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Hit by coronavirus, stages sit empty

Feb 26, 2020

With the COVID-19 alert level raised to the highest “red” level, the performing arts scene has been struggling, as theaters have sat empty of audiences and performances. According to the Korea Perfo...
With new director at helm, Korea National Contemporary Dance Company announces 2020 program

Feb 25, 2020

With new artistic director Nam Jeong-ho at the helm, the Korea National Contemporary Dance Company has announced its 2020 season program, featuring dances inspired by diverse subjects, from primitive...
Kang Sue-jin reappointed Korean National Ballet artistic director

Feb 3, 2020

Kang Sue-jin has been reappointed as artistic director of the Korean National Ballet for the next three years, her third term after first taking the post in 2014. “We expect Kang to continue to inte...
1980 Gwangju massacre focus of attention at Namsan Arts Center

Jan 22, 2020

Despite unclear future, arts center unveils 2020 program
Korean stage actors make way to Broadway, West End

Jan 21, 2020

As entertainment industry urged to promote diversity, more roles open up for Asians
Celltrion Chairman Seo appointed Korea National Opera’s board director

Jan 16, 2020

South Korean biopharma giant Celltrion Group Chairman Seo Jeong-jin has been appointed the director of the board of the Korea National Opera. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced Se...
National Theater of Korea celebrates 70th anniversary

Jan 15, 2020

The National Theater of Korea is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year by presenting numerous programs by various performing art troupes. The National Theater Center, under the Ministry of Cult...
From League of Legends to Mariinsky, Sejong Center embraces diversity

Jan 6, 2020

In 2020, the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts hopes to offer its audience cutting-edge stage art in a less rigid manner. The center released the program for its 2020 season Monday, featuring 54...
Old stories to grace stage with new interpretations

Jan 5, 2020

The 2020 dance scene will be packed with productions that reinterpret well-known stories, offering fresh insights into time-honored tales. Eifman Ballet, led by Russian choreographer Boris Eifman, w...
National Theater of Korea brings British theater to big screen

Jan 2, 2020

The National Theater of Korea is to bring three highly regarded British plays to the big screen in February. The three pieces are “One Man, Two Guvnors,” “The Lehman Trilogy” and “The Curious Incide...
Screenwriter says ‘Big Fish’ is a ‘very small human story’

Dec 24, 2019

Though the musical “Big Fish” may seem to be from far away -- it is, after all, a story from the American South -- it is a tale of fatherhood with which audiences around the world can relate, the sho...
[Herald Review] Remembering singer Whitney Houston with ‘Bodyguard’

Dec 17, 2019

The name Whitney Houston takes many straight back to the 1980s and ’90s. The US singer took the world by storm soon after her 1985 debut. Her first two studio albums, “Whitney Houston” and “Whitney”...
From time-tested to new productions, diverse musicals on offer in 2020

Dec 16, 2019

‘Aida’ bids farewell, ‘Mamma Mia!’ returns and ‘Jamie’ gets Asian premiere With the year winding to a close, local production companies and theaters have been announcing the musicals set for the sta...
[Herald Review] Eternal romance of ‘Phantom’ touches hearts of Koreans

Dec 15, 2019

Musical “The Phantom of the Opera” is set in the iconic Paris Opera House in central Paris, also known as the Palais Garnier. Built in the late 19th century by Charles Garnier, the establishment is o...
Chandelier crashes, ‘Phantom’ returns to Korea

Dec 15, 2019

BUSAN -- Musical “The Phantom of the Opera” has finally landed in Korea, kicking off in Busan and taking the audience into the haunting love story set in Paris in the late 19th century. This is the ...