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Friday to Feb. 28: "Choi Jung-won-I, Jeon Soo-kyeong and Lee Kyeong-mi-I's Vagina Monologues".

Korea's very own version of "The Vagina Monologues" is finally coming to the stage.

With three actresses on one stage, the so-called trialogue version of the play will star famous actresses Choi Jung-won-I, Jeon Soo-kyeong and Lee Kyeong-mi-I.

Written by Eve Ensler, an American playwright, performer and feminist, The Vagina Monologues was first staged off-Broadway in 1996. The play was based on private interviews with more than 200 women from different cul...More

The Korean musical market is literally witnessing a "Big Bang" this summer.

Korean musical-goers will have a rare opportunity this summer to enjoy both critically-acclaimed and commercially successful Broadway musicals such as "Man of La Mancha", "Cats", "Chicago", "Gambler", "Hedwig", and "Thrill Me". We enlisted musical critics to offer their evaluations of the musicals based on five criteria –entertainment, music, cast, stage, and story.

Cats

"Cats" feeds the audience's eyes with splendid dances and extraordinary stage settings. Since May, the Broadway world tour team has been performing here in Seoul and the Korean team will launch its first licensed performance in September. It received low marks for the story, but high marks for entertainment. Musical critic Won Jong-won said, "The attraction of Cats is the performers' facial expressions and detailed body movements which make audiences feel as though they are looking at real cats. Follow every movement of the performers, rather than trying to follow the subtitles, and you will see the tru...More