"Dae Jang Geum" or "Jewel in the Palace", a hit television drama about a royal chef that was turned into a musical, is returning to the stage on Saturday at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, with some improvements.
Song Seung-whan, the co-president of PMC Productions, said the basic structure of their musical is almost the same as when it was first staged a few months ago.
However, Song said that the musical has been through changes to make it more entertaining.
"We have focused a bit more on the relationships between the different characters", Song said. "In the previous show the events were the most important element".
To achieve these improvements some of the scenes in the show have been rearranged.
Previously the musical was criticized on grounds that the producers had tried too hard to condense 54 one-hour episodes into just two hours and 40 minutes.
Song says this perception was based on a misunderstanding.
"We can't put 54 episodes into a two-hour-long musical", ...|
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