"My Scary Girl" wins two awards at musical festival

Korean musical "My Scary Girl" has won two awards at the New York Musical Festival, according to a press release on Monday.

"Girl", a Korean musical produced by Musical Heaven and Interpark, won the award for Outstanding New Musical and its actress Bang Jin-ui the prize for Outstanding Individual Performances. The latter is awarded to the 11 most outstanding actors in musical shows.

"I think the American audience found our story refreshing," actress Bang was quoted as saying. "The black comedy element communicated well with the audience and we had a great time performing. I would like to share this joy with the actors and crew."

The musical, sponsored by Daegu International Musical Festival, was shown in New York's Acorn Theater from October 1 to October 4. With the story and cast all Korean, the audience had to read English subtitles during the performance but the show was reportedly a huge success..

Founded in 2004 and dubbed "the Sundance of Musicals", the New York Musical Festival is the biggest awarding event for the genre. Over 200 musicals have been introduced to the public through the festival and 28 musicals were submitted this year.

Reporter : Lynn Kim lynn2878@asiae.co.kr
Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@asiae.co.kr