Midnight Sun (musical)
South Korean musical
Midnight Sun (태양의 노래; Tae-yang-ui norae; lit. '"Song of the Sun"') is a South Korean musical produced by Shinswave in 2021, based on the 2006 Japanese movie A Song to the Sun.
History
Midnight Sun is the second Korean musical adaptation of Japanese movie A Song to the Sun after the one staged in 2010. The musical is produced by Shin Jung-hwa and Son Hyuk-il; it's directed by Kim Ji-ho, with musics composed by Han Bo-ram and Kim Han-sol, who is also lyricist.
Production company Shinswave announced Midnight Sun in early March 2021 by revealing the casting of Shinee's Onew, Day6's Wonpil, Got7's Youngjae and Cho Hun for the male lead role of Haram, Kang Hye-in, Lovelyz's Kei and Lee Ah-jin for the female lead role of Haena, and Kim Ju-ho and Jung Eui-uk as Haena's father. Nu'est's Baekho as Haram was cast on March 30.
The musical debuted on May 1, 2021 at the BBHC Hall of Kwanglim Arts Center in Seoul, and ended on July 25, with a limited number of people in the audience due to social distancing norms. The whole show was also aired worldwide in 147 countries through the online live streaming platform MetaTheater, with English and Japanese subtitles, with the help of seven cameras.
In addition, Midnight Sun was live screened in South Korean cinemas on May 7 by CJ CGV in 29 theaters nationwide, as the tickets for the offline performance were sold out as soon as they went on sale. The same show was live broadcast in 15 movie theaters in Indonesia, 4 in Taiwan, 3 in Hong Kong, and 2 in Singapore.
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