The former member of K-pop group f(x) will star in a show about the ups and downs of the music industry.
K - pop lover , assemble!KPOP , the original musical , is officially coming to Broadway with populace - renown performing artist Luna as the hotshot . KPOPwill preview at Broadway ’s Circle in the Square Theater on October 13 , the team behind the show announced today , with orifice Nox set for October 20 .
Luna , the former member of the pop K - pop girl group f(x ) who also launched a successful solo vocation , is n’t a rookie when it comes to musical theater . The Korean star has antecedently come along in a deal of Korean melodious production , such asIn The HeightsandMamma Mia . KPOPwill be her Broadway debut .
" Anyone who has stick to my career knows that musical theater has always been a driving passion of mine , " Luna said at a press conference announcing the show , Deadlinereports . " Broadway represents the pinnacle of achievement in my profession , so being able-bodied to bring my culture — this Korean art figure — to the fans who flock here from all over the public to see a Broadway show is the purity of my biography . "
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Producers Tim Forbes and Joey Parnes say they ’re emotional about Luna being part of the team . " In the world of K - daddy , no one body forth these elements near than Luna , " they enunciate in a statement . " We are thrilled to inaugurate Broadway consultation to one of the most exciting music hotshot in the world . "
KPOP , directed by Teddy Bergman , yield the audience a behind - the - scenes await at what it take to become a global superstar . Sacrifice , internal struggle , and joyous moments all add up together to paint a clear photo of the medicine industry . The show ’s soundtrack , curated by Helen Park and Max Vernon , features legion tricky beats , and will company stage dancing true to the K - pop literary genre . The show was originally conceptualize by Woodshed Collective and Jason Kim , and features a book written by Kim as well .
Both Forbes and Parnes believe Broadway is the unadulterated stage for the musical . " The driving force of this production ofKPOPhas always been to merge the vibrant , joyful , and wildly entertaining world of kelvin - dad with the powerful storytelling of a Broadway melodic , " they said in a joint statement . " The event is something that no one has ever visualise before on stage , complete with epical production values , attention-getting birdcall , passion , and heart . "
Before coming to Broadway , the musical debuted in Ars Nova ’s immersive Off - Broadway production in 2017 . AsTimeOut reported , one of that show ’s most bewitching traits was its relationship with the hearing . Theater - leaver were divided in two mathematical group and guided through the immersive blank in the A.R.T./New York Theatres complex as part of the show ’s experience . so as to fit this year’sKPOPshow into Broadway ’s more conventional standards , the show will be reworked . As TimeOut points out , Circle in the Square is the only Broadway venue boast a non - conventional seating room plan , which may be a star sign that they design to incorporate some manakin of its original staging .
While the terminated molding tilt has not been announced yet , tickets are already availablehere .
