He gives Evan the stage name "August Rush" and tries to market him to clubs. Evan tries playing Wizard's prize guitar, Roxanne (a Gibson J200), and is so good that Wizard gives him the guitar and his old spot in Washington Square Park (both of which were previously Arthur's). Lyla abandons her father to his fate and heads to New York to look for her son.Įvan follows Arthur to his home in a condemned theater, and is taken in by Maxwell "Wizard" Wallace ( Robin Williams), a vagrant, arrogant, abusive and aggressive musician who teaches homeless children music and employs them as street performers.
Lyla is called to her father's deathbed, where he confesses that her son is alive and in New York, since her father believed that he was only doing it for both him and his daughter and that her son could've destroyed her future. Louis reconnects with his brothers at a birthday party for one of the other band members, and after an argument and fistfight over breaking up the band, he decides to reconnect with the woman he now knows is Lyla. Louis, who left the band the same night Lyla was struck, now lives in San Francisco as an agent, while Lyla has also given up performing and now lives in Chicago teaching music. He finds a boy named Arthur ( Leon Thomas III) performing in Washington Square Park. Convinced that his parents will find him, Evan runs away to New York City, "following the music" in the hope it will lead him to his family. Evan has the savant-like ability to hear music wherever he is, making him a bullying target for the older orphans. Due to the accident trauma, she gives birth prematurely, and her father secretly puts the baby boy up for adoption, allowing her to believe that her son died.Įleven years later, Evan Taylor ( Freddie Highmore) is living in a boys' orphanage outside New York City, where he meets Richard Jeffries ( Terrence Howard), a social worker with Child and Family Services. Later, Lyla realizes she is pregnant, and after an argument with her father, she is struck by a car. The day after, they separate in a hurry, and are unable to maintain contact as Lyla is ushered away by her father to Chicago.
#Cast august rush full
Lyla and Louis meet at a party after their respective concerts, and sleep together on the rooftop under a full moon, to the music of a street performer below. Louis Connelly ( Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is the lead singer of "The Connelly Brothers", an Irish rock band. No timeline has been announced for the planned Broadway production.In 1995, Lyla Novacek ( Keri Russell) is a cellist studying at the Juilliard School and living under strict rule of her father (William Sadler).
In addition to Highmore, it starred Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrence Howard and Robin Williams. Hart from a story by Paul Castro and Castle. The film version of August Rush was directed by Kirsten Sheridan and written by Nick Castle and James V. He won Grammy Awards for his work on the soundtracks to Disney’s The Lion King and Tarzan, and has composed numerous scores for film and television, including August Rush, Bad Boys, Con Air, Twister and Speed. Mancina composed the music and co-wrote the lyrics. Sam Pinkleton will serve as choreographer, with Kimberly Grigsby ( Spring Awakening, Here Lies Love) as musical director.īerger, who wrote the book and lyrics, is known for his play Underneath the Lintel, and for his work on the troubled superhero musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Cast for the workshop includes theater veterans Terrence Mann, Isabel Keating, Alexander Gemignani and Mark Jacoby.
0 kommentar(er)
