Boris Pasternak’s novel “Dr. Zhivago” and its Oscar-winning film adaptation are love stories that also treat themes of revolution and the value of private life. The new Des McAnuff-directed musical, ...

Broadway musical “Doctor Zhivago” will close at the end of the week, following the show’s shutout from the 2015 Tony nominations. “Zhivago,” which earned mixed to negative reviews, had struggled to ...

It has been 60 years since David Lean made one of his masterpieces, and the film was controversial for many years, thanks to the fact that it was based on a banned book. There are few filmmakers as ...

Dr. Zhivago: "Masterpiece Theatre" drama. 9 p.m. Sunday and Nov. 9 on KQED. For the first two hours of "Masterpiece Theatre's" new version of "Dr. Zhivago," viewers familiar with the original may feel ...

Broadway musicals are like chemistry sets. Even the smartest kid in the class occasionally conjures a potion smelling suspiciously of rotten eggs. That’s the case with Doctor Zhivago, the new musical ...

Based on the 1957 novel by Boris Pasternak, the romance is set during the final days of Czarist Russia and follows Zhivago, a political idealist, physician and poet. His life is tossed by the tides of ...

At least one of the musicals that I see on Broadway each season leaves me shaking my head and muttering “What were they thinking?” on the way out of the theater. “Doctor Zhivago,” which purports to be ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Some will rightfully pine for Maurice Jarre's Oscar-winning score, Julie Christie and Omar Sharif, yet this somewhat less epic take on Boris Pasternak's book is a creditable version, featuring ...