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A CONCORD THEATRICALS TITLE
Full-Length Musical, Drama / 3w, 5m
Book by Michael WellerLyrics by Michael Korie and Amy PowersMusic by Lucy SimonBased 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
A sweeping Broadway musical adaptation of the classic Nobel Prize-winning novel about love in the final days of czarist Russia.
Image: 2015 Broadway Production (Matthew Murphy for MurphyMade)
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.
PRINCIPALS (3f, 5m)
Yurii Zhivago – A doctor and poet Lara Guishar – Yurii's inspiration Viktor Komarovsky – A lawyer Pasha Antipov/Strelnikov – A revolutionary Tonia Gromeko – Yurii's wife Alexander Gromeko – Tonia's father Anna Gromeko – Tonia's mother Sasha – Yurii and Tonia's son
ENSEMBLE
With role-doubling and tripling, a flexible number of actors cover the roles of Priest, Muscovites, Young Yurii, Young Tonia, Young Lara, Mrs. Guishar, Wedding Guests, Nikolai Nikolayovich, Markel, Kornakov, Students, Tusia, Ilya, Mischa, Cossacks, Gints, Liberius, Yanko, Soldiers, Nurses, Olya, Shulygin, Festisova, Writer’s Committee, Quartermaster, Yelenka, Women Field Workers, Partisans, Kubarikha, Refugees, Bureaucrats and Mourners
Russia before, during, and after the Russian Revolution.
“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
Doctor Zhivago on Broadway
"Now" from Doctor Zhivago on Broadway
Zhivago Sydney Rehearsal
Act I
1. “Two Worlds” – Young Yurii, Yurii, Young Tonia, Tonia, Young Lara, Lara, Pasha, Priest & Ensemble 1a. “Komarovsky’s Toast” – Komarovsky, Tonia, Alex, Anna & Guests 2. “Who Is She?” – Yurii 2a. “The Tavern” – Students 3. “It’s A Godsend” – Pasha & Students 3a. “Godsend Exit” – Students 4. “When the Music Played” – Lara 04a. “Pasha’s Exit” – Orchestra 5. “Who Is She? (Reprise)” – Yurii 6. “Watch the Moon” – Yurii & Tonia 6a. “March Transition” – Liberius & Soldiers 7. “Forward March for the Tsar” – Gints, Soldiers, Pasha, Liberius & Yanko 7a. “Nurse Antipova” – Orchestra 7b. “Field Infirmary” – Orchestra 8. “Home Where the Lilacs Grow” – Olya & Ensemble 9. “Forward March (Reprise)” – Orchestra 9a. “Yanko’s Death” – Orchestra 10. “Now” – Yurii & Lara 11. “Blood on the Snow” – Gints, Pasha, Liberius, Soldiers & Nurses 12. “The Perfect World” – Shulygin, Fetislova, Sasha, Komarovsky & Ensemble 12a. “Komarovsky’s Lament” – Komarovsky 13. “Yurii’s Decision” – Yurii 14. “In This House” – Sasha, Alex, Tonia, Yurii & Ensemble
Act II
15. “Women and Little Children/He’s There” – Lara, Earthy Woman & Female Ensemble 15a. “Arrival at Yuriatin” – Orchestra 16. “No Mercy at All” – Strelnikov 16a. “No Mercy at All (Playoff)” – Orchestra 16b. “Yelenka’s Letter/In This House (Reprise)” – Alex 17. “Love Finds You” – Yurii, Lara, Komarovsky, Strelnikov & Tonia 17a. “Love Finds You (Reprise)” – Lara 18. “Nowhere to Hide” – Liberius & Ensemble 19. “It Comes as No Surprise” – Tonia & Lara 19a. “Kubarikha” – Ensemble 20. “Ashes and Tears” – Yurii, Liberius & Ensemble 20a. “Ice Palace” – Tonia 21. “On the Edge of Time” – Lara & Yurii 21a. “Military Hearing” – Orchestra 21b. “Komarovsky Returns” – Orchestra 21c. “Now (Reprise)” – Yurii 21d. “The Death of Strelnikov” – Orchestra 21e. “Blood on the Snow (Reprise)” – Ensemble 22. “Finale Act II” – Company 23. “Bows” – Orchestra 24. “Exit Music” – Orchestra
20 Piano-Vocal (rehearsal) 1 Reed 1 – Flute, Piccolo, Alto Flute 1 Reed 2 – Oboe, English Horn 1 Reed 3 – Bb Clarinet, Eb Clarinet, A Clarinet, Bass Clarinet 1 Horn 1 Trumpet – dbl. Flugelhorn, Piccolo Trumpet 1 Trombone – dbl. Bass Trombone 1 Keyboard 1 1 Keyboard 2 1 Harp 1 Drums 1 Percussion – Timpani, Tam-Tam, Mark Tree, Glockenspiel, Bell Tree, Tubular Bell, Tambourine, Xylophone, Finger Cymbal, Tambourine, Crotales, Field Drum, Piccolo Snare, Little Bell On A String, Sus Cymbal, Piatti, Gran Cassa, Triangle, Cabasa, Bass Drum, Pandeiro 2 Violin 1 (2 players, divisi) 2 Violin 2 (2 players, divisi) 1 Cello 1 (1 player) 1 Cello 2 (1 player) 1 Bass 1 Full Score (performance)
20 Piano-Vocal (rehearsal & performance)
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 ...
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 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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