SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent turn of events caught musical producer Song Seung-whan off guard. The creator of “Cookin’ Nanta,” one of the country’s most successful, longest-running theatrical shows, never imagined he would, decades later, face his biggest challenge ever in the least expected area: diplomacy and security. Last week, PMC Production, [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean non-verbal percussion show “Nanta” has launched its second Chinese tour, its production company said Tuesday. Starting in Henan Province last Saturday, the tour will make 30 stops including in Yantai, Qingdao, Nanjing and Shanghai until May 26, PMC Production said. The tour is the second of its [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A new exclusive theater for the long-running Korean non-verbal play “Nanta” opened in the trendy neighborhood of Hongik University in western Seoul, usually known as “Hongdae” for short, the show’s producer said Friday. The opening brought the number of exclusive theaters for the show to five — three in [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actor-turned-director Song Seung-whan on Thursday was named the creative chief of the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. The organizing committee announced that Song, currently the CEO and executive artistic director of Seoul-based PMC Production, will serve as executive creative director of the [...]
BOSEONG, Apr. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The fifth King cherry blossom festival in Boseong attracted 10,000 tourists from April 10 to 14. The road to Daewon Temple in Boseong welcomed flower viewers with its more than 30-year-old cherry trees, and is on the list of Korea’s 100 most beautiful roads published by the Ministry of Land, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Nanta, the pioneering non-verbal performance show in Korea, is the first show ever whose accumulated number of viewers reached 10 million in the history of Korean stage productions, according to an announcement from PMC Production on January 2. The 10 millionth viewer was a Chinese tourist, who saw Nanta at [...]