‘2023 Changjak Musical Award NEXT’ Competition Works Receive 10 Million Won Each in Support

Jung-gu Cultural Foundation Chungmu Art Center announced on the 27th that it has selected three works to advance to the final competition of the creative support program ‘2023 Creative Musical Award NEXT.’ Over 40 submissions were evaluated three times by seven professional judges.

Previous competition work.

The selected work 'Angae_Niebla' is based on the novel 'Angae' and tells the story of Ricky, an ancient book restorer, and Amy, who runs a used bookstore, discussing life and death, reality and fiction.

'Jukgeona Jukigona' (To Kill or To Be Killed) is a black comedy that cynically satirizes the unfair modern society through the MZ generation.

'Behind the Moon' depicts the love story of Michael Collins, the man who went to the far side of the moon on July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon and the whole world was watching them.

Each of the three works will receive a development support fund of 10 million KRW. The final selection will be decided on October 21 through voting by an audience jury, general audience, and professional judges. The final selected work will receive a development support fund of 30 million KRW and be given the opportunity to perform for three weeks at the Black Theater in mid-July 2024.

Jo Se-hyun, president of Jung-gu Cultural Foundation, said, "As the Creative Musical Award NEXT has established itself as a representative program for discovering creative musicals, especially many works were submitted this year," adding, "We will continue to work harder to discover new works."

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