Longing for an epic romance? We have the solution! Tickets are now on sale for Doctor Zhivago on the Great White Way. Starring Tam Mutu and Kelli Barrett, the Des McAnuff-helmed production will begin previews on March 27. Opening night is set for April 21 at the Broadway Theatre.
The tuner features a book by Michael Weller, music by Lucy Simon and lyrics by Michael Korie and Amy Powers. Based on the 1957 novel by Boris Pasternak, the romance is set during the final days of Czarist Russia and follows Zhivago, a political idealist, physician and poet. His life is tossed by the tides of history as he is torn between a life with his devoted wife, Tonia Gromeko and the passionate and mysterious Lara Guishar. Zhivago is not alone in his yearnings for Lara, competing for her affections with the young revolutionary Pasha Antipov and the aristocrat Viktor Komarovsky.
The cast will also include Tom Hewitt, Paul Nolan and Lora Lee Gayer.