7.8 /10 1 Votes
5.6/10 IMDb Written by Kim Hee-jae Country of origin South Korea First episode date 2 September 2011 Network Seoul Broadcasting System | 92% AsianWiki 8.3/10 Viki Directed by Kim Kyung-yong Original language(s) Korean Final episode date 23 December 2011 Cast Ku Hye-sun, Choi Daniel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genre Musical, Romance, Drama Starring Ku Hye-sun
Choi Daniel
Park Ki-woong
Ock Joo-hyun Production locations South Korea, New York City Similar Angel Eyes, I Am Legend, Only Love, Stars Falling from the, Bad Guy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Musical (Hangul: 더 뮤지컬) is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Ku 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.
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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.
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.
Main cast
Supporting cast
International broadcast
The series' broadcast rights were sold to Japan ahead of its premiere in South Korea, where it aired on cable channel KNTV.