"Edgar Allan Poe" is ending

The last show will be Sunday February 4. Dong Ha was at so many shows since Nov.17 2017 - I think,  of all 4 musical actors playing Poe, he had the most shows scheduled, and he did not miss a single one. Here are a few pictures, captured by fans, of Dong Ha doing his run onto stage to bow at curtain call.

     

I will miss the almost daily excitement of waiting for another video from curtain call, and reading all the comments. I will even miss the curtain call antics between Griswald and Poe. These silly antic annoyed me in the beginning, but then I lightened up about them. After all, this was what the actors could do for the audience, to release the tension from the tragic, and dark show about the unhappy life of Poe, and his mortal enemy - Griswald. Or, as someone said, the curtain call antics were to entertain the audience after a boring and too long musical.

And here is Dongha, giving a bow at the end of the show:

Adieu 2017. Adieu.

"Adieu 2017" was some concert with multiple artists, that Jung Dong Ha participated last day of the 2017. He looked really cute, with the thick scarf around the neck.

Jung Dong Ha, for the New Year 2018, I wish you lots of good health. I hope you'll be strong both physically and mentally, like you have been until now. Enjoy the arrival of your baby son; maybe take a break... but not too long, haha! Be happy with singing, and with your fans love. I don't want to ramble too much. Thank you for being an amazing artist, and for sharing your talent so generously. I have become so happy ever since I got to know about you.                                                                      
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Meanwhile, January 2018  will be filled with his performances in the "Poe" musical. The schedule is below. There is a six days gap between Jan. 11-Jan17. There is also five days gap Jan. 25-Jan30.
We may expect he will have some extra appearances on TV, radio or concerts during those times.

The song "IMMORTAL"

                      

Possessed by Poe's spirit

He sings. He acts. He is fantastic. He is exceptionally talented, and charismatic

  
I am mesmerized, again. I am very grateful to him for singing. I want the world to know him, I want him to become an international star; but then no, I don't want it. He is best kept secret of a few thousands of his fans. To share him with the world would be to lose him. I'm so torn apart on this issue.

More Poe

                                                                                                   

Musical "Edgar Allan Poe" started November 17, 2017

                                                        The show will run through February 4th, 2018.

                        

 Schedule of Jung Dong Ha appearances in the show for the rest of the year is below.  

Next one is November 22nd. I hope he will have time to be on stage a few times in 2018, before the baby comes.

Dong Ha was cast in the opening day of the show. Rumor has it, he was very nervous because he
wanted to be best he could, and had been a little sick during the rehearsals. The first show is now behind him. A few videos and audios appeared on the Internet. In the videos he looks happy (maybe relieved?😅 ). The audio of some songs indicates that he had some difficulty with a song or two, while some other songs he sang really well.













Below, images cut from the curtain call video on youtube.

Here is the write-up from a Korean online news, translated (awkwardly) by Goodle Translate. The specific actors are not mentioned, just the general impression of the first show:
"2017.11.20

Edgar Allan Poe (producer: Park Yeong-seok), a musical dealing with the life of a genius writer, has begun with great applause from the audience on November 17th.
The musical "Edgar Allan Poe" presented a fresh shock to the audience in the flood of the concert at the end of the year performance. The drama is a fiction musical with the imagination of historical facts, based on the unfortunate life of a genius writer Edgar Allan Poe who had a great impact on the history of English literature in the nineteenth century.
The performance created a gloomy ambience through the symbolic stage and dreamy lighting, and the addictive music of Eric Wolfson, the representative of British progressive rock, impressed.
In addition, the perfect breathing of the actors who showed their presence in the dramas has added to the immersion of the audience. Audiences watched the drama in curiosity and curiosity about the unfolding of drama like Edgar Allan Poe's mystery novel. After the show, the audience cheered and cheered."

More about E.A.Poe

Beautiful poster! Very stylish, remind me of some 19th century paintings.

Schedule of the musical "Edgar Allan Poe"

I can't wait for some reports from the rehearsals. I'm sure they will come.

Dong Ha is cast on the first day. This schedule is only for November 2017, but the musical will run until February next year, so Dong Ha will have some other days on stage. I'm sure he will do very well. This role suits him, with all the sad, desperate, gloomy personality of E.A. Poe. He is capable of giving his characters a lot of intensity. I think audiences will be impressed.💙

OMG! Another Musical! POE!

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:

The note, as translated by Google, says:
 "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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