Doctor Zhivago Cancels Performance as Leading Man Tam Mutu is Out Sick

The April 2 evening performance of epic romance Doctor Zhivago has been canceled as leading man Tam Mutu is out of the show due to illness. With less than a week of preview performances to date, there has not been time to prepare the understudy; performances will resume on April 3. The Des McAnuff-helmed production will officially open at the Great White Way's Broadway Theatre on April 21.

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 also includes Kelli Barrett, Tom Hewitt, Paul Nolan and Lora Lee Gayer.

Broadway.com customers with tickets to the canceled performance will be contacted with information on refunds or exchanges.