The stage production of Doctor Zhivago features the work of bookwriter (, Loose Ends), composer () and lyricists () and (Lizzie Borden).
To download the album, visit . Pre-orders for the physical CD will begin shipping Aug. 3. It will be released in-stores and digitally on iTunes Aug. 7.
Listen to an exclusive track, "On the Edge of Time," performed by Zhivago stars and .
The cast album will be released July 31. The recording will be produced by the seven-time Grammy-nominated music producer Robert Sher (On The Town, How To Succeed... , Nice Work If You Can Get It). serves as associate producer. J. Todd Harris is executive producer. Based on the 1958 novel by Russian author Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago began previews March 27 and opened to cool reviews from critics April 21. It closed May 10 after 26 previews and 23 regular performances.
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Mutu, the West End leading man known for his roles in Les Mis茅rables, Love Never Dies and the production of City of Angels, made his Broadway debut as Yurii Zhivago in a cast that also featured Kelli Barrett (, ) as Lara Guishar, Tony Award nominee (Rocky Horror Show, Dracula) as Viktor Komarovsky, (Once, Jesus Christ Superstar) as Pasha Antipov and as Liberius.
The cast also featured as Tonia Gromeko, as well as , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Jacob L. Smith and .
Music arrangements are by and musical supervision by Ron Melrose. Orchestrations are by .
According to producers, "Dr. Zhivago is an epic romance set during the final days of Czarist Russia, the First World War and the chaos of the Russian revolution. 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 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. Dr. Zhivago celebrates the strength of love and art, in the face of political oppression, war and revolution."
