[TRANS] Kim Junsu Has The Greatest Ticket Power with an All-Kill in Both Musicals and Concerts

[TRANS] Kim Junsu Has The Greatest Ticket Power with an All-Kill in Both Musicals and Concert

 JYJ’s Kim Junsu and Ok Joo Hyun have made their mark as the musical actors with the greatest ticket power.

On the 7th, ticket reservation site Interpark released the results of their ‘Golden Ticket Awards’, which names the actors and productions with the greatest ticket power in 2012. In the musical genre, EMK Musical Company’s ‘Elisabeth’ came out on top, with Kim Junsu and Ok Joo Hyun chosen as the actor and actress with the greatest ticket power.

In 2012, Kim Junsu played Tod in the musical ‘Elisabeth’ and reinterpreted the character signifying death in his own way, receiving love from both fans and musical lovers alike. As his third production since ‘Mozart!’ and ‘Tears of Heaven’, ‘Elisabeth’ has helped Kim Junsu lose his image as an idol singer and make his mark as a talented musical actor.

Kim Junsu, who topped the rankings of the musical genre, also came out on top in the concert category as well. This was the result of Kim Junsu’s busy schedule as a solo singer in 2012 as he released an album and held his ‘JYJ Junsu 1st Asia Tour’ and ‘XIA Ballad & Musical Concert’ this year.

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The ‘Golden Ticket Awards’ differs from other awards ceremonies as it has no judging panel and choses its nominees and winners based on ticket sales and audience participation (voting poll) in the past year. It is a ‘Award chosen by the audience members’ that is given to the year’s most popular productions and actors. On its eighth year since beginning in 2005, the public-oriented awards ceremony held its voting poll from the 24th of December till the 6th of January on the Interpark website, with a total of 17,708 participants.

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[News] 121231 Kim Junsu Says, “The Musical I’d Like To Appear In? ‘Jekyll And Hyde’!

[News] 121231 Kim Junsu Says, “The Musical I’d Like To Appear In? ‘Jekyll And Hyde’!

Singer and musical actor Kim Junsu chose ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ as the musical he’d like to appear in.

During his ’2012 XIA Ballad & Musical Concert with Orchestra’ concert on the 30th, Kim Junsu introduced one of his acts as from “A musical I’d like to appear in,” and sang ‘Right now, at this moment’ from ‘Jekyll and Hyde’.

Kim Junsu, who is one of the greatest vocalists of K-pop, captivated fans with explosive vocal talent and an emotional outpour during his rendition of ‘Right now, at this moment’. He was met with thunderous applause as his passionate rendition could be placed on par with that of Jo Seung Woo, the person most people think of when they hear ‘Jekyll and Hyde’.

A representative of C-JeS Entertainment stated in a phone conversation with ‘OhMyStar’ that, “Since Kim Junsu began appearing in musicals, he’s watched countless musicals as well,” and “After watching ‘Jekyll and Hyde’, he said that the male leading role is a character who has a multifaceted personality and great charm.” He also added, “Kim Junsu has expressed his desire to appear in ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ after he has grown more as a musical actor.”

Meanwhile, Kim Junsu won the Best Musical Actor Award at the 18th Korea Musical Awards for his role in the musical ‘Elisabeth’.

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[TRANS] 120905 JYJ’s Junsu, Musical “Elisabeth” Album To Be Released…Also Includes Interviews

[TRANS] 120905 JYJ’s Junsu, Musical “Elisabeth” Album To Be Released…Also Includes Interviews

An album which records JYJ’s Junsu’s appearance in the musical “Elisabeth” will be released.

EMK Musical Company revealed, “On 18 September, an OST of the musical “Elisabeth” will be released. Top actors such as Junsu, Ok Ju Hyun, Park Eun Tae, Min Young Ki, Lee Jung Hwa and Kim Seung Dae participated in the recording of the OST this time.

The OST this time is receiving much interest as Junsu, who did not participate in the highlight version of the OST which was released in March, participated in the recording this time. Also, unlike the pervious album, the OST this time will include not only highlights, but the entire song list.

The OST includes 2 CDs, one with 21 tracks and the other with 22 tracks, consisting a total of 43 tracks. It will also include a bonus DVD, which features an unreleased interview with Junsu, a behind-the-scenes sketch, and music videos of 5 songs, including “The Last Dance” and “The Shadows Grow Longer”, which were edited from recordings of the first times this musical was performed in Korea.

Musical Elisabeth’s OST, “Musical Elisabeth 2012 Live Recording ・Korean Cast – Special Edition”, will officially be released on 18 September.

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[TRANS] 120627 TVXQ’s Yunho, Watches A Musical Together With Park Soo Jin

[TRANS] 120627 TVXQ’s Yunho, Watches A Musical Together With Park Soo Jin

TVXQ’s Yunho went to watch a musical with Park Soo Jin, inciting the curiosity of netizens.

The duo were recently seen together at the University Street in Seoul, where they went to watch a musical. When pictures were revealed, netizens began speculating that, “Perhaps the duo have an unusual relationship.”

According to several sources on 27 Jun, the two are close friends, and had gone to catch the musical “Looking For Kim Jong Wook” on that day. They had been invited by a mutual friend, actor Kang Dong Ho, who acts in this musical.

It is known that Yunho and Park Soo Jin are the same age, and are close as they are both part of the “85 club”. They have been close friends for over 10 years, since even before their debut.

Park Soo Jin’s management agency stated, “It is widely known that the duo are close friends. On the day of the musical, other friends aside from the two also went together.”

Meanwhile, Yunho has been carrying out promotional activities as a member of TVXQ for the movie “I AM”, which features the growing-up stories of artists under SM Entertainment.

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[Trans] 120615 Kim Junsu, Listening To Favourite Music And Singing To Heart’s Content… Is There Such A Perfect Genre Still?

[Trans] 120615 Kim Junsu, Listening To Favourite Music And Singing To Heart’s Content… Is There Such A Perfect Genre Still?

FOCUS 9th Anniversary Interview – ‘Nation’s Musical Actor’ Kim Junsu

He is currently no longer awkward with the term, “Musical Actor”. Though in the beginning, he joined without understanding the ‘music’ in musical well. However the more he indulged in it, the more he fell into the charm of musical. During the depiction of “The Last Dance” and “I Am My Music” at his first solo concert after the release of his first solo album, the feelings swelled up was not once or twice.

Though he is already one of the best idol, singer and musical actor, Kim Junsu was more than happy to welcome challenge. Musical is another beginning for him. Another stage for him to present his songs. “Is there such a perfect genre around? Listening to my favourite music, singing songs while living a life of different characters. Will it touched audience? All the actors and actresses and staffs… their simple and passionate love for musical is very admirable. So fantastic.”

It was not an easy decision. At that time, the prejudice against an idol standing on a musical stage was extreme. Besides, the conflicts with his ex-company had him struggling with the decision. Therefore it was no surpise that he rejected at first. “The burden was huge. At that time, I felt that I could not do it. But after that, I listened to the music from Mozart and truly loved those music. As I can relate the lines and lyrics to my situation, I get into the character easily when I was performing.”

Musical is a stage that gave me limitless inspirations. If I were to say that a singer who’s on stage gained exhilaration and energy from the impromptu reactions (from the crowd), then for musical it’s the gaining of different reactions from the audience every different day and thereafter improving oneself for the next stage performance. This solo album is also inspired by musical.”

As an idol singer who succeeded as a musical actor, he is currently awaiting the next new challenge. He has been focusing on production and OSTs. With a strong determination character of finishing anything he started, he is not afraid of challenging new genres. He is also prepared with a mindset of ‘suffering bitterness’ ten times for the sake of ‘tasting sweetness’ once.

“I think that by not being complacent with current status and endlessly working hard to show a better self is ‘challenge’. Though it’s too early to do production now, but when time comes, I would want to challenge injecting other sentiments in OSTs. I think that happiness is not attaining what I dreamt of but to be thankful for what I’m having right now. Thus I am feeling happy right now and thus wish to try other challenges.”

Kim Junsu is a soccer player?

The mind analysis for Kim Junsu is very simple. 50% of music and 50% of soccer. It will be 100% music when he’s making music and 100% soccer when he’s on the soccer field. His love for soccer is almost on par with his love for music. “(You) should know right? I am in celebrity team, FC MEN. I really like to play soccer and thus would meet up with friends to chat and play soccer to relieve stress. Such kind of normal life activities are very precious. In the past, I do not even had the time to drink a cup of tea with my friends. It was like running on a wheel, constantly working. Right now when I’m tired, I will try to find simple pleasures in life.”

To Focus: Congratulations on your 9th anniversary ^^
(T/N: He signed off as ‘Musical Actor Kim Junsu’)

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[TRANS] 120605 JYJ’s Junsu, Wins The “Popular Star Award” 3 Years In A Row”An Important Award”

[TRANS] 120605 JYJ’s Junsu, Wins The “Popular Star Award” 3 Years In A Row”An Important Award”

JYJ’s Junsu conveyed his thoughts on winning the popularity award at “The Musical Awards” 3 years in a row.

After the receiving the award, Junsu revealed, “As it is an award given to me by the viewers, I think that that makes it an important award, and one that I am very grateful for. I really appreciate it.” About not winning Best Male Lead, he expressed his thoughts via Twitter, “Thank you from my heart for the popularity award. I am also truly thankful to, in these short 3 years, be nominated 2 years consecutively (for the Best Male Lead award) alongside the best actors.”

His management agency, C-Jes Entertainment, said, “He swept the newcomer awards in the first year following his debut (as a musical actor). We think that it is his passion and seriousness towards the stage as a musical actor that has allowed him to be nominated for the Best Male Lead award 2 years in a row. We would like to thank the audience for his third consecutive Popular Star Award. Please continue to give your interest and support to Junsu’s, who loves musicals, activities from now on.”

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[PICS] 120318 Junsu – Elisabeth Musical

[PICS] 120318 Junsu – Elisabeth Musical

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[GENERAL] 120315 Musical Powers ‘Hallyu’ In New Direction

[GENERAL] 120315 Musical Powers ‘Hallyu’ In New Direction

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Ichikawa Rie came from Japan to see the musical “Elisabeth.” She is a fan of JYJ’s Jun-su, who is starring in the show. “I was thrilled to see him performing the role of Tod, or Death, live,” Ichikawa said.

Rows of wreaths stand at the lobby of Blue Square Music Hall, a new theater in Hannam-dong, Seoul, where the musical is being staged. They are from fans of the actors and the language on the ribbons varies from Korean and Japanese to Chinese and Taiwanese, showing the diversity of support. The recipients are not only K-pop star Jun-su and television actor Song Chang-eui, but musical actors Ryu Jung-han and Park Eun-tae.

Ichikawa first visited Korea to see Jun-su in “Mozart” in 2010 and soon fell in love with Korean musicals. “There are many musicals in Japan too but I feel something special about Korean actors. They sing really well and convey their emotions in the songs,” she said. “I have seen other Korean musicals and hope to see more of them.”

The Korean musical industry is busy attracting foreigners to local theaters, while making forays into overseas markets at the same time.

-From K-pop to K-musical

The Korean musical industry has been steadily building up for years, growing bigger as big shows cast K-pop singers.

According to Interpark, the nation’s largest online ticket seller, the size of the market was around 250 billion won in 2011. It has grown for the past decade.

Interpark Ticket Global, an English reservation service, opened in August 2009 and tickets sold jumped over 167 percent in 2011, compared to the previous year.

“We can estimate the number of foreigners buying tickets by combining those sold at the global site and those who have an alien registration number,” Kim Sun-kyung of Interpark said. “Currently, the most popular shows among foreigners are ‘Elisabeth’ and Catch Me If You Can,’ both starring K-pop singers such as Jun-su and Key of SHINee.”

“Hallyu,” or the Korean wave, for musicals began around 2009 when Ahn Jae-wook was cast in “Jack the Ripper.” His appearance drew fans from overseas, signaling the possibility of a Korean wave in plays and musicals. M Musical Company, the producer of “Jack the Ripper,” said more than 10 percent of the audiences were foreigners, mostly Chinese or Japanese.

Musicals based on hit movies and television dramas have been staged overseas, bringing existing fans of Korean pop culture to theaters. “Two hundred-Pound Beauty,” another movie-turned-musical starring KARA’s Park Gyu-ri, sold tickets worth some 400 million yen during its run in Kyoto last October, thanks to the popularity of the girl band in Japan.

Some productions target hallyu fans from the beginning. PMC Production, famed for the success of the non-verbal performance “Nanta,” staged the musical “Romance of Their Own,” based on the 2004 movie of same name, in 2011.

It is a jukebox musical featuring various K-pop hits from 2PM’s “Heartbeat” to KARA’s “Mister.”

“About 35 percent of the audience were foreigners from Japan, China, Thailand, Taiwan and even from the United States and France,” Shin Ji-youn of PMC said. “They first come to see their favorite singers such as Ryeowook of Super Junior, but later they watch the show again with a different cast. We plan to take the show overseas but the details have yet to be decided.”

Musical critic Cho Yong-shin said considering overseas markets from the planning stage has become a trend for shows in Korea.

“Previously, theatrical works were produced only for the home market, but the domestic market is saturated. Instead of accepting such limitations, producers are now making inroads into international markets,” Cho said.

He said there are so many musicals created in Korea and some of them are suitable for overseas. According to Interpark, 2,140 musicals were staged in Korea last year alone, a 14 percent jump from 1,880 in 2010.

“K-pop is now on the forefront of hallyu and more producers are eager to cast K-pop stars in their shows. Jukebox musicals featuring K-pop are also being experimented with. These can be seen as an aspect of the diversity,” the critic said.

-Aiming at Asian market

Neighboring countries, China and Japan, are prime targets for Korean musicals heading abroad.

CJ E&M, a giant investor and producer in the musical industry, made a successful entrance into China by establishing joint venture United Asia Live Entertainment with China Arts and Entertainment Group and Shanghai Media Group.

It co-produced a Chinese version of “Mamma Mia!” in six cities from Shanghai to Beijing and Guangzhou last year. The six-month tour drew 250,000 people and recorded 20 billion won in sales. CJ E&M mediated between the original creators from the United Kingdom and the local Chinese production based on its rich experience in staging licensed musicals.

“Mamma Mia!” will tour 10 more cities in Greater China including Hong Kong and Macau and “Cats” is in preparation for its Chinese opening in September. Since China is an enormous, emerging market, CJ E&M ultimately seeks to introduce homegrown musicals.

“I think Korea has the most developed system in the musical industry among Asian countries and we should take pride in it,” said Kim Byeong-seok, senior vice president of CJ E&M Performing Arts Business Unit. “The successful joint production of Mamma Mia! in China could be a good example of an exchange in the cultural industry celebrating the 20th anniversary of Korea-China diplomatic relations.”

CJ E&M takes a different approach to Japan. The firm took part in staging “200-Pound Beauty” there with original Korean production company Shownote and the Shochiku Company in Japan.

“It created a synergy of good content with K-pop singers such as Gyu-ri of KARA. We see more possibilities for musicals with the existing popularity of hallyu, especially K-pop there,” Kim said.

CJ also said two more musicals are sounding out possibilities in Japan this year — “Street Life,” a DJ DOC jukebox musical, and “Lovers of Paris,” based on the 2004 drama.

“We could create a ’one Asia market’ covering China, Japan and Korea, and Korea will lead the musical industry,” Kim said.

Small productions are also making their way abroad. “Laundry,“ a homegrown musical that enjoyed success in the Korean theater district Daehangno drawing some 280,000 people since its premiere in 2005, was performed in Japan in February. Japanese production company Pure Marry bought the license for the show and Japanese actors performed the roles. Chu Min-joo, playwright and director of the musical, went to Japan to head the show.

Lee Ji-ho, producer of “Laundry,” said a Japanese promoter saw the musical in Korea and contacted him about the license. “I think we concluded a favorable contract,” he said. “February performances were more like presentations introducing the show to Japan and we signed for additional nights in Tokyo in May. We see the show touring more Japanese cities later.”

“Laundry” portrays the everyday life of ordinary Seoulites. “I worried that Laundry might only draw sympathy from Korean audiences, but it resonated with those from different cultures as well. This is a meaningful step for a Korean musical,” Lee said.

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[Trans] 120301 120301 JYJ’s Kim Junsu Reveals Family Photo, Simply Heartwarming Itself‏

[Trans] 120301 120301 JYJ’s Kim Junsu Reveals Family Photo, Simply Heartwarming Itself‏

Group JYJ’s Kim Junsu has attracted attention after having a family photo of himself revealed. Junsu’s twin brother Junho, tweeted ‘I watched ‘Elisabeth! Junsu was indeed amazing!’ and along with this comment uploaded a family photo. Junsu is currently enthusiastically performing as ‘Death’ in the musical ‘Elisabeth’, and as it can be seen by this photo, it seems that Junho has attended this musical along with the rest of the family.

In this photo, Junsu was seen with yellow hair (T/N:not actually yellow, they mean the blondness of it), wearing a black jacket and with rich smoky eyes make up, he has received a lot of attention. What was particularly eye catching was Kim Junsu’s twin that looked identical to him and the great appearance of his parents, these four people courted such a heartwarming appearance that is envied by people all around.

Internet users commented, ‘I envy Junsu’s mother for having two good looking sons like them.’ ‘Kim Junsu’s family photo is really great.’ ‘Elisabeth fighting!’, amongst others.

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[FULL INTERVIEW] Junsu on Singles Magazine March 2012 — “This is The Only Moment…”

[FULL INTERVIEW] Junsu on Singles Magazine March 2012 — “This is The Only Moment…”

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