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Frozen: The Musical — Korean Premiere

Frozen: The Musical — Korean Premiere

The Korean premiere of the Broadway stage adaptation of Disney’s Frozen. The story of sisters Elsa and Anna is expanded with additional songs and scenes created for the theatre alongside the film’s best-known music.

Elisabeth

Elisabeth

An Austrian musical that reimagines Empress Elisabeth’s life through her relationship with Death, personified as a seductive figure. It moves between history and fantasy to explore royal constraint, freedom, political upheaval and loneliness.

Dear Evan Hansen

Dear Evan Hansen

The story follows Evan, an anxious and isolated teenager whose accidental lie after another student’s death pulls him into the center of a grieving family and school community. It explores loneliness, social media, belonging and the cost of deception.

Gwanghwamun Sonata

Gwanghwamun Sonata

A jukebox musical built around composer Lee Young-hoon’s songs. With only moments left to live, middle-aged Myung-woo travels back through his youth with the guide Wolha, revisiting first love and his life.

Majesty

Majesty

Oct. 25—Nov. 15, 2026

Dracula: The Musical

Dracula: The Musical

A large-scale licensed musical based on Bram Stoker’s novel, with music by Frank Wildhorn. It reframes Dracula and Mina’s fateful relationship as a Gothic romance about desire, immortality and redemption.

CATS — Daegu

CATS — Daegu

Dec. 18, 2026—Jan. 3, 2027

Hell’s Kitchen

Hell’s Kitchen

A musical inspired by Alicia Keys’s music and her experience growing up in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen. It follows 17-year-old Ali through conflict with her mother, first love and a transformative piano teacher as she finds her own voice.

Hangang International Dance Festival opens at Banpo Yebitseom today at 5 PM

Seoul Culture Portal lists the 2026 Hangang International Dance Festival “Welcome back Mr. Hamel” opening today, Oct. 1, at 5 PM at the Yebitseom outdoor stage in Banpo Hangang.

Seoul Philharmonic presents ‘Northern Night’ today at 7:30 PM

The Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra presents Rush Hour Talk Concert III: Northern Night at Seoul Anglican Cathedral at 7:30 PM today, Oct. 1.