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.
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Year
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Winner
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Note
|
| 1st
|
2017
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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
Best Actor
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
Best New Actress
Best New Actor
Best Ensemble Award
Best Creative
Best Producer
Best Director
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
|
[22]
|
| 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
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
|
[23]
|
| 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
|
[22]
|
| 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
|
[22]
|
| 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
|
[24]
|
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, 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 in 7 categories: Best Musical, Best Leading Actress (Female), Best Supporting Actor (Male), Best New Artist (Female), Producer Award, Directing Award, and Music Award.[25]
References
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- ^ a b "Musical 'Marie Curie' wins big at Korea Musical Awards". The Korea Times. 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.
- ^ a b c Ga-young, Park (January 17, 2023). "'Showman' takes home best musical of the year". The Korea Herald. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
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- ^ "제6회 한국뮤지컬어워즈 수상작(자) – 한국뮤지컬어워즈" [Winner of the 6th Korea Musical Awards – Korea Musical Awards]. KMA (in Korean). Retrieved January 23, 2023.
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