Come as you weren't
Kim Sun-young as Aerang in “Sweet, Come to Me Stealthily”Technology gives Korea's oldest musical a faceliftBy Kwon Mee-yooAfter several years of explosive growth, Korea’s musical market stands as one of Asia’s biggest. Giving the country’s oldest modern musical a 21st-century facelift was a predictable process in self-celebration.Deciding to bring back “Sweet, Come to Me Stealthily,” first staged in 1966, was an ambitious decision by its current producers CJ E&M and Musical Heaven, as the musical comedy had retired to little fanfare in 1996.Still, they believed they could do better with the story of a Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910) era “gisaeng” (female entertainer) attempting to seduce a man who wants to stay faithful to his late wife, based on the folk novel “Baebijang-jeon.”Painstaking efforts were invested to make “Sweet,” currently being staged at the CJ Towol Theater of the Seoul Arts Center, a more fashionable theatrical product. Broadway veteran Gustavo Zajac was brought in to co-direct the musical
Mar 11, 2013
