Singer and musical actor Ok Joo-hyun joins the musical 'Marie Curie' in a surprise move.
Ok Joo-hyun was additionally cast in the fourth season of the musical 'Marie Curie', according to the production company Live. Ok Joo-hyun, who previously worked as Marie Sklodowska Curie in the 2020 re-enactment, will return and shine on the domestic return stage of 'Marie Curie', which has become a global musical through the West End.
The musical 'Marie Curie', joined by Ok Joo-hyun, is a work that adds imagination to the real life of Marie Curie, a scientist who achieved brilliant achievements despite the hardships she had to face as a woman and immigrant. It is a masterpiece that gave a meaningful message to the audience by emotionally depicting Marie Curie's frustration and overcoming of the danger of radium, although she receives a Nobel Prize for discovering a new radioactive element, radium.
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In the play, Ok Joo-hyun plays Curie, a renowned scientist who discovered radium. Ok Joo-hyun, who has revealed her unique presence in each work with her excellent singing and delicate acting skills, will re-enter the center of the intense drama through this 'Marie Curie' and give the audience a heavy thrill.
Ok Joo-hyun's addition adds meaning to the return stage of the global musical `Marie Curie' in Korea. Ok Joo-hyun and Kim So-hyang watched the performance at the premiere of the Japanese license and greeted the stage with local actors. He also visited London to support a successful British premiere, attended press nights, live performance screenings GV, and a joint Korean-English gala concert to shine. At that time, Ok Joo-hyun said in a media interview that `I performed many works that were adapted from foreign works in Korea, but'Marie Curie' is the opposite. It's touching in itself. What else is there in Korea? We are proud of the power of Korean culture that makes us wonder," he said, expressing his special affection for the work.
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Ok Joo-hyun, who has played leading roles in a number of musicals, including musicals 'Voice of Hamlet', 'Matahari','Rose of Versailles','Marie Antoinette','Elizabeth','Rebecca', and 'Wicked', is loved by fans for his overwhelming stage dominance. It is expected that he will show a more mature performance on the stage when he returned, as he expressed the detailed emotions of the real person at the time of the 2020 reenactment. As Ok Joo-hyun's addition has completed a more solid lineup, a richer and more complete stage is expected to deliver a strong message.
"Marie Curie" premiered and reenacted in 2020, and in 2022, it held a live screening of the Korean original team's special concerts and performances in Poland, his home country, and once again confirmed the power of works that cross borders and inspire audiences around the world by receiving the Grand Prix "Golden Water Root Award" at the "Warsaba Music Gardens Festival." Subsequently, the license premiere was successfully held in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan in 2023, and the main character, Leika Manaki, was selected as the "Best 5 Actresses in the First Half of the Year at the 31st Yomiuri Theater Awards."
In 2024, it was the first Korean musical to perform for a long time in a local production in the West End of England. The premiere of the English version of 'Marie Curie', in which the head of production company Kang Byung-won Live participated as a lead producer, drew attention from local audiences and critics, such as being nominated for two new musical productions and best actress awards at the British performance awards 'The Office Awards'. In addition, a British performance team appeared at Europe's leading musical festival 'West End Live' held at Trafalgar Square in London every year, engraving the name of 'K Musical' on the world stage.
Meanwhile, 'Marie Curie' will be performed at the BBCH Hall of the Gwanglim Art Center in Gangnam-gu, Seoul from July 25 to October 19.
