‘The Korean Musical Awards’ that has celebrated the history of Korean musical industry will hold its 17th award ceremony.

‘The 17th Korean Musical Award’ Ceremony will be held on November 14th at Olympics Hall in Olympics Park in Song-Pa Gu, Seoul and will be broadcast live on SBS from 5:20 pm.

Candidates for various awards such as the Rookie Awards, the Popularity Awards, the Best Foreign Musical Award to the Best Musial of the Year Award will attend the ceremony, and the competition will be fiercer than any other year. The hot topic among musical personnels has been which musicals and which actors will take the awards for receiving the greatest responses as it is impossible to predict winners.

The award ceremony will have the total of 18 categories including the Best Musical, Best Foreign Musical, Best Director, Best Producer, Best Script, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Original Score, Best Orchestrations, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Choreography, Best Stage Technician, Male Rookie of the Year, Female Rookie of the Year, Best Ensemble, and Popularity.

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In addition, it has been drawing attention whether JYJ’s Kim Junsu, who received much attention this year in ‘Tears of Heaven’ and ‘Mozart!’, will be able to win the Popularity Award again this year following last year.

Meanwhile, the ceremony will host a gala show with star actors of musicals that received enthusiastic responses from the Korean audience. The gala will have seven different stages and is expected to captivate the viewers at home as well as the audience and actors at the ceremony.

Source: BNT News via Nate
Translation credit: JYJ3