There was no stunt casting, no film tie-in, no franchise.“This is about trust in the material,” says Won Jong-won, a professor in the Department of Performing Arts and Media Arts at Soonchunhyang University in Korea.“Just as Parasite showed that a local Korean story could resonate globally, Maybe Happy Ending tells us that K-musicals are no longer fringe.They’re a force.”If Maybe Happy Ending wins Best Musical on June 8 at the Radio City Music Hall ceremony, it could become the definitive “Parasite moment” for Korean theater, analysts said.
That’s painfully human.” FROM DAEHAKRO TO BROADWAYMaybe Happy Ending is the brainchild of Korean playwright Park Chun-hue, also known by his English name Hue Park, and US composer Will Aronson –colloquially known in Korea as the “Will-Hue duo.”The two met at New York University and previously collaborated on several projects, but their 2016 debut of Maybe Happy Ending in Seoul’s Daehakro theater district marked a turning point.
But while previous Korean musicals such as “The Great Gatsby” – a Korean production developed specifically for Broadway – have earned recognition, Maybe Happy Ending represents a purer cultural exchange.It premiered in Seoul.
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