SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Musical production companies, which used to primarily host extended performances in Seoul before heading to regional shows, are breaking their longstanding tradition by opting to debut their shows outside the capital. “Les Miserables” and “Sister Act” are set to premiere in Busan in October and November, respectively, before subsequently [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean musical industry, once hit directly by the pandemic, has gone beyond full recovery to a stage of robust growth. This year’s musical ticket sales had reached 398.4 billion won (US$311 million) as of Thursday, setting a new record after surpassing last year’s record of 234.6 billion [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular Korean TV series will return to the stage as musicals to meet the rising demand from fans who long to enjoy their favorite shows in diversified formats. The smash-hit rom-com “Crash Landing On You” (2019) with Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin in starring roles will come back in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s stage musicals have joined hands with gukak, or Korean traditional music, to meet the rising demand of Korean people for diversified cross-genre shows. Musical “Pan” has been gaining more-than-expected popularity since it premiered in July at Jeongdong Theater, a state-run venue that stages traditional performing arts. Set [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean performing arts scene posted a 19 percent on-year rise in its revenue for the first half, showing clear signs of a recovery from the yearlong pandemic, data showed Friday. The combined revenue of theatrical plays, musicals, classical concerts and other performances reached 116.9 billion won (US$103.1 [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The virus-hit South Korean performing arts sector is heading for a recovery this spring after plummeting last year, thanks to recently eased social distancing rules, data showed Tuesday. The combined revenue of 2,700 theatrical plays, musicals, classical concerts and other performances reached 70.5 billion won (US$63.6 million) over the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean musical scene is elated with the resumption of onstage shows, which had been suspended for nearly two months due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, and the return of fans. Earlier, the South Korean health authorities slightly relaxed preventive guidelines at concert halls and theaters for performing [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean musical scene is rolling up its sleeves to resume onstage shows that have been suspended for nearly two months, as the health authorities eased the two-seat-apart rule starting Monday. Earlier this week, the authorities decided to extend the second-highest social distancing measures in the country’s five-tier [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Blockbuster musicals will go on stage in the coming months to lure fans to auditoriums that have been half-empty for months due to anti-virus guidelines. The original French production of the musical “Notre Dame de Paris” will start its South Korean run from Nov. 10 at Blue Square Interpark [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean performing arts scene has been seeking new ways to make a profit as on-stage shows with a capacity audience have been limited due to the prolonged coronavirus pandemic. Tickets for the online version of the popular musical “Mozart!,” a Korean adaptation of the German-language production of [...]