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Success formula for movie-turned-musicals

Singer-turned-actress Bada plays Scarlett O’Hara in the French musical “Gone with the Wind,” based on the film of the same name. / Courtesy of Show Media GroupBy Kwon Mee-yooPopular movies have been a good source for stage musicals in the past. However, not all hit movies guarantee success in stage adaptations. A handful of musicals are based on films ― from romance to B-list horror ― but not all of them are successful. The key in adapting a movie into a musical lies in keeping the atmosphere of the original film while rearranging the sequences to better suit a two-act stage version.Love LetterThe musical "Love Letter" is based on a 1995 Japanese film written and directed by Shunji Iwai. The film was one of the first Japanese movies to be introduced to Korea in the 1990s and the most memorable scene is when the female lead Hiroko Watanabe shouts "How are you? I'm fine," on a snowy mountain.When PAC Korea, a co-company of Japan and Korea, announced that it will adapt the popular movie into a musical, many wondered how it would re-create the famous scene. Th

Jan 20, 2015By Kwon Mee-yoo
Success formula for movie-turned-musicals

Two Korean master artists revisited

Paik Nam-june’s 1994 video installation “W3” consists of 64 monitors. It is currently on display at Hakgojae Gallery in downtown Seoul. / Courtesy of Hakgojae GalleryBy Kwon Mee-yooThe year 2015 started with art exhibitions shedding new light on the late Korean masters Paik Nam-june (1932-2006) and Lee Jung-seob (1916-1956) who blazed a trail in art history. Father of video artThe late Korean-born media artist Paik was a pioneer of video art. Some of his works are open to the public here for the first time at the "Nam June Paik Solo Exhibition: W3" at Hakgojae Gallery in downtown Seoul.The exhibit features 12 artworks displayed at Hakgojae Gallery Shanghai and SanShang Contemporary Art Museum in Hangzhou last year.The highlight will be "W3," a 1994 video installation consisting of 64 monitors. The title refers to "World Wide Web," as Paik predicted the rise of the Internet in the 1970s."W3" was first conceived in 1974 as Paik wanted to create an artwork portraying how the world communicates through technology and media. The artist referred to it as the "electro

Jan 18, 2015By Kwon Mee-yoo
Two Korean master artists revisited

'Once' singers perform in Korea

From left, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova of the Irish band Swell Season, Jeun Mi-do (playing Girl in Korean “Once”) and Lee Chang-hee (Guy in Korean “Once”) speak at the curtain call of the musical’s Korean production at CJ Towol Theater of Seoul Arts Center on Jan. 9. / Courtesy of Seensee CompanyBy Emilee Jennings “Bo-go-shi-paw-yo, I missed you” Glen Hansard announced in broken Korean to a full house in the Grand Theater of the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Seoul, last Saturday.Hansard and Marketa Irglova of the Swell Season, the band from the 2006 indie movie “Once” were together again for the first time since they split up four years ago. Hansard said he chose Seoul for their reunion “because this is the best place that the Swell Season has ever played.”On the other side of the city, the musical adaptation of the Irish movie is in its second month of a four month run. The first non English version of “Once the Musical” has been running here with great popularity since D

Jan 16, 2015
'Once' singers perform in Korea

Around Town 2

The OctagonNonhyeon Near the New Hilltop Hotel in Nonhyeon, this club is notable for its stylish interior and elite clientele. The venue offers a club stage, lounge bar and dining area to satisfy any night out after work or on the weekend. Near exit 4 of Hakdong Station on subway line 7. For more information, call (02) 516-8847. Club VolumeItaewon Offering a venue for specially-themed weekly events and world-class DJs, Club Volume is located in the Crown Hotel near Noksapyeong Station. Club Volume was listed by Time magazine among the "10 things to do in 24 hours in Seoul." For more information, call 1544-2635. Once in a Blue MoonApgujeong Once in a Blue Moon is one of the best known and well established jazz clubs in the city. It features live jazz sets from two different bands every night, usually starting at 7:30 p.m. It is located between the Hakdong intersection and Galleria department stores in the posh district of Apgujeong. For more information, call (02) 549-5490 or visit www.onceinabluemoon.co.kr. Club AnswerCheongdam Club Answer, chosen a

Jan 15, 2015
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  Vienna Boys ChoirSeoul Arts Center*Jan. 24-25 World-famous and one of the most beloved boys’ choirs in the world, the Vienna Boys’ Choir will hold a new year’s concert at Seoul Arts Center in southern Seoul from Jan. 24 to 25, as part of nationwide tour in Korea. They will sing various songs including medieval church music, waltz, folk songs and movie scores. Tickets cost 30,000 to 100,000 won. For more information, call 1577-5266 or visit www.sac.or.kr. Berlin Radio Symphony OrchestraSeoul Arts Center*March 13 The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, the oldest active radio orchestra in Germany founded in 1923, will perform at Seoul Arts Center in southern Seoul on March 13. Led by polish conductor Marek Janowski, they will perform Weber’s “Oberon Overture,” Sibelius’ “Violin Concerto” and Brahms’ “Symphony No. 2.” Tickets cost 50,000 to 240,000 won. For more information, call (02) 599-5743 or visit www.vincero.co.kr. ‘CANTO ANTIGO'Seoul Arts Center*Feb. 14 Violinist Shin Z

Jan 15, 2015
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Millet's peasant paintings come to Korea

Jean-Francois Millet’s “The Sower” (1850) / Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, BostonBy Kwon Mee-yooMasterpieces of French painter Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875), who pioneered modernism, will be displayed in Seoul for the first time.Hosted by Seoul Economic Daily, a sister paper of The Korea Times, “Millet, Barbizon, and Fontainebleau,” is a touring exhibit organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in celebration of the bicentennial of the artist’s birth. The exhibit toured the United States and Japan before arriving at its final destination, Seoul.The exhibit — beginning on Jan. 25 at the Seoul Olympic Museum of Art in eastern Seoul — features a total of 64 works by Millet and other noted artists from the Barbizon School such as Theodore Rousseau, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and Gustave Courbet.Among 25 of Millet’s paintings on display, four of the artist’s most praised works are revealed for the first time in Korea — “The Sower,” “Harvesters Resting (Ruth and Boaz),” “Potato Plan

Jan 13, 2015
Millet's peasant paintings come to Korea

Around Town 2

The OctagonNonhyeon Near the New Hilltop Hotel in Nonhyeon, this club is notable for its stylish interior and elite clientele. The venue offers a club stage, lounge bar and dining area to satisfy any night out after work or on the weekend. Near exit 4 of Hakdong Station on subway line 7. For more information, call (02) 516-8847. Club VolumeItaewon Offering a venue for specially-themed weekly events and world-class DJs, Club Volume is located in the Crown Hotel near Noksapyeong Station. Club Volume was listed by Time magazine among the "10 things to do in 24 hours in Seoul." For more information, call 1544-2635. Once in a Blue MoonApgujeong Once in a Blue Moon is one of the best known and well established jazz clubs in the city. It features live jazz sets from two different bands every night, usually starting at 7:30 p.m. It is located between the Hakdong intersection and Galleria department stores in the posh district of Apgujeong. For more information, call (02) 549-5490 or visit www.onceinabluemoon.co.kr. Club AnswerCheongdam Club Answer, chosen a

Jan 8, 2015
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 ‘CANTO ANTIGO’Seoul Arts Center*Feb. 14 Violinist Shin Zia will hold a special concert to celebrate Valentine’s Day at Seoul Arts Center on Feb. 14. The concert consists of two parts. In part 1, guitar duo Lee Sung-ou and Oliver Fartach Naini will play together, and in part 2, Ditto Strings will perform. The program includes songs from her newly released album, “Canto Antigo,” Piazzolla’s “Oblivion,” and “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.” Tickets cost 30,000 to 70,000 won. For more information, call 1577-5266 or visit www.sac.or.kr. Gustavo Dudamel & LA PhilharmonicSeoul Arts Center*March 25-26 The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra led by renowned conductor Gustavo Dudamel will hold its first concert in Korea at the Seoul Arts Center in southern Seoul from March 25 to 26. They will perform Gustav Mahler's "Symphony No. 6 in A Minor (Tragic)," John Adams's "City Noir," and Antonn Dvork's "Symphony No. 9 From the New World." Tickets cost 50,000 to 340,000 won. For more information, call (02) 6303-197

Jan 8, 2015
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Revisiting colonial rule

People cheer as Korea was freed from Japanese rule on Aug. 15, 1945. Korea Times fileVarious events mark 70th anniversary of Korea's independence from JapanBy Do Je-haeActor Lee Soon-jae rehearses for “Yoo Min Ga.”/ Courtesy of K_Art PlanetOn Aug. 15, 1945, Korea regained independence from a 35-year Japanese rule with the end of World War II. The 70th anniversary of independence from Japan is a huge theme in Korea’s cultural scene this year.A wide range of events in theater, music and entertainment will revolve around themes related to the Japanese colonial era (1910-1945). The government will launch preparations for the 70th anniversary which falls on Aug. 15 by establishing a committee at the Office of the Prime Minister sometime this month.Theater Actor Lee Soon-jae, who has had a prolific career on small and big screen for more than 60 years, will star in a play entitled “Yoo Min Ga,” a tale of family’s hardships during the colonial period. The play will open on Friday and run through Jan. 18 at the Mary Hall at Seogang University.The 1949

Jan 7, 2015By Do Je-hae
Revisiting colonial rule

Julia Moon - dancing through life

Julia Moon, director of the Universal Ballet Company, poses for a photo at the company’s home Universal Arts Center in eastern Seoul on Dec. 30./ Courtesy of Universal Ballet CompanyBy Kwon Mee-yooJulia H. Moon, president and director of the Universal Ballet Company (UBC), had a very busy year in 2014.The top private ballet company in Korea celebrated its 30th anniversary and performed in South America for the first time in Bogota, Colombia. Moon also won two awards — the Performing Arts Management Award and the Female Artist of the Year — for her outstanding leadership.The director is modest about her achievements. “The award was not just for me, but I received it on behalf of the UBC,” Moon said in an interview with The Korea Times at the Universal Arts Center in eastern Seoul. “We have great dancers and experts in each field, who supplement my weaknesses as a leader.”Before taking charge at the UBC, Moon was a professional ballet dancer and one of the first Korean ballerinas to achieve international success.Moon trained at Sun Hw

Jan 7, 2015By Kwon Mee-yoo
Julia Moon - dancing through life
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