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Actor Hwang Jung-min, center, plays a dual role in the musical ″Mrs. Doubtfire″ during a press call performance at the Charlotte Theater in Songpa District, southern Seoul on Sept. 21. [YONHAP]

Actors Hwang Jung-min, Kim Byung-chul and more return to the stage

Big-screen stars are flooding back to the stage, from Hwang Jung-min in “Mrs. Doubtfire” to Kim Byung-chul in “Waiting for 'Waiting for Godot,'” blurring the lines between Korea’s film, television and theater worlds.

2025.11.9

Musical actors perform during a preview of the original musical “Shadow.” [BLUE STAGE]

Original productions take center stage in global expansion of Korean musicals

In an industry ruled by towering blockbusters that won't age out, a new generation of Korean musicals is refusing to play it safe.

2025.7.17

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Actors Courtney Monsma and Sheridan Adams perform a song together during a joint interview with the cast of the musical ″Wicked.″ [S&CO]

'Wicked,' 'Gatsby,' 'Phantom': The Broadway blockbusters to catch in Seoul this summer

Several hit musicals, including 'Wicked' and 'The Great Gatsby,' will arrive in Korea this summer, alongside popular revivals like 'The Bridges of Madison County' and 'Phantom.'

2025.5.20

Singer Lee Changsub of boy band BTOB [FANTAGIO]

BTOB's Changsub signs exclusive contract with Fantagio

Lee Changsub of boy band BTOB signed an exclusive contract with Fantagio, the agency said Wednesday, after leaving his former agency Cube Entertainment earlier this month.

2023.11.23

Gender-free plays and musicals in Korea from left, 'Orphans,' 'Midnight' and 'Amadeus' [RRANG, MOTIVE HERO, CONNECTED COMPANY]

Gender-free roles offer women more opportunities in male-dominated theater industry

What if Mozart’s musical rival Antonio Salieri was played by a woman? Or if the all-knowing, mysterious boy Damian from Hermann Hesse’s “Damian” was a girl? Gender-free is the buzzword in the local entertainment scene as this season’s batch of...

2023.3.2

A musical company and its audience at Seoul Arts Center in southern Seoul. [JOONGANG ILBO]

Young, female fans ensure Korea's musical industry keeps hitting the right notes

"It's the little changes — a slightly longer pause before the show's most iconic line or an added inflection at the end of the third number — that keeps me going back to the same musical," said Shin Jeong-won, 26, a university senior...

2022.2.15

Tag: musicals

musicals

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Actors Hwang Jung-min, Kim Byung-chul and more return to the stage

Original productions take center stage in global expansion of Korean musicals

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'Wicked,' 'Gatsby,' 'Phantom': The Broadway blockbusters to catch in Seoul this summer

BTOB's Changsub signs exclusive contract with Fantagio

Gender-free roles offer women more opportunities in male-dominated theater industry

Young, female fans ensure Korea's musical industry keeps hitting the right notes