Kim So-hyang, Ok Joo-hyun, Park Hye-na, Kim Ryeo-won, 44 Curies...The perfect sense of immersion on stage with outstanding interpretation of characters
Sep 04, 2025
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While "Marie Curie" will be performed until the 19th of next month at the BBCH Hall of the Gwanglim Art Center in Seoul, Marie Sklodowska Curie's Kim So-hyang, Ok Joo-hyun, Park Hye-na, and Kim Ryeo-won are increasing the audience's immersion with their performances that stand out in interpretation of their characters. Kim So-hyang and Ok Joo-hyun have been on stage as Marie Sklodowska Curie since the previous season, giving perfect performances every time, and Park Hye-na and Kim Ryeo-won are said to have joined the new cast this season to breathe new breath into the work.
Kim So-hyang, who has performed with the tryout performance in 2018 and premiered in 2020, was praised for leaving a deep lingering impression on the audience this season by delicately depicting the anguish behind great scientist Marie Curie and the despair of Marie who witnessed the dangers of radium based on her explosive singing and in-depth acting skills. Ok Joo-hyun, who returned to Marie Curie once again following the 2020 reenactment, is said to resonate with the audience's deeper emotions and expressiveness. Based on her outstanding singing skills, Ok Joo-hyun dramatically depicts her passion for experimentation and her inner conflict with Marie Curie facing a reality that cannot be ignored, giving the audience a heavy thrill.
Park Hye-na, who newly joined the stage this season, has been praised for portraying the human side of the character in three dimensions, including the solitude felt by Marie Curie, who was both a woman and an immigrant. Kim Ryeo-won expresses Marie Curie's scientific side in depth with her cool-headed tone and expression, while also unraveling her relationship with Anne Kovals in the play with her unique warm emotional acting, creating her own 'Marie Curie' with dramatic contrast.
As such, the main characters of 'Marie Curie', Kim So-hyang, Ok Joo-hyun, Park Hye-na, and Kim Ryeo-won, each drew a four-colored Marie Curie with their own perspective, and the audience who visited the concert hall has been receiving great reviews every day.
"Marie Curie" 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 go through as a woman and immigrant. The work brings Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize for discovering radium, a radioactive element emitting a mysterious green light, and a female weaver 'Radium Girls', who died a tragic death while working at a factory that uses radium to make a luminous clock. Marie Curie's agony and determination in the face of the tragedy caused by her great research gives the audience a hot thrill and deep resonance.
"Marie Curie", which premiered in 2020, was recognized for its workability by winning the Grand Prize, Producer Award, Playwright Award, Composition Award, and Directing Award at the 5th Korea Musical Awards held the following year. In 2022, Marie Curie held a live screening of the original Korean team's special concerts and performances in Poland, and successfully held license premieres in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, in 2023, once again confirming the power of works that cross borders and inspire audiences around the world. In particular, the 2024 musical 'Marie Curie' was the first Korean musical to perform for a long time in a local production in the West End of England, drawing attention from local audiences and critics. The musical 'Marie Curie', which returned for its fourth season this year, is providing a richer stage with live orchestral performances and newly added stage sets.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
