Ko Jun-hee → Son Ho-joon ★ First performance on the 6th of 'Angels in America'
Aug 06, 2024
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Contemporary American theater master Tony Kirschner's work 'Angels' made its worldwide premiere in 1991, followed by a spectacular Broadway debut in 1993. It deals with discrimination and identity confusion experienced by social minorities such as homosexuals, black people, Jews, Mormons, and AIDS patients ahead of the new millennium and the change of the new era, and is considered a masterpiece by depicting in detail the chaos and anguish experienced by characters with different beliefs such as angels and humans, white conservative patients and black nurses, homosexuals and devout religious people.
"Angels" won the Tony Award, the Drama Desk Award, the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Critics Award at the 1993 Broadway premiere, and also swept the revival categories of major awards such as the Tony Award and the Drama League Award after the Broadway revival in 2018. It also gained popularity in the West End, winning nominations for nine Olivier awards and three awards in 1992, 1994 and 2018. It was adapted into an HBO miniseries in 2003 and an opera in 2004, proving the original's popularity.
In order to make it easy for the audience to approach the vast narrative of the original, the production was joined by the production team with guaranteed skills. Starting with director Shin Yoo-cheong, who is known as a delicate and in-depth director through the play 'Wipe'"'"'Nokcheon has a lot of poop," translation Hwang Seok-hee, composition and music director Ji Mi-re, choreographer Lee So-young, stage designer Lee Eom-ji, lighting designer Kang Ji-hye, sound designer Han Moon-kyu, prop designer Cho Yoon-hyung, costume designer Hong Moon-ki, and makeup designer Jung Ji-yoon will participate.
The play 'Angels' will feature Yoo Seung-ho and Son Ho-joon as 'Fryer Walter', Ko Joon-hee and Jung Hye-in as 'Harper Pitt', Lee Tae-bin and Jung Kyung-hoon as 'Louis Ironson', Lee Yoo-jin and Yang Ji-won as 'Joseph Pitt', Lee Hyo-jung and Kim Joo-ho as 'Roy Con', Jeon Guk-hyang and Bang Ju-ran as 'Hannah Pitt', Tae Hang-ho and Min Jin-woong as 'Angel', and Kwon Eun-hye as 'Angel'. On the 24th of last month, a practice room scene demonstration was released to confirm the actors' enthusiasm, further raising expectations of prospective audiences.
'Angels' will be performed at LG Art Center Seoul and LG SIGNATURE Hall from 6th to 28th September, and ticket reservations can be made through Interpark tickets and the LG Art Center website.
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