International NewsRamin Karimloo Will Star in U.K. Concert Premiere of Doctor ZhivagoThe September 1 concert will also feature Celinde Schoenmaker.
By
Andrew Gans
July 11, 2019
Ramin Karimloo, a Tony nominee for his performance in the revival of Les Misérables, will play Yurii Andreyevich Zhivago in the U.K. concert premiere of the 2015 Broadway musical Doctor Zhivago.
Produced by Lambert Jackson Productions, the concert will be presented September 1 at 2 PM and 6:30 PM at Cadogan Hall. Celinde Schoenmaker (The Light in the Piazza, Barnum) will play Lara Guishar, with further casting to be announced.
Based on the Nobel Prize-winning novel by Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago concerns Yurii Andreyevich Zhivago, 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 Guishar.
Written by Oscar nominee Michael Weller, the show features music by two-time Grammy winner and Tony nominee Lucy Simon, with lyrics by Tony nominee Michael Korie and Emmy nominee Amy Powers.
This concert performance is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International Europe.