Photo Coverage: Inside DOCTOR ZHIVAGO's Opening Night Theatre Arrivals!
By: Walter McBride Apr. 22, 2015
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Based on Boris Pasternak's Nobel Prize-winning 20th-century epic Russian masterpiece, Doctor Zhivago is directed by Des McAnuff (Jersey Boys), with a book by Michael Weller (Ragtime), music byLucy Simon (The Secret Garden), lyrics by Michael Korie (Grey Gardens) and Amy Powers (Ella Enchanted), and choreography by Kelly Devine (Rocky). The musical officially opened at the Broadway Theatre last night, April 21, 2015, and BroadwayWorld was there for the big night. Check out photos from red carpet theatre arrivals below!
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO stars Tam Mutu (Donmar Warehouse's City of Angels) making his Broadway debut as the passionate Doctor and poet Yurii Zhivago, Kelli Barrett (Wicked) as the alluring Lara Guishar, Tom Hewitt (Rocky Horror Show) as the cynical bourgeois magistrate Viktor Komarovsky,Paul Alexander Nolan (Jesus Chris Superstar) as political radical Pasha Antipov, andLora Lee Gayer as Tonia Gromeko, Zhivago's devoted wife.
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO is an epic romance, revolving around the search for love during the final days of Czarist Russia, the First World War and the chaos of the Russian revolution. Raised as an aristocrat, Zhivago is a political idealist, physician and poet whose 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.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Omar Sharif Jr.
Omar Sharif Jr.
Omar Sharif Jr.
Omar Sharif Jr.
Helene Yorke and Jarrod Spector
Lucy Simon with her grandchildren
Peter Simon, Joanna Simon and Lucy Simon
Erich Bergen and Kelly Devine
Stephen Schwartz and Ben Vereen
Stephen Schwartz and Ben Vereen
Anton Zetterholm and Samantha Barks
Anton Zetterholm and Samantha Barks
Anton Zetterholm and Samantha Barks
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