alan Oke, Death in Venice
MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION DIVISION
BEST PRODUCTION
Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical
Parade
Billy Elliot The Musical
A Year With Frog and Toad
[title of show]
BEST NEW MUSICAL/OPERA
Conceived by Timothy French and Avery Saltzman, To Life
Rufus Wainwright. Prima Donna
The Ensemble, (Re)Birth: E.E. Cummings In Song
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE
Will Swenson, Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical
Tony Sheldon, Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical
Justin Bott, [title of show]
Darren A. Herbert, Parade
Allen MacInnis, A Year With Frog and Toad
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE
Shelley Simester, [title of show]
Ma-Anne Dionisio, Miss Saigon
Louise Pitre, A Year With Frog and Toad
Kate Hennig, Billy Elliot The Musical
Gabi Epstein, To Life
INDEPENDENT THEATRE PRODUCTION DIVISION
BEST PRODUCTION
Through the Leaves
Madhouse Variations
Blood
paper Series
A Taste of Empire
BEST NEW PLAY OR NEW MUSICAL
Sky Gilbert , The Situationists
Maev Beatty and Erin Shields, with Andrea Donaldson, Montparnasse
Jovanni Sy, A Taste of Empire
Eric Woolfe, Madhouse Variations
Darrah Teitel, The Apology
BEST DIRECTION
Trevor Schwellnus, Nohayquiensepa (No one knows)
Philip Riccio, Through the Leaves
Peter Pasyk, Blood Doghouse
Nina Lee Aquino, paper Series
Audrey Dwyer, The Apology
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE
Nicholas Campbell, Through the Leaves
Matthew MacFadzean, Tom's A-Cold
Gavin Crawford, The Situationists
Eric Woolfe, Madhouse Variations
Cyrus Faird, Mojo
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE
Sandy Duarte, Blood
Rosemary Dunsmore, The New Electric Ballroom
Peggy Baker, Are You Okay
Maria Vacratsis, Through the Leaves
Kyra Harper, Vincent River
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A FEATURED ROLE / ENSEMBLE
The Ensemble, The Apology
The Ensemble, paper Series
The Ensemble, Montparnasse
The Ensemble, Nohayquiensepa (No one knows)
Christopher Stanton, The New Electric Ballroom
BEST SET DESIGN
Steve Lucas, The Situationists
Lindsay Anne Black, The Atomic Weight of Happiness
John Thompson, Through the Leaves
Jackie Chau, Brown Balls
Camellia Koo, paper Series
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Rosemarie Umetsu, The New Electric Ballroom
Melanie McNeill, Madhouse Variations
Jung-Hye Kim, Montparnasse
Jessica Botelho, Paradise By The River
Camellia Koo, paper Series
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
Trevor Schwellnus, Nohayquiensepa (No one knows)
Michelle Ramsay, paper Series
Michelle Ramsay, The Atomic Weight of Happiness
Kevin Hutson, Hard Times
Gareth Crew, Madhouse Variations
BEST SOUND DESIGN/COMPOSITION
Thomas Ryder-Payne, Nohayquiensepa (No one knows)
Richard Lee, paper Series
Mike Filippov, Madhouse Variations
Christopher Stanton, The New Electric Ballroom
Anna Fritz, 300 TAPES
THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES DIVISION
BEST PRODUCTION
The Grace Project: Sick
Routes
Offensive Fouls
Head à Tête
DISS - An interactive presentation about the risks of gang involvement
BEST PERFORMANCE
The Ensemble, DISS - An interactive presentation about the risks of gang involvement
The Ensemble, The Grace Project: SICK
Olaf Sham, Edward The "Crazy Man"
John Cleland, Edward The "Crazy Man"
Colin Doyle, Offensive Fouls
DANCE DIVISION
BEST PRODUCTION
Un peu de tendresse bordel de merde! (A little tenderness for crying out loud!)
Chroma
...in between...
Two Faced Bastard
Out of Context - for Pina
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Wayne McGregor, Chroma
Tedd Robinson, Sticks
Sharon B. Moore, The Great Farini Project
Roberto Campanella & Robert Glumbek, ...in between...
Andrea Nann & Brendan Wyatt, Beside Each Other
BEST PERFORMANCE
The Ensemble, Chroma
The Ensemble, ...in between...
Peter Chin, Sriwijaya
Juan Ogalla, Espejo de Oro / Mirror of Gold
Brian Solomon, The Great Farini Project
BEST SOUND DESIGN/COMPOSITION
Nicolás Hernández & José Valle, Espejo de Oro / Mirror of Gold
Lorenzo A. Castelli, Homeland
Joby Talbot, Chroma
Gord Downie, Beside Each Other
Charles Quevillon, Sticks
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