Composer A.R. Rahman, left, and music director John Beasley confer during rehearsal for an upcoming tour, at a rehearsal studio in Burbank, Calif., Saturday, May 22, 2010. Rahman, who garnered worldwide exposure with his Academy Award-winning score to ‘Slumdog Millionaire,’ is creating a production to travel across the Western Hemisphere, complete with elaborate stage shows teeming with dancers, acrobats and high-tech lighting