Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Leading Performer (General Theatre)The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Leading Performer (General Theatre) is an annual Canadian theatre award, presented as part of the Dora Mavor Moore Awards to honour the year's best performance in a leading role in a stage production in the Toronto theatre market. At the first awards in 1980, a single ungendered category was presented, with two winners.Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Original Play (General Theatre)The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play is an annual award celebrating achievements in Torontotheatre. For most of the Dora Awards' history, separate awards have been presented for best play and Best Original Musical. For part of the 1990s, however, the two awards were merged with both musicals and dialogue-based plays competing in a single category.
Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Leading Actor (General Theatre)The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Play is an annual award celebrating achievements in live Canadiantheatre. The award was discontinued after 2018, and merged with the award for Best Leading Actress (General Theatre) into a single gender-neutral award for Best Leading Performer (General Theatre).
Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Leading Actress (General Theatre)The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Play is an annual award celebrating achievements in live Canadiantheatre. The award was discontinued after 2018, and merged with the award for Best Leading Actor (General Theatre) into a single gender-neutral award for Best Leading Performer (General Theatre).
Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Original Musical (Musical Theatre)The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Musical/Opera is an annual award celebrating achievements in Torontotheatre. Awards and nominations1990s2000s2010s2020sReferences"Dora Awards: Recipients"(PDF).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.Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Leading Actress (Musical Theatre)The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Musical is an annual award celebrating achievements in live Canadian theatre.Theatre for Young AudiencesTheatre for Young Audiences (TYA), also youth theatre, theatre for children, and children's theatre is a branch of theatre arts that encompasses all forms of theatre that are attended by or created for younger audiences. It blankets many different forms of theatre methods and expressions, including plays, dance, music, puppetry, circus, physical theatre, and many others.Toronto Alliance for the Performing ArtsToronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) is an arts service organization representing professional theatre, dance and opera companies in the City of Toronto. Amongst their 175 members are the Canadian Opera Company, Luminato, Factory Theatre, Mirvish Productions, and Theatre Passe Muraille. As a lobby and advocacy group, it has been credited with playing a major role in raising Toronto's theatrical profile.
Dora Mavor MooreDora Mavor Moore, OC (néeMavor; 8 April 1888 – 15 May 1979) was a Scottish actress, teacher and director who was a pioneer of Canadian theatre. Life and workBorn Dora Mavor in Glasgow, Scotland, she moved with her family to Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1894, when her father, James Mavor (1854-1925), became a professor of political economy at the University of Toronto.
TorontoMost populous city in CanadaCity and provincial capital in Ontario, CanadaToronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located on a harbour at the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. The city is the fourth-most populous city in North America, behind Mexico City, New York City, and Los Angeles, with a census population of 2,794,356 as of 2021.
Dance in CanadaA large variety of dance companies exist in Canada, encompassing a wide tradition of dances that represent both its many indigenous cultures, as well as that of its European-descended population.
Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Leading Actor (General Theatre)The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Play is an annual award celebrating achievements in live Canadiantheatre. The award was discontinued after 2018, and merged with the award for Best Leading Actress (General Theatre) into a single gender-neutral award for Best Leading Performer (General Theatre).Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Leading Actress (General Theatre)The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Play is an annual award celebrating achievements in live Canadiantheatre. The award was discontinued after 2018, and merged with the award for Best Leading Actor (General Theatre) into a single gender-neutral award for Best Leading Performer (General Theatre).Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Original Musical (Musical Theatre)The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Musical/Opera is an annual award celebrating achievements in Torontotheatre. Awards and nominations1990s2000s2010s2020sReferences"Dora Awards: Recipients"(PDF).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.Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Leading Actress (Musical Theatre)The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Musical is an annual award celebrating achievements in live Canadian theatre.Theatre for Young AudiencesTheatre for Young Audiences (TYA), also youth theatre, theatre for children, and children's theatre is a branch of theatre arts that encompasses all forms of theatre that are attended by or created for younger audiences. It blankets many different forms of theatre methods and expressions, including plays, dance, music, puppetry, circus, physical theatre, and many others.Toronto Alliance for the Performing ArtsToronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) is an arts service organization representing professional theatre, dance and opera companies in the City of Toronto. Amongst their 175 members are the Canadian Opera Company, Luminato, Factory Theatre, Mirvish Productions, and Theatre Passe Muraille. As a lobby and advocacy group, it has been credited with playing a major role in raising Toronto's theatrical profile.Dora Mavor MooreDora Mavor Moore, OC (néeMavor; 8 April 1888 – 15 May 1979) was a Scottish actress, teacher and director who was a pioneer of Canadian theatre. Life and workBorn Dora Mavor in Glasgow, Scotland, she moved with her family to Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1894, when her father, James Mavor (1854-1925), became a professor of political economy at the University of Toronto.TorontoMost populous city in CanadaCity and provincial capital in Ontario, CanadaToronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located on a harbour at the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. The city is the fourth-most populous city in North America, behind Mexico City, New York City, and Los Angeles, with a census population of 2,794,356 as of 2021.Dance in CanadaA large variety of dance companies exist in Canada, encompassing a wide tradition of dances that represent both its many indigenous cultures, as well as that of its European-descended population.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.