[KS] Queen Min (Myong Hwanghu)

[Darcy Paquet]

Korean musicals, incidentally, seem to be receiving a new 
(economic, not necessarily artistic) boost from the hallyu 
phenomenon.  The Last Empress will travel to Beijing and 
Shanghai this spring, and it will be marketed as part of the 
overall Korean wave.  At the same time, large numbers of 
Japanese spectators have been coming to Korea to watch both 
Korean musicals and Korean versions of Western musicals 
(often with well-known stars in the lead roles).  Quite a 
few Korean musicals and Korean-produced Western musicals 
will also be touring through Japan this year, including the 
musical version of the TV drama Winter Sonata.  A musical 
version of Jewel in the Palace is scheduled to be ready by 2007.

(I have an article about this appearing in this coming 
week's issue of Variety, and a search through the websites 
of Korean  newspapers will turn up more related articles)

Back to Queen Min, there will be a major film production 
centering on the story of Queen Min that will open shooting 
this summer.  It's from what can probably be called Korea's 
leading production company, Sidus FNH.  There was also a 
popular TV drama from 2001 with Lee Mi-yeon and a music 
video.  Here's a link to a news story (in Korean):

http://tinyurl.com/9ztb8

Best of luck,
Darcy



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