The Musical (TV series)
| The Musical | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Genre | Musical Romance Drama |
| Written by | Kim Hee-jae |
| Directed by | Kim Kyung-yong |
| Starring | Koo Hye-sun Choi Daniel Park Ki-woong Ock Joo-hyun |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | South Korea, New York City |
| Running time | Fridays at 21:55 |
| Production companies | Film Book DVS Korea |
| Original release | |
| Network | Seoul Broadcasting System |
| Release | 2 September – 23 December 2011 |
The Musical (Korean: 더 뮤지컬) is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Koo Hye-sun, Choi Daniel, Park Ki-woong, Ock Joo-hyun and Kim Eun-se. It aired on SBS from September 2 to December 23, 2011 on Fridays at 22:00 for 15 episodes.[1][2]
Filming began in July 2010, and the series was pre-produced before airing. One of the location shoots took place in Broadway, New York City.[3]
Synopsis
The series follows the lives of people in the world of musical theatre, showing the passion and dreams among the producers, songwriters and actors during a musical production. Go Eun-bi is a medical student who loves musicals, and her dream is to be a professional musical theatre actress. Hong Jae-yi was once one of the best composers in Korea, but he quit musical theatre and left the country after his girlfriend, musical theatre diva Bae Kang-hee broke up with him and married another man. When Jae-yi returns to Korea, he accidentally meets Eun-bi and decides to help her achieve her dream. Jae-yi believes that Eun-bi will become a better actress than Kang-hee, and thus their love triangle begins.[4]
Cast
Main cast
- Koo Hye-sun as Go Eun-bi[5][6]
- Choi Daniel as Hong Jae-yi
- Park Ki-woong as Yoo Jin
- Ock Joo-hyun as Bae Kang-hee
- Kim Eun-se as Seo Ra-kyung
Supporting cast
- Park Kyung-lim as Sa Bok-ja
- Kim Hyun-sung as Han Sang-won
- Oh Jung-se as Goo-jak
- Kim Yong-min as Joon-hyuk
- Kim In-seo as Sang-mi
- Lee Do-kyung as Eun-bi's father
- Jung Young-sook as Yang Soon-yi
- Kang Ji-hoo as Hyun Kwang-seo
- Cha Kwang-soo as Yoo Jin-young
- Ahn Yeo-jin as Sun-hee
- Park Geun-hyung as President Yoo
- Kim Ho-young
- Jo Won-hee
- Lee Ji-hyung as Yoo Jae-joon
- Kim Jin-ho as President Seo
- Choo So-young
- Jung Tae
- Seo Bum-suk
- Hong Ji-min (cameo)
- Jo Ji-hoon (cameo)
International broadcast
The series' broadcast rights were sold to Japan ahead of its premiere in South Korea,[7] where it aired on cable channel KNTV.[8]
References
- ^ "Ku Hye-sun mini-series The Musical to premiere Sept 2". Asiae.co.kr. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
- ^ "Ku Hye-sun and Choi Daniel pose at a press event for their new TV drama The Musical in Seoul on Tuesday". The Chosun Ilbo. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
- ^ Ko, Jae-wan (29 June 2010). "Ku Hye-sun and co-stars head to Broadway to shoot The Musical". Asiae.co.kr. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
- ^ "REVIEW: SBS TV series The Musical - Friday 9:55 p.m." Asiae.co.kr. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
- ^ Cho, Bum-ja (29 April 2010). "Ku Hye-sun in talks to appear in TV series The Musical". Asiae.co.kr. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
- ^ "Ku Hye-sun says drank wild berry wine before musical scenes in new drama". Asiae.co.kr. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
- ^ "Ku Hye-sun new series The Musical sold to Japan ahead of premiere". Asiae.co.kr. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
- ^ "Ｋｎｔｖ ドラマ ザ・ミュージカル". Archived from the original on 2014-06-04. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
External links
- The Musical official SBS website (in Korean)
- The Musical at HanCinema
- The Musical at IMDb
