# Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Production (Musical Theatre)

The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical is an annual award celebrating achievements in live Canadian theatre.

## Awards and nominations
### 1990s

| Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics | Producer |
| 1990 | The Phantom of the Opera | Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe | Livent |
| 1991 | Hush* | Noam Riches (libretto) | Allen Cole | Noam Riches (libretto) | Theatre Passe Muraille |
| 1992 | Closer Than Ever | Steven Scott Smith and Richard Maltby, Jr. | David Shire | Richard Maltby, Jr. | Jeffrey Latimer in assoc. with Laurence Follows, and Closer Than Ever Partners |
| 1993 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | Terrence McNally | John Kander | Fred Ebb | Livent |
| 1994 | Crazy For You | Ken Ludwig | George Gershwin | Ira Gershwin | David and Ed Mirvish, Roger Horchow and Elizabeth Williams |
| 1995 | Tommy | Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff | Pete Townshend | Pete Townshend | David and Ed Mirvish, Concert Productions Int., Pace Theatrical Group, Dodger Productions |
| 1996 | A Little Night Music | Hugh Wheeler | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim | Canadian Stage and Grand Theatre |
| 1997 | Ragtime | Terrence McNally | Stephen Flaherty | Lynn Ahrens | Livent |
| 1998 | Oedipus Rex with Symphony of Psalms* | Jean Cocteau (libretto) | Igor Stravinsky | Jean Cocteau (libretto) | Canadian Opera Company |
| 1999 | Norma* | Felice Romani (libretto) | Vincenzo Bellini | Felice Romani (libretto) | Canadian Opera Company |

### 2000s

| Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics | Producer |
| 2000 | Cabaret | Joe Masteroff | John Kander | Fred Ebb | Mirvish Productions and PACE Theatrical Group / SFX Entertainment |
| 2000 | Notre-Dame de Paris | Luc Plamondon | Riccardo Cocciante | Luc Plamondon | Mirvish Productions, SFX Entertainment |
| 2000 | Pelléas et Mélisande* | Maurice Maeterlinck (libretto) | Claude Debussy | Maurice Maeterlinck (libretto) | Canadian Opera Company |
| 2000 | Shaking the Foundations | Bryden MacDonald | Carole Pope and Kevan Staples | Carole Pope and Kevan Staples | Buddies in Bad Times Theatre |
| 2000 | The Lion King | Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi | Elton John | Tim Rice | Mirvish Productions in association with Disney Theatricals |
| 2001 (Final Doras without separate category for Opera) | Billy Budd* | E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier (libretto) | Benjamin Britten | E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier (libretto) | Canadian Opera Company |
| 2001 (Final Doras without separate category for Opera) | The Bartered Bride* | Karel Sabina (libretto) | Bedřich Smetana | Karel Sabina (libretto) | Canadian Opera Company |
| 2001 (Final Doras without separate category for Opera) | Iron Road* | Mark Brownell (libretto) | Chan Ka Nin | Mark Brownell (libretto) | Tapestry New Opera Works |
| 2001 (Final Doras without separate category for Opera) | Mamma Mia! | Catherine Johnson | Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus | Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus | Mirvish Productions, Littlestar & Universal |
| 2001 (Final Doras without separate category for Opera) | When We Were Singing | Dorothy Dittrich | Dorothy Dittrich | Dorothy Dittrich | Buddies in Bad Times Theatre |
| 2002 | Anything That Moves | Ann-Marie MacDonald and Alisa Palmer | Allen Cole | Ann-Marie MacDonald | Tarragon Theatre and Nightwood Theatre |
| 2002 | Dream A Little Dream: The Nearly True Story of the Mamas and the Papas | Denny Doherty and Paul Ledoux | Various | Various | Dream Productions (Toronto) Inc. |
| 2002 | La, La, La, Mine de Rien | Guy Mignault | Various | Various | Théâtre français de Toronto |
| 2002 | Real Live Girl | Damien Atkins | Various | Various | Buddies in Bad Times Theatre |
| 2002 | Snow White and the Magnificent Seven | Malcolm Heenman | Various | Various | Ross Petty Productions |
| 2003 | Little Mercy's First Murder | Morwyn Brebner | Jay Turvey and Paul Sportelli | Morwyn Brebner | Shaw Festival and Tarragon Theatre |
| 2003 | A Dixie Gospel | Tom Key and Russell Treyz | Harry Chapin | Harry Chapin | Brookstone Performing Arts |
| 2003 | Robin Hood | Malcolm Heenman | Various | Various | Ross Petty Productions |
| 2003 | Snappy Tales: Short Satirical Musicals | Vincent de Tourdonnet | Allen Cole, J. Douglas Dodd, Stephen Eddins and Jim Kass | Vincent de Tourdonnet | Theatre Non Nobis |
| 2003 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Hugh Wheeler | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim | Canadian Stage |
| 2004 | The Producers | Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan | Mel Brooks | Mel Brooks | Mirvish Productions |
| 2004 | Cookin' at the Cookery | Marion J. Caffey | Alberta Hunter | Alberta Hunter | Canadian Stage in co-production with Manitoba Theatre Centre |
| 2004 | Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang | Mordecai Richler | Dennis Lee, Phil Balsam, Jim Betts and Allen Cole | Dennis Lee, Phil Balsam, Jim Betts and Allen Cole | Young People's Theatre |
| 2004 | Tequila Vampire Matinee | Kevin Quain | Kevin Quain | Kevin Quain | Theatre Passe Muraille and Rat-A-Tat-Tat |
| 2004 | The Last Five Years | Jason Robert Brown | Jason Robert Brown | Jason Robert Brown | Canadian Stage |
| 2005 | Urinetown | Grg Kotis | Mark Hollmann | Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis | Canadian Stage |
| 2005 | Aladdin | David Finley | Various | Various | Ross Petty Productions |
| 2005 | Ain't Misbehavin' | Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby Jr. | Fats Waller | Various | Canadian Stage and Dancap Private Equity Inc. |
| 2005 | Autour de Kurt Weill | Guy Mignault | Various | Various | Théâtre français de Toronto |
| 2005 | Hairspray | Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan | Marc Shaiman | Scott Wittmman and Marc Shaiman | Mirvish Productions |
| 2006 | The Lord of the Rings | Shaun McKenna and Matthew Warchus | A.R. Rahman, Värttinä and Christopher Nightingale | Shaun McKenna and Matthew Warchus | Kevin Wallace and Saul Zaentz in association with David & Ed Mirvish and Michael Cohl |
| 2006 | BoyGroove | Chris Craddock | Aaron Macri | Aaron Macri | Michael Rubinoff & Derrick Chua in association with BoyGroove Entertainment Inc. |
| 2006 | Bunnicula | Jon Klein | Chris Jeffries | Jon Klein | Young People's Theatre |
| 2006 | Song & Dance | None credited | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Don Black | Song & Dance Limited Partnership in association with Diversified Productions Inc. |
| 2006 | Snow White and the Group of Seven | David Finley | Various | Various | Ross Petty Productions |
| 2007 | We Will Rock You | Ben Elton | Queen | Queen | David and Ed Mirvish and the Kimsa Group in association with Queen Theatrical Productions, Phil McIntyre Entertainment and Tribeca Theatricals |
| 2007 | i think i can | Florence Gibson and Shawn Byfield | Various | Various | Young People's Theatre |
| 2007 | The Rocky Horror Show | Richard O'Brien | Richard O'Brien | Richard O'Brien | Canadian Stage in co-production with Manitoba Theatre Centre |
| 2007 | Seussical | Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty | Stephen Flaherty | Lynn Ahrens | Young People's Theatre |
| 2007 | The Story of My Life | Brian Hill | Neil Bartram | Neil Bartram | Canadian Stage |
| 2008 | Fire | Paul Ledoux and David S. Young | Various | Various | Canadian Stage in co-production with Citadel Theatre |
| 2008 | Arthouse Cabaret | Jim LeFrancois and David Oiye | Various | Various | Buddies in Bad Times Theatre |
| 2008 | Dirty Dancing | Eleanor Bergstein | Various | Various | David Mirvish and Jacobsen Entertainment, Lionsgate and Magic Hour Productions |
| 2008 | Little Shop of Horrors | Howard Ashman | Alan Menken | Howard Ashman | Canadian Stage |
| 2008 | A Man of No Importance | Terrence McNally | Stephen Flaherty | Lynn Ahrens | Acting Up Stage Theatre Company |
| 2009 | The Sound of Music | Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Ian, David Mirvish |
| 2009 | Cinderella: The Sillylicious Family Musical | Chris Earle | Various | Various | Ross Petty Productions |
| 2009 | The Forbidden Phoenix | Marty Chan | Robert Walsh | Marty Chan and Robert Walsh | Young People's Theatre in partnership with Citadel Theatre |
| 2009 | Jersey Boys | Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice | Bob Gaudio | Bob Crewe | Dancap Productions Inc., Dodger Theatricals, Joseph J. Grano, Tamara and Kevin Kinsella, Pelican Group, Latitude Link and Rick Steiner |
| 2009 | A New Brain | William Finn and James Lapine | William Finn | William Finn | Acting Up Stage Theatre Company |

### 2010s

| Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics | Producer |
| 2010 (1st Doras with a Musical Theatre Division) | Assassins | John Weidman | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim | BirdLand Theatre and Talk is Free Theatre |
| 2010 (1st Doras with a Musical Theatre Division) | Altar Boyz | Kevin Del Aguila | Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker | Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker | Angelwalk Theatre |
| 2010 (1st Doras with a Musical Theatre Division) | The Light in the Piazza | Craig Lucas | Adam Guettel | Adam Guettel | Acting Up Stage Company |
| 2010 (1st Doras with a Musical Theatre Division) | Mimi | Melody Johnson and Rick Roberts | Allen Cole | Allen Cole, Melody Johnson and Rick Roberts | Tarragon Theatre |
| 2010 (1st Doras with a Musical Theatre Division) | The Toxic Avenger | Joe DiPietro | David Bryan | Joe DiPietro | Dancap Productions Inc. |
| 2011 | A Year with Frog and Toad | Willie Reale | Robert Reale | Willie Reale | Young People's Theatre |
| 2011 | Billy Elliot the Musical | Lee Hall | Elton John | Lee Hall | David Mirvish presents Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Working Title Films, Old Vic Productions in association with Weinstein Live Entertainment |
| 2011 | Parade | Alfred Uhry | Jason Robert Brown | Jason Robert Brown | Acting Up Stage & Studio 180 Theatre |
| 2011 | Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott | Various | Various | Mirvish Productions |
| 2011 | title of show | Hunter Bell | Jeff Bowen | Jeff Bowen | Angelwalk Theatre |
| 2012 | Caroline, or Change | Tony Kushner | Jeanine Tesori | Tony Kushner | Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company |
| 2012 | I Love You Because | Ryan Cunningham | Ryan Cunningham | Joshua Salzman | Angelwalk Theatre |
| 2012 | Seussical | Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty | Stephen Flaherty | Lynn Ahrens | Young People's Theatre |
| 2013 | Cinderella | Mike Kenny | Jason Jestadt | Mike Kenny | Young People's Theatre |
| 2013 | Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare | Joseph Aragon | Joseph Aragon | Joseph Aragon | Theatre 20 |
| 2013 | Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata | Bill Richardson | Veda Hille | Bill Richardson | Acting Up Stage Theatre Company and Factory Theatre |
| 2013 | Falsettos | William Finn and James Lapine | William Finn | William Finn | Acting Up Stage Company in association with Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company |
| 2013 | The Wizard of Oz | Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jeremy Sams | Harold Arlen and Andrew Lloyd Webber | E.Y. Harburg and Tim Rice | Bill Kenwright, The Really Useful Group, David Mirvish, Troika Entertainment, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures |
| 2014 | London Road | Alecky Blythe | Adam Cork | Alecky Blythe and Adam Cork | Canadian Stage |
| 2014 | The Barber of Seville | Michael O'Brien, adapted from Beaumarchais | John Millard, adapted from Rossini | Michael O'Brien, adapted from Beaumarchais | Soulpepper Theatre Company |
| 2014 | le fa le do | Luc Moquin | Claude Naubert | Luc Moquin | Théâtre français de Toronto & Théâtre Catapulte |
| 2014 | Les Misérables | Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg | Claude-Michel Schönberg | Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel | Cameron Mackintosh, NETworks and David Mirvish |
| 2014 | Once On This Island | Lynn Ahrens | Stephen Flaherty | Lynn Ahrens | Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company |
| 2015 | Once | Enda Walsh | Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová | Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová | David Mirvish in association with Barbara Broccoli, John N. Hart Jr, Patrick Milling Smith, Frederick Zollo |
| 2015 | James and the Giant Peach | Timothy Allen McDonald | Benj Pasek and Justin Paul | Benj Pasek and Justin Paul | Young People's Theatre |
| 2015 | Life, Death and the Blues | Raoul Bhaneja | Various | Various | Theatre Passe Muraille in association with Hope and Hell Theatre Co. |
| 2015 | Spoon River | Mike Ross and Albert Schultz | Mike Ross | Mike Ross and Albert Schultz | Soulpepper Theatre Company |
| 2015 | The Wild Party | Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe | Michael John LaChiusa | Michael John LaChiusa | Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company |
| 2016 | Kinky Boots | Harvey Fierstein | Cyndi Lauper | Cyndi Lauper | Mirvish Productions |
| 2016 | Century Song | Neema Bickersteth, Ross Manson and Kate Alton | Various | Various | Volcano Theatre |
| 2016 | Grey Gardens | Doug Wright | Scott Frankel | Michael Korie | Acting Up Stage Company |
| 2016 | One Night Only: The Greatest Musical Never Written | Alan Kliffer | James Smith | Cast | Golden Ages Productions |
| 2016 | The Wizard of Oz | John Kane | Harold Arlen | Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg | Young People's Theatre |
| 2017 | Come From Away | Irene Sankoff and David Hein | Irene Sankoff and David Hein | Irene Sankoff and David Hein | Junkyard Dog Productions, Jerry Frankel, Latitude Link, Smith & Brant Theatricals, Steve & Paula Reynolds, David Mirvish, Michael Rubinoff, Yonge Street Theatricals, Sheridan College, Allan Detsky & Rena Mendelson and Just for Laughs Theatricals |
| 2017 | Counting Sheep | Marc Marczyk and Marichka Marczyk | Marc Marczyk and Marichka Marczyk | Marc Marczyk and Marichka Marczyk | The Lemon Bucket Orkestra |
| 2017 | Matilda: The Musical | Dennis Kelly | Tim Minchin | Tim Minchin | David Mirvish, Royal Shakespeare Company and the Dodgers |
| 2017 | Passing Strange | Stew | Stew and Heidi Rodewald | Stew | The Musical Stage Company & Obsidian Theatre Company |
| 2017 | Seussical | Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty | Stephen Flaherty | Lynn Ahrens | Young People's Theatre |
| 2018 | Life After | Britta Johnson | Britta Johnson | Britta Johnson | The Musical Stage Company, Canadian Stage, and Yonge Street Theatricals |
| 2018 | Beauty and the Beast | Linda Woolverton | Alan Menken | Howard Ashman and Tim Rice | Young People's Theatre |
| 2018 | Fun Home | Lisa Kron | Jeanine Tesori | Lisa Kron | The Musical Stage Company presented by David Mirvish |
| 2018 | Mr. Shi and His Lover | Wong Teng Chi and Njo Kong Kie | Njo Kong Kie | Wong Teng Chi and Njo Kong Kie | Music Picnic/Point View Art Association/Macau Experimental Theatre presented by Tarragon Theatre |
| 2018 | Onegin | Amiel Gladstone and Veda Hille | Amiel Gladstone and Veda Hille | Amiel Gladstone and Veda Hille | The Musical Stage Company |
| 2019 | Next to Normal | Brian Yorkey | Tom Kitt | Brian Yorkey | The Musical Stage Company presented by David Mirvish |
| 2019 | Dear Evan Hansen | Steven Levenson | Benj Pasek and Justin Paul | Benj Pasek and Justin Paul | Stacey Mindich and David Mirvish |
| 2019 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | Terrence McNally | John Kander | Fred Ebb | Eclipse Theatre Company |
| 2019 | Mary Poppins | Julian Fellowes | Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman and George Stiles | Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman and Anthony Drewe | Young People's Theatre |
| 2019 | Rose | Mike Ross and Sarah Wilson | Mike Ross | Sarah Wilson | Soulpepper Theatre Company |

### 2020s

| Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics | Producer |
| 2020 | Piaf/Dietrich | Daniel Grobe Boymann and Thomas Kahry, playwrights Erin Shields, adapter | Various | Various | David Mirvish |
| 2020 | The Adventures of Pinocchio | Brian Hill | Neil Bartram | Neil Bartram | Young People's Theatre |
| 2020 | Caroline, or Change | Tony Kushner | Jeanine Tesori | Tony Kushner | The Musical Stage Company & Obsidian Theatre |
| 2020 | Ghost Quartet | Dave Malloy | Dave Malloy | Dave Malloy | Crow's Theatre & Eclipse Theatre Company |
| 2020 | Life in a Box | Landon Doak and Matthew Finlan | Landon Doak and Matthew Finlan | Landon Doak and Matthew Finlan | Bad Hats Theatre |
| 2021 | No ceremony held due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada on theatre production in 2020. | No ceremony held due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada on theatre production in 2020. | No ceremony held due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada on theatre production in 2020. | No ceremony held due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada on theatre production in 2020. | No ceremony held due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada on theatre production in 2020. |
| 2022 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Hugh Wheeler | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim | Talk is Free Theatre |
| 2022 | & Juliet | David West Read | Max Martin | Max Martin | David Mirvish presents the Max Martin, Tim Headington, Theresa Steele Page, Jenny Petersson, Martin Dodd production |
| 2022 | Boy Falls From the Sky | Jake Epstein | Various | Various | David Mirvish and Past Future Productions |
| 2022 | Dixon Road | Fatuma Adar | Fatuma Adar | Fatuma Adar | The Musical Stage Company & Obsidian Theatre Company, in association with Canadian Stage |
| 2022 | Into the Woods | James Lapine | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim | Talk is Free Theatre |