Musical 'Broadway 42nd Street' Opens Next Month... Featuring Song Il-guk, Lee Jong-hyuk, Choi Jung-won, and More

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Byung-hee] The show musical 'Broadway 42nd Street,' which has been steadily loved since its domestic premiere in 1996, will open on June 20 at the Charlotte Theater.

Actors who have previously illuminated the stage of Broadway 42nd Street, including Song Il-guk, Lee Jong-hyuk, Choi Jung-won, Bae Hae-sun, Jeon Soo-kyung, Hong Ji-min, Oh So-yeon, Jung Min, Kim Ho, and Lim Ki-hong, will be joined by newcomers Yang Jun-mo, Jung Young-joo, Kim Hwan-hee, Seo Kyung-soo, Lim Ha-ryong, and Oh Se-jun to continue the legacy.

Broadway 42nd Street premiered in 1980 at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York. It won the 1980 Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Choreography and has been performed over 5,000 times to date.

In Korea, it premiered in 1996 and has established itself as a musical with both commercial success and artistic value, producing numerous stars over the past 24 years.

With lively jazz-style swing music, vibrant tap dance grooves, and overwhelming, dazzling ensemble choreography, it is also a 'backstage musical' that shows the entire process of putting on a performance.

Song Il-guk, Lee Jong-hyuk, and Yang Jun-mo will play the lead role of Julian Marsh. Choi Jung-won, Jung Young-joo, and Bae Hye-sun will appear as Dorothy Brock. Oh So-yeon and Kim Hwan-hee will play Peggy Sawyer, Jung Min and Seo Kyung-soo will play Billy Lawlor, and Jeon Soo-kyung and Hong Ji-min will take on Maggie Jones. Lim Ha-ryong and Oh Se-jun will portray Abner Dillon.

Broadway 42nd Street will open its first ticket sales on the 7th at 2 PM via advance booking on the Charlotte Theater website, and on the 8th at 2 PM through all ticketing platforms (Charlotte Theater, Interpark Ticket, Ticketlink).

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