

film August Rush was directed by Kirsten Sheridan and written by Nick Castle and James V. Main Cast Main Cast, Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys. Hes a poor rock singer, she a rich cello prodigy. Eleven years later, now a musical prodigy, their son desperately searches for his birth parents in New York City. Limited release Vital statistics for August Rush. Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Meyers play Lyla and Louis, musicians from two different worlds. Their romance is quickly torn apart by circumstance, but not before producing a son that neither parent knows is alive. In August Rush, it's love at first sight when a young concert cellist meets a gallivanting rock star. Freddie Highmore as Evan Taylor - August Rush Keri Russell as Lyla Novacek Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Louis Connelly Terrence Howard as Richard Jeffries. That, more than anything, is what attracted me to the material, and I'm honored to be a part of its journey." The 'hope' that the story highlights is powerful. Starring: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Through music he reunites with the parents he otherwise may never have found. A gifted young boy searches for his parents in New York City, certain that music has the power to bring their family back together. " August Rush centers on the emotional and musical journey of a young boy-a lost boy.

"I'm excited about the development of this new and unique musical," said Doyle. August Rush will run at Signature from February 5 through Mafollowed by an engagement at Aurora, Illinois' Paramount Theatre from April 24 through June 2, 2019. August Rush will be directed by Tony winner John Doyle ( The Color Purple), who has been attached to the project since a well-received 2014 workshop. The tuner, which has long been in the works, features a book and lyrics by the previously reported Glen Berger ( Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark) along with music and lyrics by Mark Mancina, who scored the original film. August Rush tells the story of a charismatic young Irish guitarist (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and a sheltered young cellist (Keri Russell) who have a chance encounter one magical night above New Yorks Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving.

It provides a genuine aesthetic climax unaffected by the sentimentality of the film’s fundamentally fake, born-again philosophy.A new musical adaptation of the 2007 film August Rush has scheduled a world premiere run with Arlington, Virginia's Signature Theatre. Most impressive, however, is how Sheridan has modelled such a highly sophisticated cinematic correlative to the script’s twin themes of synchronicity and music. Wisely, Sheridan nurtures a commendable, sobering Lasse Hallström-lite realism in the acting – only letting Robin Williams hang himself as the modern Fagin figure. Certain that his parents are alive, little Evan Taylor escapes his upstate orphanage, determined to compose a piece in the Big Apple knowing that – to adapt ‘Field of Dreams’ – if they (his parents, played by Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Meyers) hear it, they will come. Year: 2007 Duration: 1hr 53m Director: Kirsten Sheridan Cast: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrence Howard, Robin Williams, William. A celestial trumpet for the need to follow your star so old-fashioned it’s postmodern, the latest feature from Jim Sheridan’s daughter stars doe-eyed Freddie Highmore (‘Finding Neverland’) as a 12-year-old, orphaned musical prodigy searching for his parents in a New York populated by characters straight out of ‘Oliver Twist’. : August Rush : Kirsten Sheridan, Richard Barton Lewis, Robert Greenhut, Ralph Kamp, Louise Goodsill, Miky Lee, Lionel Wigram, Nick Castle. This inspirational drama gets three stars for oddity value alone. Top cast Freddie Highmore August Rush Keri Russell Lyla Novacek Jonathan Rhys Meyers Louis Connelly Terrence Howard Richard Jeffries Robin Williams.
