West End/Elsewhere
What Does the Passing of the "Cromnibus" Bill Mean for the Arts?
St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev Perform Two-Week Residency at Brooklyn Academy of Music: Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake & Prokofiev's Cinderella, Shchedrin's Wanderer & Chopin's Dances
After a four-year absence from New York, the world-renowned St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre has announced a two-week residency at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, kicking off BAM's 2015 winter/spring season. Cast for Broadway Musical 'Doctor Zhivago' Announced: West-End London's Tam Mutu to Play Lead
The long-awaited musical "Doctor Zhivago" has finally announced the cast for its up-and-coming broadway debut. Tam Mutu, a newcomer to the U.S. Broadway stage, will play the title role of Yurii Zhivago in this newest adaptation.Mutu, known as a West End of London stage actor, has been in Love Never Dies and the upcoming revival of Donmar Warehouse’s "City of Angels." He also had a recent role as Javert in "Les Miserables.""Doctor Zhivago" is based on the 1957 famous, epic, historical romance novel by Boris Pasternak and focuses on romance and upheaval in Russia during World War I. It tells the story of a political idealist who must choose between his devoted wife and mysterious lover. The famous novel was made into a film in 1965 and the original stage adaptation appeared at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, California, in 2006. After its closing, it was reworked and ran at the Lyric Theater in Sydney, Australia, until 2011.
