It premiered in San Diego, California, in 2006, played in on tour in Australia in 2011, and, after several other productions, was staged on Broadway in 2015.

[1] A 2011 Australian touring production directed by Des McAnuff premiered as Doctor Zhivago – A New Musical at the Lyric Theatre, Sydney, in 2011.

The Sydney cast included Anthony Warlow as Yurii Zhivago, Lucy Maunder as Lara, Taneel Van Zyl as Tonia and Martin Crewes as Pasha.

The cast included Cho Seung-woo and Hong Kwang-ho as Yurii Zhivago, Jeon Mido and Kim Jiwoo as Lara Guisher, Choi Hyunjoo as Tonia, Kang Pilsuk as Pasha.

[9] Sanna Nielsen starred as Lara, Christopher Wollter as Zhivago and Phillip Jalmelid as Pasha.

A 2015 Broadway production, again directed by Des McAnuff,[10] starred Tam Mutu as Yurii Zhivago and Kelli Barrett as Lara Guisher.

[11] It began previews at the Broadway Theatre on March 27, 2015, opened on April 21, 2015, and closed on May 10, 2015, due to low ticket sales and a lack of Tony Award nominations.

[12][13] The Original Cast Recording was mixed at Audio Paint Studios in New York City between June 4 and July 12.

[citation needed] In September 2017 Doctor Zhivago played in Poland at Podlaskie Opera and Philharmonic in Bialystok.

("It's a Godsend") Later that night, Lara tells Pasha how she got involved with Komarovsky, and how she shot him because he acted like he owned her and would not stay away.

(Reprise)") At a train station, Yurii is saying goodbye to Anna, Alex, and Tonia before heading to the front as a field medic.

Time passes and Yurii sends letters to his family at home, telling Tonia that he is still watching the moon and thinking of her.

Yanko, a young soldier who is badly wounded, walks in and they attempt to treat him, pulling out the bullet.

Back in Moscow, Tonia reads to her parents and infant son a letter that Yurii has written her; in it, he speaks of Lara and praises her.

Lara and Yurii say goodbye and she tells him that she is not going back to Moscow, but moving to Yuriiatin, a small village in the Ural Mountains, where she was born.

("Blood on the Snow") In January 1918, Yurii has made it back to his home in Moscow, but finds it derelict and full of strangers.

Walking the streets of Moscow, Yurii wonders why his path keeps leading him to Lara and why he still thinks of her, despite the fact he has tried to live with honor all his life.

("In This House") The act ends with communists waving red flags onstage, led by Lara's husband, Pasha, who is very much still alive.

("Women And Little Children") A woman called Yelenka says soldiers dragged her husband, Vasya, from their house.

Tonia, Sasha, and Alex go off in search of information, while Yurii is approached by Captain Liberius and other soldiers, who force him to go with them.

Tonia finds out that Yurii was taken by soldiers who work for Strelnikov, the ruthless Commander of the Red Army Partisans who burns down villages for pleasure.

Though the peasant swears he is innocent, Strelnikov says that all privileged men have to die because they showed no mercy to others during all the years they were in power, which to him is clearly tied to what Komarovsky did to Lara.

The main characters sing a quintet about how love is both a blessing and a curse, and how it finds you in the most unexpected places.

Kubarikha, a wild-looking peasant woman, is being questioned by the Red Army, who suspect she has been spying for the Whites.

("Ashes and Tears") Yurii makes it back and finds Lara, who tells him his family had to flee because the Red Army is now in control of Yuriatin, and killing anyone without calloused hands.

("On the Edge of Time") The scene shifts to a military hearing where Strelnikov is being sentenced to death for treason.

Komarovsky appears and says that the Red Army is days away and intend to sentence both Yurii and Lara, as his accomplice, to death.

The red flag of Communist Russia is lowered as soldiers march across the stage, singing about the new world they are creating.

Lara and Katarina, Lara and Yurii's daughter, stand by the grave with a priest, reprising the opening tableau ("On the Edge of Time (Reprise)"), The cast for the Australian premiere of Doctor Zhivago – A New Musical at the Lyric Theatre in Sydney:[20] Act I Act II

It is a recording of live performances featuring the original german cast of the Leipzig Opera production.