The Musical (TV series)

The Musical
Promotional poster
GenreMusical
Romance
Drama
Written byKim Hee-jae
Directed byKim Kyung-yong
StarringKoo Hye-sun
Choi Daniel
Park Ki-woong
Ock Joo-hyun
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes15
Production
Production locationsSouth Korea, New York City
Running timeFridays at 21:55
Production companiesFilm Book
DVS Korea
Original release
NetworkSeoul Broadcasting System
Release2 September (2011-09-02) –
23 December 2011 (2011-12-23)

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

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

  1. ^ "Ku Hye-sun mini-series The Musical to premiere Sept 2". Asiae.co.kr. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "REVIEW: SBS TV series The Musical - Friday 9:55 p.m." Asiae. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Ku Hye-sun says drank wild berry wine before musical scenes in new drama". Asiae.co.kr. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  7. ^ "Ku Hye-sun new series The Musical sold to Japan ahead of premiere". Asiae.co.kr. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  8. ^ "Ｋｎｔｖ ドラマ ザ・ミュージカル". Archived from the original on 2014-06-04. Retrieved 2014-05-22.