Lora Lee Gayer, Survivor's Josh Canfield & More Join the Cast of Doctor Zhivago on Broadway

Lora Lee Gayer is set to have her heart broken on the Great White Way eight shows a week come the spring! The Follies alum will play Doctor Zhivago's devoted wife Tonia Gromeko in the new musical; current Survivor star Josh Canfield, Jacqueline Antaramian (Soul Doctor) and Jamie Jackson (The Last Ship) have also boarded the cast. Directed by Des McAnuff, the production will star the previously announced Tam Mutu, Kelli Barrett, Tom Hewitt and Paul Nolan and will begin previews on March 27, 2015. Opening night is set for April 21 at the Broadway Theatre.

Rounding out the company will be Heather Botts, Wendi Bergamini, Melody Butiu, Julian Cihi, Briana Carlson-Goodman, Bradley Dean, Michael Brian Dunn, Drew Foster, Kira Guloien, Robert Hager, Ericka Hunter, Denis Lambert, David McDonald, Joseph Medeiros, Pilar Millhollen, Gary Milner, Spencer Moses, Julius Sermonia, Jacob L. Smith and Jesse Wildman.

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 (Mutu), 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 (Gayer) and the passionate and mysterious Lara Guishar (Barrett). Zhivago is not alone in his yearnings for Lara, competing for her affections with the young revolutionary Pasha Antipov (Nolan) and the aristocrat Viktor Komarovsky (Hewitt).