David Mirvish, CM OOnt (born August 29, 1944) is a Canadian theatre producer, impresario, and art collector.

Mirvish is also a prominent art collector, having amassed a large collection of Canadian and international works, including from renowned artists Frank Stella and Jules Olitski.

[9][10] In 2023, he worked with The Thirty Birds Foundation to provide Kabul school girls who had fled Afghanistan with access to tickets to shows, including the Canadian production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

Following his father's retirement, Mirvish took over control of the Royal Alexandra Theatre, which was initially purchased as a temporary venue for touring productions.

[12][13] Mirvish experienced early success with Canadian productions, such as Les Misérables (1989-1990), Miss Saigon (1993-1995), Crazy for You (1993-1995), and Beauty and the Beast (1995-1997).

In 1999, Mirvish announced they would be launching a Canadian sit-down production of The Lion King, which premiered at the Princess of Wales Theatre in March 2000.

[16] In 2005, he partnered with Kevin Wallace, Saul Zaentz, and Michael Cohl to produce The Lord of the Rings, a stage musical adaptation based on J. R. R. Tolkien's novels of the same name.

[18] The musical, which was advertised as the most expensive stage production in North American history, was unable to fully repay its investors.

[25] In November 2023, Mirvish announced that The Lion King would return to Toronto for an open-ended run at the Princess of Wales Theatre.

They experienced a string of critical and commercial success, including winning an Olivier Award for a production of the musical Candide.

That same year, he opened his first business, David Mirvish Gallery, to display contemporary Canadian, American and British art.

[4] Since the closure of the art gallery in 1978, Mirvish continues to buy and sell Canadian and international artwork as a private collector.

[34] In 1963, at the age of 19, Mirvish opened an art gallery that specialized in American abstract painters of the 1960s and 1970s known as the Color Field school.

Over the next 15 years, through approximately 130 exhibitions, the gallery became a focal point of Toronto's cultural life and was considered a pillar in the establishment of the abstract art movement in Canada.

[40] This dispute led to Mirvish retaining some of the more valuable parts of the property, which included three penthouses and ownership of unsold units.

[42] In September 2012, Mirvish unveiled plans to demolish the Princess of Wales Theatre, where it would be replaced as part of a development project designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry.

[44] Additionally, the project aimed to create a new campus for OCAD University, which would integrate cultural and educational elements into the residential complex.

[45] This plan faced significant criticism and was ultimately rejected by Toronto Council due to concerns about over-densification, the towers' height, and the area's historical value as a cultural hub.

This received support from the city's planning department, with Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmaat stating they were "substantively towards agreement".