Gwanghwamun Love Song is a musical directed by Lee GiNa, written by Ko Sun Woong, composed by Lee Young Hoon and choreographed by Seo Byung Koo. It is about memory, true love and death. It was co-produced by CJ E&M and Seoul City Musical Company.

Plot

In 2017, a middle-aged man, Myungwoo, was in a coma before death. Wulha (god who takes care of human events). He appears in front of Myungwoo and takes him on a journey through his past. The first place that the God brings him to is the moment when Myungwoo meets his first love, Soo-Ah, in the spring of 1984 painting competition. Myungwoo falls in love with this passionate and motivated woman. However, when Myungwoo witnesses Soo-Ah getting attacked by the police during a riot, he feels guilty because he cannot protect her, and eventually leaves her. Myungwoo searches through the moments of regret in his past with Wulha and is led to a mysterious empty house that he cannot remember.

Casting

Production team
Position Name Hangul Career Hangul
Script Ko Sun Woong 고선웅 Arirang, script, director, 2015

Werder, dramatized, 2017

 아리랑, 대본, 연출, 2015

조씨고아, 각색, 2017[1]

Composer Lee Yong Hoon 이영훈
Director Lee Gi Na 이지나 The Deveil, 2014

Seo Phyeon Je, 2014

 더 데빌, 2014

서편제, 2014[2]

Choreography Seo Byung Koo 서병구
Music director Kim Sung Soo 김성수 Jesus Christ Superstar, 2015

Gone Tomorrow, 2016
Opening ceremony, 2017
Actor
Character Hangul Name Hangul
Middle age Myung Woo 중년 명우 Ahn Jae Wook

Lee Kun Myung

Lee Kyung Joon

 안재욱

이건명

이경준

Wul Ha 월하 Jung Sung Hwa

Cha Ji Yeon

 정성화

차지연

Young Age Myung Woo 젊은 명우 Heo Do Young

Kim Syung Kyu

Park Kang Hyun

 허도영

김성규

박강현

Yong Age Soo Ah 젊은 수아 Hong Eun Joo

Lindsay

 홍은주

린지

Gwanghwamun love song

Old version

The musical[3] started on March 20, 2011. The composer Lee-Young hoon was passionate about writing the musical and continued writing even while hospitalized. Oh Se-hoon, the mayor of Seoul, and Lee Moon-se attended the opening night performance. Over 40,000 seats were booked before opening night. It received favourable reviews online. People wrote “I can reminisce about the good old days”, “It feels like getting a present from my memory”, and “I cannot sleep after watching its performance”.


New version

When a musical reopens its series, the crews often refer to the reopening musical as ‘the upgrade’. However, Gwanghwamun Love Song went through a major construction. This musical was the first musical that altered each scene.

Actors

Gwanghwamun Love Song[4] cast both Sunghwa Jung and Jiyeon Cha as Wulha, which is unusual because they are different genders. Theatre companies often double or triple cast regardless of gender, but this can be more complex in a musical because of the differences in male and female vocal ranges.

Set list

Set list[5]
Song Hangul
Under the street-tree shadow 가로수 그늘 아래 서면
Flying deep night 깊은 밤을 날아서
Girl 소녀
What it means my love 사랑이란 것은
That was me 그게 나였어
When the autumn comes 가을이 오면
Sunflower 해바라기
My old lady 내 오랜 그녀
Each other 서로가
Red sunset 붉은 노을
All today 오늘 하루
Whistle 휘파람
Only the sound of her laughter 그녀의 웃음소리 뿐
Song of sad love 슬픈 사랑 노래
Gwanghwamun love song 광화문 연가
Merry-go-round 회전목마
Old love 옛사랑
When you live this world 이 세상 살아가다 보면
When love is gone 사랑이 지나가면

Performance schedule

Tour Schedule[6]
Location Dates Theater
Seoul 2017.12.15 ~ 2015.01.14. Seojong Art Center
DaeJeon 2018.01.20. ~ 2018.01.21. Daejeon Art Center
Geonggi 2018.01.27. ~ 2018.01.28. Gunpo Culture & Art Center
Daegu 2018.02.02. ~ 2018.02.04. Geimyung Art Center
Ulsan 2018.02.09. ~ 2018.02.11. Ulsan Culture & Art Center
Incheon 2018.02.23. ~ 2018.02.25. Incheon Culture & Art Center
Busan 2018.03.16. ~ 2018.03.18. Busan Citizen's Hall

References

  1. ↑ "고선웅 :: 네이버 인물검색". people.search.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  2. ↑ "이진아 :: 네이버 인물검색". people.search.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  3. ↑ "창작뮤지컬 '광화문 연가' 개막, 연이은 호평". www.pressian.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  4. ↑ "정성화vs차지연…같은 배역 다른 매력 '눈길'" (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-12-23.
  5. ↑ "더뮤지컬". www.themusical.co.kr. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  6. ↑ "서울시뮤지컬단 `광화문연가`". www.sejongpac.or.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-12-23.
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