| Actor Kong Will Perform in Solo Play (Source) |
2009/10/23 |
By Chung Ah-young
Staff Reporter
Actor Kong Hyeong-jin will star in the play "Defending the Caveman", which portrays the misunderstandings between men and women.
Known for his roles in major films such as "Love of South and North" and "Liar", the actor will take the role of a caveman who represents ordinary men in this comedy.
The play also marks the 20th anniversary of his acting debut. "This work will be a good opportunity for me to look back on my acting career and provide new thoughts and attitudes to it. I feel a bit burdened because it's a solo show but I will do my best to make the play entertaining for the audience", Kong said.
Kong made his musical debut playing Caeser in "Kleopatra" in May.
The one-man show will utilize stand-up comedy, lecturing and therapy to resolve the conflicts between men and women.
The play was written by American actor Rob Becker and premiered in San Francisco in 1991. The show hit Broadway in 1995 and ran for two years, becoming th... |More
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| Movie Theaters as Live-Performance Venues (Source) |
2006/07/26 |
By Bae Keun-min
Staff Reporter
Musical "A Story of Pyonggang, Princess Mirror" will be staged at CGV Apkujong, a movie theater in southern Seoul.
Movie theaters have started a transformation. They are presenting live performances in screening rooms.
CJ CGV, one of the nation's two leading multiplex cinemas, presented veteran actress Seong Byeong-sook's mono-drama "Outrageous Widow" (Palchikhan Mimangin) as morning shows at its Mok-dong branch from March to April, and ran magic shows at Kangbyon CGV, eastern Seoul, for five days around Valentine's Day.
They were CGV's pilot programs in establishing a new dual identity _ movie theatre/performing arts center. The company will also present the a capella-based musical "A Story of Pyonggang, Princess Mirror" (Koul Kongju Pyonggang Iyagi) at a 450-seat hall of its Apkujong branch multiplex, southern Seoul, Aug. 11-Sept.10.
Other movie theaters and multiplexes have similar plans to host hot-selling plays and performances.
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| Plays, Films Feel Synergy Effect (Source) |
2005/12/27 |
By Bae Keun-min, Kim Tae-jong
Staff Reporters
Theater stages have been seeking revitalization with various schemes, including celebrity marketing. Many film and television stars, including Yoo Ji-tae, Moon Seong-geun, Seol Kyeong-gu and Yoo Oh-seong, showed up on the stage this year and gave their fans a chance to see them up close and personal.
Having a film star in a play is considered a win-win strategy for both the actor and the play as stars have a chance to show off their ability and to be considered as serious actors.
However, celebrated actors are not alone to crossing back and forth between the two genres. Beloved stage directors such as Jang Jin and Lee Youn-taek made films and received rave reviews from both critics and audiences.
Moreover, the two genres share not only human resources, but also content and marketing, through which they hope to create synergy and jointly grow.
Plays Give Birth to Hit Films
The upcoming film "The King and the Clown" was mad... |More
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| Popular Comics Preparing Showings on Screen (Source) |
2004/06/14 |
There are many movies being produced based on popular comics. "Old Boy", which received the Grand Jury Prize at the recent the Cannes International Film Festival, has heated this trend. There are some teen number of movies based on comics in production or in preparation for production.
Daeweon CI recently announced that the company finalized the contract for the movie production of Island by Yang Gyeong-il and Yoon In-wan with Lee's Film.
`Island`
'Island' is staged in a beautiful vacation spot Jeju Island where various native monsters appear the moment of a sunset. In this mystery action comic, a beautiful teacher Weon Mi-ho and a cold-blooded man Bin work together to solve the mysteries.
The comic was originally published serially in the biweekly comic magazine Young Champ, and then was made into a 7-volume paperback. The new concept of combining different genres of action, horror and mystery was welcomed enthusiastically in Korea.
It was exported to 10 foreign c... |More
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