Unlike the original film, the musical portrays Lydia as a more independent character who manipulates Beetlejuice in pursuing her own agenda and decides how the story will proceed. Up-and-coming actor Hong Na-hyeon played Lydia Tuesday. Hong gave a powerful performance along with veteran actors playing the iconic Beetlejuice character. Actor Jang Min-jae also plays the role. The original sandwor...

A traveling exhibition showcasing Lee’s art collection will be held at national and public art museums around the country starting in the second half of 2022, Hwang said. The ministry said it plans to hold a traveling exhibition more than three times a year. Hwang said there were also plans to exhibit the donated works abroad at art museums and galleries, including the Los Angeles County Museum ...

The musical “Red Book” has canceled its performances for two weeks, after lead actor Cha Ji-yeon was confirmed to have COVID-19. Atheod, the production company behind the musical, announced through social media on Monday that all performances from Tuesday to July 17 have been canceled. A day before the announcement was made, actor Cha tested positive for the virus. According to Atheod’s announc...

Actor Cha Ji-yeon, 39, has been tested positive for the coronavirus on Sunday, although the rest of the cast on the musical she was starring in tested negative. Cha’s agency C-JeS Entertainment announced Sunday that Cha -- who has been starring in musical “Red Book,” while preparing for upcoming musical show “Gwanghwamun Sonata” and an upcoming Netflix series “The Bride of Black” -- was confirme...

“As it has been a while since I recorded the work, I was able to listen to it more objectively. I did the best I could at the time. (The recording is) what I was and who I was (at the time),” he said. Though the two concerto pieces by the Rachmaninoff are often-played repertoires across the world, Cho believes his latest recording can offer a different perspective on the beloved Russian composer...

After a yearlong postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Korea National Opera went onstage Thursday for the Korean premiere of Puccini’s 1910 opera “La Fanciulla del West.” After the Italian production team completed a two-week, mandatory self-quarantine, the national opera troupe took to the stage Thursday at the Seoul Arts Center. Every other seat at the theater was left empty due to co...

The summer edition of the 2021 Chuncheon International Mime Festival will open Monday, under the title “Summer:Movement.” The summer festival held in the city of Chuncheon, Gangwon Province will kick off with its Mime Fringe program from Monday to Wednesday. The program was launched in 2018 to support young mime artists. This year it has been expanded to also include artists who have been hit by...

The Gyeonggi Sinawi Orchestra is to present its new original musical, “Geumak,” Aug. 18 to 29 at the Gyeonggi Arts Center in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province. The fantasy period musical is set in the Joseon era (1392-1910). A mysterious event surrounding a forbidden music score from the Silla Kingdom (57 BC-AD 935) unfolds at Jangagwon, the institution in charge of court music and dance. The orchestra’...

The KNO was to go onstage with the opera in April 2020, but the performance was postponed to this year due to the spread of the COVID-19. Conductor Pietro Rizzo, who worked with the KNO on “Don Carlo” in 2013, will take the baton for the upcoming performance, joined by the Korean Symphony Orchestra and the Met Opera Choir. Stage director Nicola Berloffa is to direct the performance. The Italia...

Jo, who graduated from the Julliard School, was the first Asian to join the young artist program as a prima donna run by the Houston Grand Opera, accounted to be one of the big four opera troupes in the US. The soprano has been actively performing across the US opera scene, going onstage with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Sarasota Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Boston Youth Orc...

Prior to the official release, the online recording and music video of the concerto work performed by Cho were released on Friday. The album, released under the Deutsche Grammophon label, will also feature Chopin’s four scherzi, single-movement pieces for solo piano. It will mark his sixth DG recording. The digital album and a deluxe edition version of the album set to be released exclusively i...

The dance company held a press preview Wednesday prior to the official opening. The first act, backed with music produced by Grammy-winning sound engineer Hwang Byeong-joon, began with a solo female dancer dressed in hanbok, traditional Korean costume, along with traditional sanjo music. The second act featured electronic sanjo music, reinterpreted by composer Kim Jae-deok. The dancers gathered...

Ko Eun-sung and Ren from boy band Newest have newly joined the cast. Ko came under the spotlight for playing Anatole in the musical “The Great Comet” earlier this year and competed in the JTBC music audition show “Phantom Singer.” Ren began his musical career in 2020 with “Jamie.” He played Jamie New, a high school student who dreams of becoming a drag queen. “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” runs Ju...

Sound immersive play “In This Garden We Loved” began its run at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, complete with 60 speakers installed across the theater. The play is the third edition of the Sejong Center’s Contemporary S series project that aims to present innovative, original show productions. It is the first time that French writer Pascal Quignard’s play “Dans Ce Jardin Qu...

Sejongdaero, one of the best known streets in Seoul and a main thoroughfare of downtown Seoul, is ready to welcome pedestrians. Named after King Sejong (1397-1450) of the Joseon era, who led the invention of Hanguel, the writing system for the Korean language, the broad avenue runs from the southern end of Gwanghwamun Plaza, passes the city gate Sungnyemun and continues to Seoul Station. In May...