Unsung London actor to sing Broadway’s Doctor Zhivago
mainCasting has been announced for the Broadway musical version of Boris Pasternak’s novel and it’s full of surprises.
Tam Mutu, long running in London’s Les Miz, gets to carry the stethoscope through revolutionary snows. Kelly Barrett from ‘Wicked’ will sing Lara, Tom Hewitt (‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’ is the aristo Victor.
The composer is Lucy Simon. Lyrics Michael Korie and Amy Powers.
Previews begin towards the end of March.
I’ll bet he’s going to act — and maybe dance — it, too.