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Lee Hyun-se's cartoon 'Nampeol' was very popular when it was serialized in a newspaper in 1994, and is a representative work with cumulative book sales exceeding 1 million copies. This work tells the story of Oh Hye-seong, a warrior who tries to save people detained in an international conflict caused by an energy crisis.
Premiere at Ticket Link 1975 Theater on the 23rd of next month.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kwon Ji-hyun = Cartoonist Lee Hyun-se's hit work 'Nambeol' is being reborn as a musical for the first time in 32 years.
Performance production company Gamsansa announced on the 4th that it will premiere the musical ‘Nambeol’ at the Ticket Link 1975 Theater in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul from the 23rd of next month to the 14th of November.
The work was based on Lee Hyun-se's famous work of the same name, which was very popular when it was serialized in a newspaper in 1994, and cumulative book sales exceeded 1 million copies.
The main plot is that the protagonist, warrior Oh Hye-seong, fights desperately to save people detained in an international conflict caused by an energy crisis.
Gamsa CEO Lee Jong-hoon, who participated as a producer in the musical 'Annie', wrote and directed the play, and composer Jo Woo-in participated in music production.
The number in the work, which consists of a total of 26 songs, contains the burning faith and feelings of loss of Oh Hye-seong and the people around her. Intense and magnificent music will be combined here to reveal the tension and speed of the battlefield.
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There is a possibility that additional performance schedules will be announced after the premiere of the musical 'Nambeol'.
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