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Toronto, June 1, 2015 - The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) has updated its announcement of the nominations for the 36th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards that it announced earlier today.
As previously announced, 117 producing companies registered eligible productions for the 2014-15 season; and 48 Dora Awards, the Silver Ticket Award and the Audience Choice Award will be given out in a glittering ceremony on Monday, June 22 at Harbourfront Centre's WestJet Stage hosted by multi-award-winning actor and comedian Gavin Crawford.
The only change from the original announcement is in the General Theatre Division. Due to an administrative error on TAPA's part, Tarragon Theatre's An Enemy of the People is not receiving a nomination for Outstanding Direction. Everything else remains the same in all other divisions.
GENERAL THEATRE DIVISION:
Soulpepper Theatre Company leads the General Theatre Division with 13 nominations, with an additional 8 nods in the Musical Theatre Division bringing its total to 21 with its Accidental Death of an Anarchist leading its team with 6 including Outstanding Production, Outstanding Direction, Outstanding Performance - Male, Outstanding Performance - Ensemble.
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre is in second place in this division with 8 nominations for Tom at the Farm including Outstanding Production, Outstanding Direction, Outstanding Performance - Male (x2), and Outstanding Performance - Female.
Soulpepper's Twelve Angry Men and David Mirvish's The Heart of Robin Hood (with Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Barry and Fran Weissler) are also tapped for Outstanding Direction. (In total, Mirvish shows earned 13 nods - 6 taps in General and 7 in Musical Theatre Divisions.)
Soulpepper's Twelve Angry Men, Tarragon Theatre's An Enemy of the People and Theatre Passe Muraille's Hooked are all up for Outstanding Production as well in the General Theatre Division. (With 5 nominations in the General Division - 3 for Hooked and 2 for The De Chardin Project - and 3 in Musical Theatre for Life, Death and the Blues, Theatre Passe Muraille tallies 8 taps in total over both divisions.)
Adding to Tarragon's 5 nods for An Enemy of the People (including Outstanding Production and Outstanding Performance - Male), Tarragon's Abyss and Infinity (a co-production with Volcano Theatre) are up for Outstanding New Play to bring its total to 7. Theatre Passe Muraille's Hooked and VideoCabaret's Trudeau and Lévesque (earning a total of 4) are also up for Outstanding New Play.
INDEPENDENT THEATRE DIVISION:
In the Independent Theatre Division, Aluna Theatre leads the pack with 9 nominations: 8 for Modern Times Stage Company/Aluna Theatre's Blood Wedding (Bodas de Sangre) - including taps for Outstanding Production, Outstanding Direction, Outstanding Performance - Female and Outstanding Performance - Ensemble - and a sole nomination for What I learned from a decade of fear for Outstanding New Play.
Tying Modern Times Stage Company/Aluna Theatre's 8 nods is Canadian Rep Theatre whose 8 taps are divided between How Do I Love Thee? (5 hits) and Watching Glory Die (3 taps), with both nominated for Outstanding New Play. How Do I Love Thee? also earns nods for Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Performance - Female.
Three companies follow closely with 6 nods apiece, each garnering them for a single show: Suburban Beast - Concord Floral, Actors Repertory Company - Moment and Quote Unquote Collective - Mouthpiece. Each of these three shows include picks for Outstanding Production, Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Performance - Ensemble. The Theatre Centre/6th Man Collective's Monday Nights also earned Outstanding Production and Outstanding Performance - Ensemble nods as part of its 5 hits.
MUSICAL THEATRE DIVISION:
In the Musical Theatre Division, Spoon River (Soulpepper Theatre Company) and The Wild Party (Acting Up Stage Company) lead the pack with 8 nods each, followed closely by Once (David Mirvish) with 7 taps, including Outstanding Production and Outstanding Performance - Ensemble for all three. In addition, The Wild Party and Once both get taps for Outstanding Performance - Male and Outstanding Performance - Female and Spoon River and Once each get a nod for Outstanding Direction. Spoon River also nabs an Outstanding New Musical/Opera pat along with Tapestry Opera for Tapestry Briefs: Booster Shots, Against the Grain Theatre for #Uncle John and Soundstreams' Airline Icarus. Young People's Theatre's James and the Giant Peach and Theatre Passe Muraille's Life, Death and the Blues are both up for Outstanding Production as well.
Canadian Stage leads Outstanding Touring Production (open to General Theatre and Musical Theatre/Opera) with 3 nominations for Kiss & Cry, Nongogo and Ubu and the Truth Commission.
OPERA DIVISION:
In the Opera Division, Canadian Opera Company (COC) productions lead overall with a total of 14 nominations as well as another 15 in categories shared with the Musical Theatre Division, making for a total of 29 nods. The COC's Die Walküre earns the COC the most nods over the two divisions from its season, 9 in total, including Outstanding Production, Outstanding Direction, Outstanding Performance - Male, Outstanding Performance - Female and Outstanding Performance - Ensemble; while its Falstaff follows closely with 8.
DANCE DIVISION:
In the Dance Division, DanceWorks and Harbourfront Centre's World Stage tie for top spot with 7 nods each with elsewhere (DanceWorks & adelheid dance projects) and This Is a Costume Drama (Harbourfront Centre's World Stage presents The Deitrich Group) each garnering 3 spots. Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company follows with 4 taps for different works in Letters to Spain. For Outstanding Production, 2 of Harbourfront Centre's World Stage taps are for that category (Gudirr Gudirr and Me So You So Me); Luminato earns its 2 in that category for So Blue and Stones In Her Mouth while Canadian Stage nabs 1 in the same category for Dominion (to bring its total to 5 nods).
THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES DIVISION:
The Theatre for Young Audiences Division sees Young People's Theatre (YPT) take the lead with 5 nods with 3 for To Kill a Mockingbird including Outstanding Direction, Outstanding Performance - Individual and Outstanding Performance - Ensemble. (YPT also earns 4 taps in the Musical Theatre Division for James and the Giant Peach including Outstanding Production as noted above as well as Outstanding Performance - Male and Outstanding Performance - Ensemble for a total of 9 hits). Canada's Ballet Jorgen and Theatre Direct follow with 4 knocks each for The Velveteen Rabbit and Beneath the Banyan Tree respectively, both up for Outstanding Production, Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Performance - Ensemble. Roseneath Theatre also tallies 4: 2 for Outside and 2 for The Money Tree, both up for Outstanding New Play (as is The Velveteen Rabbit).
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See the accompanying complete list of nominees. The full list is also available online www.tapa.ca
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