| Korea Musical Awards | |
|---|---|
| Current: 7th Korea Musical Awards | |
| Awarded for | Excellence in musical theatre |
| Date | January 16, 2017[1] |
| Location | Seoul |
| Country |  South Korea |
| Presented by | Korea Musical Theater Association |
| First awarded | 2017 |
| Last awarded | 2023 |
| Most nominations | 7 - Red Book |
| Website | Korea Music Award Official Website |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Naver TV |
The Korea Musical Awards (Korean: 대한민국뮤지컬페스티벌 한국뮤지컬어워즈) is a representative awards ceremony held in January every year to revitalize the musical market and to encourage and congratulate the musicians who are working hard in the art scene. It is organized by Korea Musical Theater Association and supported by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Arts Council Korea, and LG Arts Center, Seoul. First awards ceremony was held in 2017.[2]
There were other musical awards with similar name in Korea from 1995 to 2013, hosted by the newspaper Sports Chosun, however it's already discontinued.
Categories
Art
- Grandprize
- Best Musical
- Best Musical Small Theater
Individual
- Best Actress
- Best Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best New Actress
- Best New Actor
- Best Ensemble Award
Creation
- Best Script
- Best Composer
- Best Music Director
- Best Choreography
- Best Director
- Best Staging Techniques
- Best Producer
Artwork
Best Musical Grand Prize
| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2017 | Sweeney Todd | [3] |
| 2nd | 2018 | Benhur | |
| 3rd | 2019 | The Man Who Laughs | [4] |
| 4th | 2020 | Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? | [5] |
| 5th | 2021 | Marie Curie | [6][7] |
| 6th | 2022 | Hadestown | [8] |
| 7th | 2023 | Showman - A Dictator's Fourth Body Double | [9] |
Best Musical (over 400 seats)
| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2017 | Natasha, the White Donkey, and Me | [3] |
| 2nd | 2018 | Seopyeonje | |
| 3rd | 2019 | Red Book | |
| 4th | 2020 | Sweeney Todd (musical) | |
| 5th | 2021 | Swag Age: Shout Out, Joseon! | |
| 6th | 2022 | Red Book | |
| 7th | 2023 | Death Note | [10] |
Best Musical Award Small Theater
| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2017 | — | |
| 2nd | 2018 | Maybe Happy Ending | |
| 3rd | 2019 | Bernarda Alba | |
| 4th | 2020 | Aranga | |
| 5th | 2021 | Lizzie | |
| 6th | 2022 | Who Lives in Kuroi's Mansion? | |
| 7th | 2023 | Let Me Fly | [9] |
Individual Division
Best Actress
| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2017 | Jeon Mi-do — Sweeney Todd (스위니토드) | [3] |
| 2nd | 2018 | Jeon Mi-do — Maybe Happy Ending | [11] |
| 3rd | 2019 | Jung Young-joo — Bernarda Alba | [12] |
| 4th | 2020 | Kim Seon-young — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? | [5] |
| 5th | 2021 | Kim Soo-ha — Rent | [13] |
| 6th | 2022 | Cha Ji-yeon — Red Book | [14] |
| 7th | 2023 | Lee Ja-ram — Sepyeonje | [15] |
| 8th | 2024 | Jeong Sun-ah — If/Then | |
Best Actor
| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2017 | Jeong Seong-hwa — Kinky Boots | [16] |
| 2nd | 2018 | Hong Kwang-ho — Cyrano | [17] |
| 3rd | 2019 | Park Hyo-shin — The Man Who Laughs Choi Jae-rim — Matilda |
|
| 4th | 2020 | Cho Hyung-kyun — Cyrano | |
| 5th | 2021 | Kang Pil-seok — Something Rotten! | |
| 6th | 2022 | Park Kang-hyun — Hadestown | |
| 7th | 2023 | Yoon Na-moo — Showman - A Dictator's Fourth Body Double | [9] |
| 8th | 2024 | Cho Seung-woo — The Phantom of the Opera | [18] |
Best Supporting Actress
| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2017 | Shin Young-sook — Rebecca | |
| 2nd | 2018 | Shin Young-sook — Phantom | |
| 3rd | 2019 | Kim Kook-hee — Red book | |
| 4th | 2020 | Lee Yee-un — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? | [5] |
| 5th | 2021 | Lee Bom-sori — The chami | |
| 6th | 2022 | Kim Sun-young — Hadestown | |
| 7th | 2023 | Choi Jeong-won — Matilda | [19] |
Best Supporting Actor
| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2017 | Park Eun-tae — Dorian Gray | |
| 2nd | 2018 | Lee Jung-yeol — The bookkeeping system | |
| 3rd | 2019 | Han Ji-sang — A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder | |
| 4th | 2020 | Park Kang-hyun — Excalibur | |
| 5th | 2021 | Seo Kyung-soo — Something Rotten | |
| 6th | 2022 | Choi Jae-rim — Chicago | |
| 7th | 2023 | Kang Hong-seok — Death Note | [19] |
Best New Actress
| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2017 | Lee Ye-eun — The Wicked | |
| 2nd | 2018 | Yi So-yeon — The bookkeeping system | |
| 3rd | 2019 | Kim Hwan-hee — Bernarda Alba | |
| 4th | 2020 | Kim Soo-ha — Swag Age: Shout out, Joseon | |
| 5th | 2021 | Han Jae-ah — Maybe Happy Ending | |
| 6th | 2022 | Jang Min-je — Beetlejuice (musical) | |
| 7th | 2023 | Lim Ha-yoon, Jin Yeon-woo, Choi Eun-young, and Hasinbi —Matilda | [15] |
Best New Actor
| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2017 | Kim Sung-cheol — Sweeney Todd | |
| 2nd | 2018 | Son Yoo-dong — History of the loser | [11] |
| 3rd | 2019 | Lee Hwi-jong — Do and Brothers Karamazov | |
| 4th | 2020 | Yang Hee-jun — Swag Age: Shout out, Joseon | |
| 5th | 2021 | Lee Jun-young — Swag Age: Shout out, Joseon | |
| 6th | 2022 | Kim Si-hoon, Lee Woo-jin, Jeon Kang-hyuk, Joo Hyun-jun — Billy Elliot | |
| 7th | 2023 | Lee Hyung-hoon — Let Me Fly | [15] |
Best Ensemble Award
| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2017 | Kinky Boots (킹키부츠) | |
| 2nd | 2018 | Benhur | |
| 3rd | 2019 | Mathilda | |
| 4th | 2020 | Aida | |
| 5th | 2021 | 42nd Street | |
| 6th | 2022 | The Great Comet | |
| 7th | 2023 | West Side Story | [19] |
Best Creative
Best Producer
| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2017 | Uhm Hong-hyun — Mata Hari | [3] |
| 2nd | 2018 | Han Kyung-sook — Maybe Happy Ending | |
| 3rd | 2019 | Park Myung-sung — Matilda Billy Elliot | |
| 4th | 2020 | Oh Hoon-shik — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? | [5] |
| 5th | 2021 | CJ ENM — Finding Mr. Destiny, 42nd Street, Werther, Big Fish, Maybe Happy Ending, Kinky Boots | |
| 6th | 2022 | Shownote — The Great Comet, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Headwick | |
| 7th | 2023 | Kim Mih-hye, Park Min-sun — Mrs. Doubtfire |
Best Director
| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2017 | Oh Se-hyuk — Natasha, the White Donkey, and Me | [3] |
| 2nd | 2018 | Kim Dong-yeon — Maybe Happy Ending | [20] |
| 3rd | 2019 | Oh Kyung-taek — Red book | |
| 4th | 2020 | Ohrupina — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? | [5] |
| 5th | 2021 | Kim Tae-hyong — Marie Curie | [6] |
| 6th | 2022 | Kim Dong-yeon — Who Lives in Kuroi's Mansion? | |
| 7th | 2023 | Kim Dong-yeon — Death Note |
Best Playwright
| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2017 | Park Hae-rim — Natasha, the White Donkey, and Me | [3] |
| 2nd | 2018 | Hue Park and Will Aronson— Maybe Happy Ending | [20] |
| 3rd | 2019 | Young Jung — Dedication of Suspect X | |
| 4th | 2020 | Kang Nam — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? | |
| 5th | 2021 | Cheon Se-eun — Marie Curie | [7] |
| 6th | 2022 | Pyo Sang-ah — Who Lives in Kuroi's Mansion? | |
| 7th | 2023 | Han Jeon-seok — Showman - A Dictator's Fourth Body Double |
Music Award Arrangement/Music Director
| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2017 | Lee Jin-wook — Rachmaninov | [3] |
| 2nd | 2018 | Will Aronson — Maybe Happy Ending | |
| 3rd | 2019 | Kim Seong-soo — Bernarda Alba | |
| 4th | 2020 | Shin Eun-kyung — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? | [5] |
| 5th | 2021 | Kim Seong-soo — Something Rotten! | |
| 6th | 2022 | Yang Joo-in — Red Book | |
| 7th | 2023 | Kim Seong-soo — Jesus Christ Superstar |
Composer Award
| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2017 | ||
| 2nd | 2018 | ||
| 3rd | 2019 | ||
| 4th | 2020 | Kim Hyo-eun — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? | [5] |
| 5th | 2021 | Choi Jong-yoon — Marie Curie | [21] |
| 6th | 2022 | Kim Bo-young — Who Lives in Kuroi's Mansion? | |
| 7th | 2023 | Hong Min-chan — Let Me Fly |
Best Choreography
| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2017 | Shin Seon-ho — Rogisu | [3] |
| 2nd | 2018 | Cha Jin-yeop — Along with the Gods | [20] |
| 3rd | 2019 | Hong Yu-seon — Red Book | |
| 4th | 2020 | Moon Seong-woo — Benhur | |
| 5th | 2021 | Kim Eun-chong — Swag Age: Shout out, Joseon | |
| 6th | 2022 | Lee Hyun-jung — Lizzy | |
| 7th | 2023 | Kim Dong-yeon — Death Note |
Stage Arts Award
| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2017 | Oh Pil-young (stage) — Mata Hari | [3] |
| 2nd | 2018 | Seo Sook-jin — Benhur | [20] |
| 3rd | 2019 | Oh Pil-young (stage) — The Man Who Laugh | |
| 4th | 2020 | Park Joon (video) — City of Angels | |
| 5th | 2021 | Oh Pil-young (stage) — A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder | |
| 6th | 2022 | Oh Pil-young (stage) — The Great Comet | |
| 7th | 2023 | Oh Pil-young (stage, lighting, video, accessories director) — Death Note |
Special Award
Staff Award
| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 2018 | Kim Moon-jung |
New Wave Award
| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 2019 | Ready to Fly |
Special Merit Award
| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2017 | Park Man-gyu | [3] |
| 2nd | 2018 | Kang Dae-jin | |
| 3rd | 2019 | Lee Jong-deok | |
| 4th | 2020 | — | |
| 5th | 2021 | The musical | |
| 6th | 2022 | Daegu International Musical Festival | |
| 7th | 2023 | Yoon Bok-hee | [22] |
Award milestones
Some notable records and facts about the Korea Musical Awards include the following:
- The 2nd edition of awards. Maybe Happy Ending received the most awards by walking off with six trophies — Will Aronson for Best Music, Will Aronson and Hue Park for Best Book, Kim Dong-yeon for Best Director, Han Kyung-sook for Best Producer, Jeon Mi-do for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Small Theater Musical.[17]
- The 6th edition of awards was held at the Blue Square, Shinhan Card Hall on January 10, 2022. The nominations were announced on December 20, 2021. The musical Red Book was nominated for 7 categories: Best Musical, Best Leading Actress (Female), Best Supporting Actress (Male), Best New Artist (Female), Producer Award, Directing Award, and Music Award.[23]
References
- ↑ "제1회 한국뮤지컬어워즈 수상작(자)" [1st Korea Musical Awards] (in Korean). Retrieved December 26, 2023.
- ↑ "개최 개요 – 한국뮤지컬어워즈" [Overview of the event – Korea Musical Awards] (in Korean). Retrieved January 19, 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "제1회 한국뮤지컬어워즈 수상작(자) – 한국뮤지컬어워즈" [Winner of the 1st Korea Musical Awards – Korea Musical Awards] (in Korean). Retrieved January 19, 2023.
- ↑ Min-sik, Yoon (December 27, 2018). "Nominees announced for the 3rd Korea Musical Awards". The Korea Herald. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "[제4회 한국뮤지컬어워즈] 뮤지컬 '호프', 대상 등 8관왕에 빛나는 저력 과시" [[The 4th Korea Musical Awards] Musical 'Hope', showing off its power shining in 8 crowns including the grand prize]. Today Newspaper (투데이신문) (in Korean). January 21, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
- 1 2 Eun-byel, Im (January 12, 2021). "Korea Musical Awards recognizes 'Marie Curie' with four awards". The Korea Herald. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
- 1 2 "Musical 'Marie Curie' wins big at Korea Musical Awards". koreatimes. January 13, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
- ↑ Hae-yeon, Kim (January 11, 2022). "'Hadestown' takes top prize at Korea Musical Awards". The Korea Herald. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
- 1 2 3 Ga-young, Park (January 17, 2023). "'Showman' takes home best musical of the year". The Korea Herald. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
- ↑ "Locally produced 'Showman' wins grand prize at Korea Musical Awards". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. January 17, 2023. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
- 1 2 Ahn, Si-eun (January 23, 2018). "제2회 '한국뮤지컬어워즈' 6관왕, 홍광호 남우주연상 첫 수상" [The 2nd 'Korea Musical Awards' <Maybe a Happy Ending> 6 crowns, Hong Kwang-ho's first Best Actor Award]. www.themusical.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved January 19, 2023.
- ↑ "하이라이트로 방영된 '제3회 한국뮤지컬어워즈'" ['The 3rd Korean Musical Awards' aired as a highlight]. 파이낸스투데이 (in Korean). January 20, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
- ↑ "제5회 한국뮤지컬어워즈 성료…뮤지컬 ＜마리퀴리＞ 최다 부문 수상 영예" [Completion of the 5th Korea Musical Awards... Most awards in the category of musical <Marie Curie>]. 서울문화투데이 (in Korean). January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
- ↑ "[제6회 한국뮤지컬어워즈(KMA)] 멈추지 않을 무대, 세계로 가는 K-뮤지컬" [[The 6th Korea Musical Awards (KMA)] A stage that will not stop, K-Musical to the world]. Today Newspaper (투데이신문) (in Korean). January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
- 1 2 3 Shin, Young-eun. "'제7회 한국뮤지컬어워즈', 코로나 팬데믹 넘어 순항 (종합)" ['The 7th Korea Musical Awards', cruise beyond the COVID-19 pandemic (comprehensive)]. entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved January 19, 2023.
- ↑ "'스위니토드' 제1회 한국뮤지컬어워즈 영예의 대상" [The grand prize of the 1st Korea Musical Awards honor of 'Sweeney Todd']. 이데일리 (The E-Daily) (in Korean). January 16, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
- 1 2 Kwon, Mee-yoo (January 23, 2018). "Hong wins 2nd Korea Musical Awards". www.koreatimes.co.kr. The Korea Times. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
- ↑ "'오페라의 유령' 조승우, 주연상 수상 "학전과 김민기에게 영광 바친다"". Maeil Business Newspaper (in Korean). January 15, 2024.
- 1 2 3 "한국 뮤지컬인들의 축제, '제7회 한국뮤지컬어워즈' 성황리 종료" [The festival of Korean musicals, 'The 7th Korea Musical Awards' ended with great success]. 서울자치신문 (in Korean). January 19, 2023. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 "[한국뮤지컬어워즈] '어쩌면 해피엔딩' 김동연, 연출상 수상" [[Korean Musical Awards] "Maybe Happy Ending" Kim Dong-yeon won the Best Director Award]. n.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved May 15, 2022.
- ↑ "제6회 한국뮤지컬어워즈 수상작(자) – 한국뮤지컬어워즈" [Winner of the 6th Korea Musical Awards – Korea Musical Awards]. KMA (in Korean). Retrieved January 23, 2023.
- ↑ Shin, Young-eun (January 16, 2023). "윤복희, 공로상 수상 "죽을 때까지 사랑하는 뮤지컬 할 것" [한국뮤지컬어워즈]" [Yoon Bok-hee won the Achievement Award "I will do a musical that I love until I die" [Korea Musical Awards]]. Star Today via Daum. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
- ↑ Kim Jae-won (December 20, 2021). "뮤지컬 '레드북', 한국뮤지컬어워즈 7개 부문 후보 올라" [Musical 'Red Book' nominated for 7 categories at Korea Musical Awards]. Sports World. Naver. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
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