The Epic Romance is Over: Doctor Zhivago, Starring Tam Mutu & Kelli Barrett, Will Close on Broadway

Doctor Zhivago did not win the hearts of the Tony nominators this year, and after struggling at the box office will shutter on May 10. Directed by Des McAnuff, the epic romance stars Tam Mutu and Kelli Barrett, and began previews on March 27, officially opening on April 21. At the time of closing, the musical will have played 26 preview and 23 regular performances 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 also includes Tom Hewitt, Paul Nolan and Lora Lee Gayer.

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