Richard Ouzounian

In the summer of 2003, McArthur & Company published Are You Trying to Seduce Me, Miss Turner?, a collection of the celebrity interviews he had conducted since joining the Toronto Star.

Original musical theatre credits, written with his longtime collaborator Marek Norman, include: The scripts to Dracula, Emily, and Larry's Party were published by McArthur & Company.

This one is called Dracula - Entre l'amour et la mort, starring Bruno Pelletier, and had its premiere in Montreal in February 2006 to rave notices and toured successfully throughout Quebec until December 2006, making its European debut in Lyon, France, in January 2008.

and musical adaptations of The Merry Wives of Windsor, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Macbeth, and Love's Labour's Lost.

Original musicals include Olympiad, O, Juan de Fuca!, Reprise, Cornucopia, The Great Adventure and Hasten to Come Before Winter.

Author Bob Martin has often said that the character of Man In Chair in "The Drowsy Chaperone" was inspired by Ouzounian's broadcasts.

During the period from March 1991 through May 2000, he was also the theatre critic for CBC Radio One Toronto (formerly CBLA) reviewing shows on a weekly basis.

He has served on the boards of Community Living Toronto and Surrey Place Foundation, as well as organizing fundraising galas for both organizations, including the popular series of “Night of Stars” Concerts for Community Living Toronto, featuring artists like Colm Wilkinson, Louise Pitre and The Barenaked Ladies.