| Genre: | Musical Romance Drama |
| Director: | Kim Kyung-yong |
| Starring: | Koo Hye-sun Choi Daniel Park Ki-woong Ock Joo-hyun |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Language: | Korean |
| Num Episodes: | 15 |
| Location: | South Korea, New York City |
| Runtime: | Fridays at 21:55 |
| Company: | Film Book DVS Korea |
| Channel: | Seoul Broadcasting System |
The Musical is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Koo Hye-sun, Choi Daniel, Park Ki-woong, Ock Joo-hyun and Kim Eun-se. It aired on SBS from September 2 to December 23, 2011 on Fridays at 22:00 for 15 episodes.[1] [2]
Filming began in July 2010, and the series was pre-produced before airing. One of the location shoots took place in Broadway, New York City.[3]
The series follows the lives of people in the world of musical theatre, showing the passion and dreams among the producers, songwriters and actors during a musical production. Go Eun-bi is a medical student who loves musicals, and her dream is to be a professional musical theatre actress. Hong Jae-yi was once one of the best composers in Korea, but he quit musical theatre and left the country after his girlfriend, musical theatre diva Bae Kang-hee broke up with him and married another man. When Jae-yi returns to Korea, he accidentally meets Eun-bi and decides to help her achieve her dream. Jae-yi believes that Eun-bi will become a better actress than Kang-hee, and thus their love triangle begins.[4]
The series' broadcast rights were sold to Japan ahead of its premiere in South Korea,[7] where it aired on cable channel KNTV.[8]