Actor Sin Seong-rok and Choi Yeo-jin are in a relationship!
The two have through a casual meeting with friends and have become lovers as their friendship grew. They have been on a double date in public.
The two are a fantastic couple to look at because both are in great physique and both are in the acting field.
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Japanese Tourists Flock to Musical Theaters
By Chung Ah-young
Staff Reporter
The Japanese yen's surge against the Korean won is driving a welcome resurgence in Japanese spending here, helping the Korean tourism industry.
The strong yen not only contributes to local tourism but also the musical industry, as tourists choose local musical performances as part of their tours to Korea.
Foreign audiences, especially Japanese visitors, have already attended non-verbal performances here. But it's a new phenomenon for Japanese viewers to see musicals in the native tongue.
It seems to be part of the hallyu effect, in which various Korean heartthrobs who have appeared in television dramas airing in Japan are taking to the stage.
Yamada Akiko, 42, has seen "
My Scary Girl", starring
Sin Seong-rok, three times. "I'm a big fan of
Sin Seong-rok. I've seen his musicals many times", she told The Korea Times.
Yamada said the first time she saw Sin was in his TV drama "Hyena" in Japan. "He's the most handsome man I've seen. I heard that he is a musical star and I tried to come here to see 'Hamlet' and then `Siryeonnamnyeo' (Broken Lover). I was very close to the actors in the small theater", she said.
Yamada said that although she began seeing the Korean musicals because of Shin, she's now a big fan of other Korean musicals as well.
"The level of Korean musicals is very high compared to that of Japan", she said. She's seen musicals such as "Finding Kim Jong-wook", "Thrill Me", "Jekyll and Hyde" and recently, "Zanna, Don't".
While seeing the local musicals, she discovered
Hong Kwang-ho, who performed in "Jekyll and Hyde". "
Hong Kwang-ho's dancing and singing is very good, I think. I like him, too", she said.
But how can she understand the Korean lyrics and songs? "Before I saw the musi...
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By Chung Ah-young
Staff Reporter
Sin Seong-rok might be one of the busiest actors in the business these days, with work ranging from a TV drama and a variety show to a musical.
Sin, better known as a musical star, is currently garnering fresh popularity from a reality TV show, "We Got Married", and a recently-finished drama, "The Golden Age of My Life". But he is shining the most brightly on stage in the ongoing musical "
My Scary Girl".
"
My Scary Girl", based on the Korean film of the same title, is now on stage at Chungmu Art Hall after a year of revision and development.
"The musical is like my old home and it made me what I am now, so I can't stop performing the musicals however busy I get. I always covet a good musical and try to do it because a good musical won't wait for me", Sin said in an interview with The Korea Times.
Sin debuted in the musical "Mosquito" in 2004 and starred in some 10 musicals later on. The 27-year-old actor originally dreamed of becoming a basketball player when he was young, but after an injury, he aimed to become an actor.
"Many good actors started their acting careers on the stage, so I decided to do the same and build up acting experience and hone my craft", he said.
Sin said that when he perfor...
MoreBy Chung Ah-young
Staff Reporter
The Korean rendition of Broadway musical "Fiddler on the Roof" has proven the power of a good story, which is rarely found in recent extravagant musicals.
The musical raised its curtain at the National Theater of Korea last Friday, with much anticipation for the star-studded cast, including veteran actors
Noh Joo-hyeon and
Kim Jin-tae and rising star
Sin Seong-rok.
The show takes place in a Jewish Russian village, Anatevka, in 1905, and focuses on Tevye, a milkman who lives by strong Jewish traditions, along with his five daughters and wife.
It deals with a heavy theme of Russia's crackdown on the Jewish community in a turbulent era but it unfolds with a light and cheerful touch with a more universal theme based on family relationships. The show gave a clear message of the shifting family values, which is still valid in current society.
The musical depicted the traditional role of the father, who on th...
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