Koreans celebrate their first victory at Tony Awards, emphasizing the state of the state as a cultural powerhouse.
Perhaps the famous Broadway production of a happy ending, which debuted in Korea almost 10 years ago, won six TONYS, including Best Musical.
Perhaps a happy ending is about the romance between the two humanoid robots living in an apartment building outside Seoul. Sunday night awards entered with 10 names.
Together with Tonys, Koreans have now won the four most greedy awards in American Entertainment. The Squid Game won the Emmy Awards in 2022, while the parasite won four Oscar Awards in 2020. Soprano Sumi Joe won Grammy in 1993.
On Sunday, Korean lyricists Hue Park and American Composer will aronson took TONY home for the Best Original Score and Best Book of Musical.
In 2024, a pair of students at NEW York University, who met with HAPPY ENDING, wrote a musical in English and Korean.
“This is amazing!” One post is read on the thread. “I heard that the Broadway version is more sophisticated. I am proud that Korea is becoming a true cultural power.”
“This feels like a dream of Korea’s wave is realized,” he reads another post. “When the parasite won the Oscar Award, the squid game won the Emmys and one river won the Nobel Prize.”
Darren Criss, who played one of the robots, Oliver, won the Best Lead actor in the musical. It was his first Tony victory.
The musical, which starred Helen J SHEN as a robot claire, has already begun the awards season.
This year, I won the best award at the Outer Critics Circle Awards and Drama League Awards.
first MAYS HAPPY ENDING, directed by Kim Dong-Yeon, was premiered in Seoul in 2016 and received a lot of acclaim. Since then, it has been revived several times in Korea and English.
Perhaps Korean artists have continued to dominate music with K-POP performances such as BTS and BLACKPINK in entertainment.
Some social media users also say that they also act as a window of Korean culture.
“It is amazing that Korean elements such as JEJU Island, Fireflies and Hwabun are also stored in the Broadway version.”
“I was already proud to see it, but I made it more special to see the local audience’s reaction.”
