Jerome Robbins asked John Guare to write the adaptation. Leonard Bernstein was to compose the music, with Stephen Sondheim intending to write the lyrics. The musical was announced for a production at Lincoln Center for January 1969, but during cast auditions Robbins left the production and it was not produced.

Librettist Stephen Sondheim
Date of composition 1969
Type Musical Theater
Spoken language English
Instruments Orchestra
Autotranslations beta Leonard Bernstein: The Race to Urga
Leonard Bernstein: The Race to Urga
Leonard Bernstein: The Race to Urga