These news gave me a real jolt of excitement. A diligent fan of Jung Dong Ha posted the information about his casting, found on Naver Entertainment online site yesterday, September 25th. He will be the main character in this musical, based on life of Edgar Allan Poe. I never even heard that such musical existed, so I went to search for some information on Google.
But anyway, I immediately thought, how great for Dong Ha to be in this. Knowing that Poe's writings are really dark and full of mystery or even horror, so I thought the musical numbers should be really memorable, probably dramatic, maybe sad, melancholic and desperate. Dong Ha is really good at expressing these kind of emotions.
Dong Ha, will be one of the 3 actors/singers playing Edgar Allan Poe, alternating with them on different days. Here is the first casting news poster:
"Actors Kim Su-yong, Chung Dong-ha and Yoon Hyung-ryul were cast in the main character 'Edgar Allan Poe"
Then they continue to present brief info about each actor/singer.
"Jung Dong Ha has been featured in musicals like 'Notre Dame de Paris', 'Turandot' and 'Jack the Ripper', and has won the best actor award in the 2017 Daegu Musical Awards."
Finally they inform that tickets sale starts October 11th, 2017.
The musical will start this year on NOVEMBER 17th! at the Kwanglim Arts center BBCH Hall, in Seoul.
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This is not the first time this musical is played in Korea in that theater. From what I could find online, they had shows in 2015, and 2016.
Here is a note from 2016, which I found in one of the English language Korean sites:
Edgar Allan Poe is a role that most musical actors dream of taking on. The role is known to require a great amount of musical skill, as its songs cover a wide note range and carry many high notes as well. As soon as it was decided the musical would be landing in Korea, many actors expressed their hopes of joining the cast to the production agency.
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"Edgar Allan POE, was given a world premiere concert production at Abbey Road Studios London in 2003.
It is about the writer of the same name, who is said to represent 19th century America and has been dubbed “America’s Shakespeare.”
‘Edgar Allan Poe’ is about the uncanny life of Edgar Allan Poe, writer of ‘The Black Cat’ and ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’. He was a genius who even sowed the seeds of the birth of the legendary detective ‘Sherlock Holmes’, but he himself led a dark life. He endured poverty and depression, his mother’s premature death, a painful breakup with his first love, his young wife’s death, and the jealousy of rival Rufus Griswold.
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The musical features the life of American poet and writer Edgar Allan Poe.
Poe had a gloomy and lonely childhood after his parents died when he was 3, though his literary talent allowed him to make a name for himself. He marries Virginia, but she soon dies. Meanwhile, his rival Griswold tries to ruin his reputation out of jealousy.
The numbers of the musical were some of the last written by the beloved composer, the late Eric Woolfson.
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The piece will be directed by Noh Woosung of musicals ‘Sherlock Holmes’ and ‘Cougar’ and be taken over by musical director Kim Sungsu of the musicals ‘Gone with the Wind’ and ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’.
I found some pictures of the venue when they were playing the show in 2016, with different cast, of course.
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