John Doyle Will Helm World Premiere of AUGUST RUSH at DC's Signature Theatre

Signature Theatre production will be more of a workshop concept. Paramount Theatre production will be a full scale pre-Broadway tryout concept.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/ct-ent-paramount-pre-broadway-0206-story.html

Updated On: 2/5/18 at 02:26 PM

Not the biggest fan of the movie, but my family does like it and the theatre is so close to my home. I might have to see this one.

GeorgeandDot said: "It's a sweet movie that I always thought would have been better as a musical. If anyone can heighten the material, it's John Doyle. This is a show that would work with his whole actors doubling as the orchestra thing."

Agreed, a Once-style staging would work well here

I hope they didn't hire Doyle just because they wanted an actors-playing-instruments concept. If so, they will be sorely disappointed to discover that any director can do that, and that the instruments gimmick is basically the extent of Doyle's imagination.

Call_me_jorge said: "Is it wrong of me that I can only imagine Steve Kazee in the Dad role? Lmao."

It is. I'd cast Joshua Henry, Steven Pasquale, Will Swenson, Leslie Odom Jr, and probably about 50 other actors in that role instantly. Would love to see Katrina Lenk, or Mara David as female lead. There are plenty of other actresses who'd do the role justice as well.

BroadwayNYC2 said: "Nothing screams "Irish Rocker" like Joshua Henry"

Because character profiles never ever change in stage adaptations. Joshua can tap into the soul of the actual character.

Yeah, Signature is no longer doing the show.

Here's a quote about it from the Washington Post:

"The production had to be scrubbed from Signature’s calendar, company officials explained, because of the scheduling problems that arose after the rights to revive another show that was to have been included in the Signature season were withdrawn. That change, they said, made it financially impossible to stage “August Rush,” which was to be directed at Signature by Tony winner John Doyle. The show remains on the schedule of the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Ill., where it was to head after the Signature premiere."



They're also no longer doing "Falsettos" - possibly because the tour will be at the Kennedy Center next summer.

Updated On: 6/29/18 at 11:46 AM

I was really disappointed that the two shows I was looking forward to at Signature were cancelled. "The rights to "Falsettos" were pulled so they could do a national tour of the recent B'way production. That is sad in every way. The national touring venues are way too large for a show like Falsettos, which should have been in a small off broadway house where both parts originated. But most of the touring venues are two to three times the size of most Broadway houses and maybe even more than the Walter Kerr Theatre where this revival played. The Walter Kerr seats 975 people where most touring venues seat 3000-4000 people. The beauty and intimacy of this show will be drowned in them.

Updated On: 3/4/19 at 11:43 AM