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Musical ‘The Merchant of Venice’ plays at Sejong Center

May 28, 2019

A musical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s classic “The Merchant of Venice” is being staged until June 16 at the M Theater of Sejong Center for the Performing Arts. The Korean-language production...
Canadian director brings monodrama about Quebec childhood to Korea

May 27, 2019

Canadian theater artist, director and actor Robert Lepage is presenting the production “887” for the first time in Seoul. The piece sheds light on the Quebec separatist movement from his own experien...
‘Wedding Singer’ to kick off 18 days of musical festivities at DIMF

May 14, 2019

The largest musical festival in Korea is winding up for opening next month, with the organizers for Daegu International Musical Festival on Tuesday announcing that this year’s event will feature 23 m...
2019 UMTF kicks off with Teatr Biuro Podrozy’s ‘Macbeth’

May 9, 2019

The 2019 Uijeongbu Music Theatre Festival kicks off Friday with Teatr Biuro Podrozy’s “Macbeth: Who Is That Bloodied Man?” Starting with the Polish theater company’s reinvention of “Macbeth” on Frid...
‘Fuerza Bruta Wayra’ revisits Seoul

May 8, 2019

“Fuerza Bruta Wayra” is back in Seoul with a few changes and upgrades after a successful run last year. The 70- to 80-minute show features eye-catching acrobatics, heart-thumping sounds, multicolore...
Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company’s ‘Asylum’ to unveil at 2019 MODAFE

May 7, 2019

The world premiere of Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company’s “Asylum” will open the 38th International Modern Dance Festival (MODAFE) at Arko Arts Theater on May 16. The Israel-based dance company’s m...
Korea Opera Festival to promote diversity

Apr 29, 2019

Opera companies pledge to correct wage exploitation problem
Opposites attract, predictably, in ‘An Ugly Man & Beautiful Woman’

Apr 29, 2019

Two lovers destined for each other is a popular cliche in the romance genre. The phrase “and they lived happily ever after” is the stock ending. The first-ever theater adaptation of Belgian writer A...
A late start, but a quick jump to the top

Apr 25, 2019

Ballerino An Jae-yong credits success at Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo to hard work, director Maillot
‘Tracking Down the Steel Container’ looks at apartments, a microcosm of Korean society

Apr 16, 2019

Doosan Art Center kicks off Doosan Humanities Theater 2019, ‘Apartment Nation’
‘School of Rock’ musical to rock Korea in June

Apr 8, 2019

The hit musical “School of Rock” will be performed in Korea in its original language for the first time in June, as part of the first leg of the show’s international tour. Based on the 2003 comedy m...
Francophone Theater Festival kicks off in Seoul

Mar 27, 2019

The five-day Francophone Festival, organized by the Korean International Theatre & Arts Company, kicked off its inaugural edition in Seoul on Wednesday. “The festival’s first edition in Seoul hopes ...
Jang Hye-rim’s ‘Burnt Offering,’ rite of solace

Mar 18, 2019

Wearing dark blue-green clothes with rolled-up sleeves, seven Swedish dancers appear in a black box theater where dozens of safety helmets with headlamps are scattered around them on the gray floor. ...
Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo’s barefoot heroine ‘Cinderella’ to perform in Korea

Feb 27, 2019

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo will perform “Cinderella” from June 12-14 at the Seoul Arts Center, the first time the company is performing in Korea in 14 years. “Cinderella” is one of the iconic choreo...
‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ from NT Live to screen at National Theater of Korea

Feb 22, 2019

The National Theater of Korea will hold screenings of Benedict Andrews’ production of Tennessee Williams’ “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and James Macdonald’s reinterpretation of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia W...