Musical stars Ock Joo-hyun and Jeong Sun-ah bewitch audiences

Stage actor Kim Seong-nyeo to play female Faust

Lingering concerns over COVID-19 kept South Korean people from going to cinemas during the Lunar New Year holiday, but recently eased social distancing is expected to brighten prospects for the virus-hit film industry, box office data showed Monday. The number of moviegoers reached a total of 707,000 during the four-day lunar New Year holiday weekend that began on Thursday, according to the data...

State opera troupe will perform five full-act opera works this year

Popular shows extend runs to make up for two-month break

Bourne, best-known for his contemporary ballet version of “Swan Lake,” which features muscular male dancers as the swans, is an internationally acclaimed British choreographer who has won the Laurence Oliver Award nine times. He was knighted in 2016 for his contribution to the world of dance. The online streaming of the four works will be available every Friday and Saturday, March 5-27. Each wor...

Middle-seat vacancy rule relaxed for performing art halls, cinemas

TvN hit drama “Hotel Del Luna” to be made into musical in 2022

With the COVID-19 pandemic pushing the art industry to shift online, the Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to launch a studio for online streaming in central Seoul to make way for virtual performances. The former Namsan Creative Center, which shut down last year, will be turned into a new studio for production and streaming of virtual art performances. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Gove...

The number of cinema closures soared to a 12-year high in 2020 in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, data showed Tuesday. A total of 81 movie theaters closed shop across the nation last year, nearly double from the 43 shutdowns a year earlier, according to the data from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety. The number was the largest annual tally since 2008, when 88 cinemas in Asia's four...

Universal Ballet, another major ballet troupe here, will present “Don Quixote,” June 4-6 at the Seoul Arts Center. Based on the famous Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes, the ballet work features Spanish folk music and dances, along with classic ballet movements. The ballet troupe will present “Giselle,” a classical ballet masterpiece, Oct. 26 to Nov. 1. Its chamber series, consisting of “Swan...

Book on cultural blacklist scandal will be published, new head of NTCK says

Musical “Marie Curie” won four awards at the Korea Musical Awards held Monday, recognized as an outstanding original Korean musical production. Presented by the Korea Musical Theater Association, the annual awards ceremony, the largest of its kind in Korea, was held at the Blue Square culture complex in Seoul. Featuring star stage actor Ock Ju-hyun, “Marie Curie” won the grand prize, as well ...

Productions adapt to online environment for survival amid pandemic era

The number of daily moviegoers plunged to a fresh record low this week, as new releases have been affected by the latest coronavirus resurgence in winter, data showed Friday. According to the data from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), 14,000-16,000 people went to theaters daily this week, down from last week's 34,000-60,000. In particular, only 14,518 attendees were recorded Monday, hitting an ...