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Doctor Zhivago
Full-Length Musical, Drama / 3w, 5m
Book by Michael Weller
Lyrics by Michael Korie and Amy Powers
Music by Lucy Simon
Based on the novel by Boris Pasternak
Produced with permission of Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Inc. and Turner Entertainment Co.
Orchestrations by Daniel Troob
Music Arrangements by Eric Stern
Image: 2015 Broadway Production (Matthew Murphy for MurphyMade)
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Cast Size
3w, 5m -
Duration
More than 120 minutes (2 hours) -
Subgenre
Adaptation (Literature), Period, Docudrama/History -
Target Audience
Adult
Details
Summary
Doctor Zhivago is a heartbreaking epic romance set during the final days of Czarist Russia. 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 close childhood friend and wife, and the passionate and mysterious Lara. Zhivago, however, is not alone in his yearnings for Lara, and must compete with both revolutionaries and aristocracy alike to win the heart of the woman he cannot live without.
This licensed version of Doctor Zhivago is largely based upon the 2015 Broadway production, with some structural changes based upon the Sydney production from 2011. A new song, “Home Where the Lilacs Grow,” has been inserted into Act 1.
History
Cast Attributes
Performing Groups
- Time Period 1930s, 1920s, 1910s/WWI
- Setting Russia before, during, and after the Russian Revolution.
- Features Period Costumes
- Additional Features Stage Combat
- Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Cautions
- Alcohol
- Gun Shots
- Strong Language
Media
“Unlike any other contemporary musical currently playing.” – Australian Stage
“The dramatic heft and technical fluency of this quasi-operatic filleting of Boris Pasternak's novel makes for engrossing entertainment.” – Sydney Morning Herald
“A highly polished production. It is unlike any other contemporary musical currently playing. Containing no irony or black humour, it is simply about love and idealism.” – Australian Stage
Videos
"Now" from Doctor Zhivago on Broadway
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Zhivago Sydney Rehearsal
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Doctor Zhivago on Broadway
Photos
Image: 2015 Broadway Production (Matthew Murphy for MurphyMade)
Image: 2015 Broadway Production (Matthew Murphy for MurphyMade)
Music
Music Samples
- Musical Style Contemporary Broadway
- Dance Requirements Easy
- Vocal DemandsModerate
- Orchestra Size Large
- Chorus Size Medium
Licensing & Materials
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Music Rentals
Scripts
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Authors
Lucy Simon
When Lucy Simon was in grade school, a class assignment was to memorize a poem and recite it in class. The only way she could do it was to put it to a melody. The poem she chose was “Wynken Blynken and Nod” by Eugene Field. It is the first song she ever wrote. Several years ...
Amy Powers
Michael Korie
Michael Korie is the lyricist of the Broadway musical War Paint, starring Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole, and is the recipient of this year's Marc Blitzstein Award, given by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Writing for musical theater, he created the lyrics to co ...
Michael Weller
Michael Weller studied music composition at Brandeis University, then worked as a jazz pianist before taking his graduate degree in theater at the University of Manchester, England. His best-known plays are Moonchildren, Fishing, Loose Ends and Spoils Of War. His films includ ...
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