KPOP to Broadway

I'm still very perplexed how this is is moving to Broadway -- I thought it was great but very niche, and I don't really think it was strong enough to move to Broadway. Not to mention the level of audience interaction/immersivity utilized off-broadway is definitely offputting to Broadway's older audience (compared to Ars Nova's typically younger audiences).

But hey, if someone wants to try it, then it's a nice way to expand the Broadway audience and the existing audience's minds. And who knows, maybe it's been seriously re-worked.

Nah, it only seems large because they list the associates.

The creative team has been reworking it to fit a more traditional proscenium house since it opened at Ars, as a commercial run on Broadway and beyond was the ultimate goal. From what I've heard, Ashley is indeed still attached.

VotePeron said: "The creative team has been reworking it to fit a more traditional proscenium house since it opened at Ars, as a commercial run on Broadway and beyond was the ultimate goal. From what I've heard, Ashley is indeed still attached."

Fantastic. She was incredible in this show.

Given how South Korea is one of the few countries where live theater is still happening (i.e. POTO world tour), I wonder if this show will perhaps do a stint in Seoul sometime in the fall before going to Broadway.

I am not a huge fan of kpop music, but I've heard that their popularity grows. It's fantastic how lately this genre of music, took over the music industry. I work as a substitute teacher, and for one of the lessons, students had to prepare o project about their favorite music artist or band. Most of them prepared a project about a well-known band - BTS. I then informed more about them; I was surprised to see that they are a boy band also known as Bangtan Boys, and because of their hits, they became popular around the world.

Updated On: 6/21/21 at 09:47 AM

HogansHero said: "RippedMan said: "Rehearsals to begin in NYC on or around January 2021"

Did it say Broadway? Because what you quoted did not. (I am not questioning that it could and perhaps should but more the timing.)"



I just went hunting. The original listing does specify Broadway sometime in 2021, presumably March or April given when rehearsals start.

"Rehearsals begin on or around January 2021 in NYC; runs TBD 2021 on Broadway in NYC."

Casting Notice is out for a run at Signature Theater in Virginia-rehearsing November, running from the end of December to the end of January, just in time to come in for the Tony cut-off, if we are looking at a more normal timeline next spring.

RippedMan said: "Interesting. Really curious how they've reworked this."

Same here. I really enjoyed this off-Broadway, but the show will need to become something very different if it plans on playing Broadway.

It does look like they're already making significant changes, as I don't remember two of the principles listed in the casting notice (Juny and Harry) appearing in the original production. The description of Harry's character, in particular, seems to hint at a new documentary-esque framing device:

"HARRY - 30s. An American Sundance sensation who's hired by the label to direct a concert documentary. He's a "woke" dude, an artist, an auteur. He believes himself to be a humanist, a millennial Martin Scorcese, and a man for whom the work comes before all else. Principal."