Korea Musical Awards (2016)

The Korea Musical Awards (Korean: 대한민국뮤지컬페스티벌 한국뮤지컬어워즈) is a representative awards ceremony held in January every year to revitalize the musical market and to encourage and congratulate the musicians who are working hard in the art scene. It is organized by Korea Musical Theater Association and supported by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Arts Council Korea, and LG Arts Center, Seoul. First awards ceremony was held in 2016.[1]

Korea Musical Awards
Current: 7th Korea Musical Awards
Awarded forExcellence in musical theatre
DateJanuary 10, 2016 (2016-01-10)
LocationSeoul
Country South Korea
Presented byKorea Musical Theater Association
First awarded2016
Last awarded2023
Most nominations7 - Red Book
WebsiteKorea Music Award Official Website
Television/radio coverage
NetworkNaver TV

There were other musical awards with similar name in Korea from 1995 to 2013, hosted by the newspaper Sports Chosun, however it's already discontinued.

Categories

Art
  • Grandprize
  • Best Musical
  • Best Musical Small Theater

Individual
  • Best Actress
  • Best Actor
  • Best Supporting Actress
  • Best Supporting Actor
  • Best New Actress
  • Best New Actor
  • Best Ensemble Award

Creation
  • Best Script
  • Best Composer
  • Best Music Director
  • Best Choreography
  • Best Director
  • Best Staging Techniques
  • Best Producer

Artwork

Best Musical Grand Prize
No. Year Winner Note
1st 2016 Sweeney Todd [2]
2nd 2017 Benhur
3rd 2018 The Man Who Laughs [3]
4th 2019 Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? [4]
5th 2020 Marie Curie [5][6]
6th 2021 Hadestown [7]
7th 2022 Showman - A Dictator's Fourth Body Double [8]

Best Musical (over 400 seats)
No. Year Winner Note
1st 2016 Natasha, the White Donkey, and Me [2]
2nd 2017 Seopyeonje
3rd 2018 Red Book
4th 2019 Sweeney Todd (musical)
5th 2020 Swag Age: Shout Out, Joseon!
6th 2021 Red Book
7th 2022 Death Note [9]

Best Musical Award Small Theater
No. Year Winner Note
1st 2016 —
2nd 2017 Maybe Happy Ending
3rd 2018 Bernarda Alba
4th 2019 Aranga
5th 2020 Lizzie
6th 2021 Who Lives in Kuroi's Mansion?
7th 2022 Let Me Fly [8]

Individual Division

Best Actress
No. Year Winner Note
1st 2016 Jeon Mi-do — Sweeney Todd (스위니토드) [2]
2nd 2017 Jeon Mi-do — Maybe Happy Ending [10]
3rd 2018 Jung Young-joo — Bernarda Alba [11]
4th 2019 Kim Seon-young — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? [4]
5th 2020 Kim Soo-ha — Rent [12]
6th 2021 Cha Ji-yeon — Red Book [13]
7th 2022 Lee Ja-ram — Sepyeonje [14]

Best Actor
No. Year Winner Note
1st 2016 Jeong Seong-hwa — Kinky Boots [15]
2nd 2017 Hong Kwang-ho — Cyrano [16]
3rd 2018 Park Hyo-shin — The Man Who Laughs
Choi Jae-rim — Matilda
4th 2019 Cho Hyung-kyun — Cyrano
5th 2020 Kang Pil-seok — Something Rotten!
6th 2021 Park Kang-hyun and Park Seon-young — Hadestown
7th 2022 Yoon Na-mu — Showman - A Dictator's Fourth Body Double [8]

Best Supporting Actress
No. Year Winner Note
1st 2016 Shin Young-sook — Rebecca
2nd 2017 Shin Young-sook — Phantom
3rd 2018 Kim Kook-hee — Red book
4th 2019 Lee Yee-un — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? [4]
5th 2020 Lee Bom-sori — The chami
6th 2021 Kim Sun-young — Hadestown
7th 2022 Choi Jeong-won — Matilda [17]

Best Supporting Actor
No. Year Winner Note
1st 2016 Park Eun-tae — Dorian Gray
2nd 2017 Lee Jung-yeol — The bookkeeping system
3rd 2018 Han Ji-sang — A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
4th 2019 Park Kang-hyun — Excalibur
5th 2020 Seo Kyung-soo — Something Rotten
6th 2021 Choi Jae-rim — Chicago
7th 2022 Kang Hong-seok — Death Note [17]

Best New Actress
No. Year Winner Note
1st 2016 Lee Ye-eun — The Wicked
2nd 2017 Yi So-yeon — The bookkeeping system
3rd 2018 Kim Hwan-hee — Bernarda Alba
4th 2019 Kim Soo-ha — Swag Age: Shout out, Joseon
5th 2020 Han Jae-ah — Maybe Happy Ending
6th 2021 Jang Min-je — Beetlejuice (musical)
7th 2022 Lim Ha-yoon, Jin Yeon-woo, Choi Eun-young, and Hasinbi —Matilda [14]

Best New Actor
No. Year Winner Note
1st 2016 Kim Sung-cheol — Sweeney Todd
2nd 2017 Son Yoo-dong — History of the loser [10]
3rd 2018 Lee Hwi-jong — Do and Brothers Karamazov
4th 2019 Yang Hee-jun — Swag Age: Shout out, Joseon
5th 2020 Lee Jun-young — Swag Age: Shout out, Joseon
6th 2021 Kim Si-hoon, Lee Woo-jin, Jeon Kang-hyuk, Joo Hyun-jun — Billy Elliot
7th 2022 Lee Hyung-hoon — Let Me Fly [14]

Best Ensemble Award
No. Year Winner Note
1st 2016 Kinky Boots (킹키부츠)
2nd 2017 Benhur
3rd 2018 Mathilda
4th 2019 Aida
5th 2020 42nd Street
6th 2021 The Great Comet
7th 2022 West Side Story [17]

Best Creative

Best Producer
No. Year Winner Note
1st 2016 Uhm Hong-hyun — Mata Hari [2]
2nd 2017 Han Kyung-sook — Maybe Happy Ending
3rd 2018 Park Myung-sung — Matilda Billy Elliot
4th 2019 Oh Hoon-shik — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? [4]
5th 2020 CJ ENM — Finding Mr. Destiny, 42nd Street, Werther, Big Fish, Maybe Happy Ending, Kinky Boots
6th 2021 Shownote — The Great Comet, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Headwick
7th 2022 Kim Mih-hye, Park Min-sun — Mrs. Doubtfire

Best Director
No. Year Winner Note
1st 2016 Oh Se-hyuk — Natasha, the White Donkey, and Me [2]
2nd 2017 Kim Dong-yeon — Maybe Happy Ending [18]
3rd 2018 Oh Kyung-taek — Red book
4th 2019 Ohrupina — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? [4]
5th 2020 Kim Tae-hyong — Marie Curie [5]
6th 2021 Kim Dong-yeon — Who Lives in Kuroi's Mansion?
7th 2022 Kim Dong-yeon — Death Note

Best Playwright
No. Year Winner Note
1st 2016 Park Hae-rim — Natasha, the White Donkey, and Me [2]
2nd 2017 Hue Park and Will Aronson— Maybe Happy Ending [18]
3rd 2018 Young Jung — Dedication of Suspect X
4th 2019 Kang Nam — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life?
5th 2020 Cheon Se-eun — Marie Curie [6]
6th 2021 Pyo Sang-ah — Who Lives in Kuroi's Mansion?
7th 2022 Han Jeon-seok — Showman - A Dictator's Fourth Body Double

Music Award Arrangement/Music Director
No. Year Winner Note
1st 2016 Lee Jin-wook — Rachmaninov [2]
2nd 2017 Will Aronson — Maybe Happy Ending
3rd 2018 Kim Seong-soo — Bernarda Alba
4th 2019 Shin Eun-kyung — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? [4]
5th 2020 Kim Seong-soo — Something Rotten!
6th 2021 Yang Joo-in — Red Book
7th 2022 Kim Seong-soo — Jesus Christ Superstar

Composer Award
No. Year Winner Note
1st 2016
2nd 2017
3rd 2018
4th 2019 Kim Hyo-eun — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? [4]
5th 2020 Choi Jong-yoon — Marie Curie [19]
6th 2021 Kim Bo-young — Who Lives in Kuroi's Mansion?
7th 2022 Hong Min-chan — Let Me Fly

Best Choreography
No. Year Winner Note
1st 2016 Shin Seon-ho — Rogisu [2]
2nd 2017 Cha Jin-yeop — Along with the Gods [18]
3rd 2018 Hong Yu-seon — Red Book
4th 2019 Moon Seong-woo — Benhur
5th 2020 Kim Eun-chong — Swag Age: Shout out, Joseon
6th 2021 Lee Hyun-jung — Lizzy
7th 2022 Kim Dong-yeon — Death Note

Stage Arts Award
No. Year Winner Note
1st 2016 Oh Pil-young (stage) — Mata Hari [2]
2nd 2017 Seo Sook-jin — Benhur [18]
3rd 2018 Oh Pil-young (stage) — The Man Who Laugh
4th 2019 Park Joon (video) — City of Angels
5th 2020 Oh Pil-young (stage) — A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
6th 2021 Oh Pil-young (stage) — The Great Comet
7th 2022 Oh Pil-young (stage, lighting, video, accessories director) — Death Note

Special Award

Staff Award
No. Year Winner Note
2nd 2017 Kim Moon-jung

New Wave Award
No. Year Winner Note
3rd 2018 Ready to Fly

Special Merit Award
No. Year Winner Note
1st 2016 Park Man-gyu [2]
2nd 2017 Kang Dae-jin
3rd 2018 Lee Jong-deok
4th 2019 —
5th 2020 The musical
6th 2021 Daegu International Musical Festival
7th 2022 Yoon Bok-hee [20]

Award milestones

Some notable records and facts about the Korea Musical Awards include the following:

  • The 2nd edition of awards. Maybe Happy Ending received the most awards by walking off with six trophies — Will Aronson for Best Music, Will Aronson and Hue Park for Best Book, Kim Dong-yeon for Best Director, Han Kyung-sook for Best Producer, Jeon Mi-do for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Small Theater Musical.[16]
  • The 6th edition of awards was held at the Blue Square, Shinhan Card Hall on January 10, 2022. The nominations were announced on December 20, 2021. The musical Red Book was nominated for 7 categories: Best Musical, Best Leading Actress (Female), Best Supporting Actress (Male), Best New Artist (Female), Producer Award, Directing Award, and Music Award.[21]

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