As previously reported, , the West End leading man known for his roles in Les Mis茅rables, Love Never Dies and the production of City of Angels, will make his Broadway debut as Yurii Zhivago in a cast that also features (Wicked, Rock of Ages) as Lara Guishar, Tony Award nominee (Rocky Horror Show, Dracula) as Viktor Komarovsky, (Once, Jesus Christ Superstar) as Pasha Antipov, as Liberius and as Tonia Gromeko.
In addition to Gennusa, Doctor Zhivago producers announced that , and have joined the company.
The full cast also includes , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Jacob L. Smith and .
Based on the 1958 novel by Russian author Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago will officially open on Broadway April 21.
The musical premiered at the in May 2006 and was later revised for an Australian production produced by John Frost in 2010. Tony Award winner , who helmed the American and Australian productions, will also direct for Broadway. The stage production of Doctor Zhivago features the work of bookwriter (Moonchildren, Loose Ends), composer (The Secret Garden) and lyricists (Grey Gardens) and (Lizzie Borden).
Kelly Devine (Rocky, Rock of Ages) will choreograph.
Doctor Zhivago will have scenic design by Michael Scott-Mitchell, costume design by , lighting design by , sound design by Steve Canyon Kennedy, projection design by Sean Nieuwenhuis, hair and wig design by Charles G. LaPointe, special effects design by Greg Meeh, fight direction by Steve Rankin with music arrangements by and musical supervision by . Orchestrations are by .
Anita Waxman, Tom Dokton, Latitude Link, Ted Hartley/RKO Stage and Chunsoo Shin, with Margo and Roger Coleman, Joe Corcoran, J. Todd Harris, Stage Entertainment USA, Inc., Broadway Across America, Grove Entertainment, , The Pelican Group, Ahmos Hassan and John Frost produce the Broadway run. Junkyard Dog Productions is the executive producer.
According to producers, "Dr. Zhivago is an epic romance set 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. Zhivago is not alone in his yearnings for Lara, competing for her affections with the young revolutionary Pasha Antipov, and the aristocrat Viktor Komarovsky. Dr. Zhivago celebrates the strength of love and art, in the face of political oppression, war and revolution.."
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