Jekyll & Hyde’ Fever Grips Korea & Japan
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Some Korean musical fans are already reserving plane and performance tickets to see their star Cho Seung-woo in a production of the musical "Jekyll & Hyde" in Tokyo and Osaka. The show tours the island country from March 13 to 24. Ticketing website Ticket Link said Friday some 20 Koreans already secured seats at the show after the Seoul run sold out.
Now there are plans to offer two- or three-day package tours combined with sightseeing to the show. Similar shows were offered for Japanese fans to coincide with the release here of Korean Wave star Bae Yong-joon's movie "April Snow", but this would be the first packages for Korean fans to hear their idol warble abroad.
In Seoul, the musical was sold out ahead of its opening on Wednesday. At online auction sites, touts are making a killing selling tickets for 50 percent markups, with many residents prepared to head down to Deagu to watch Cho as the doctor and his evil alter ego during the show's run there on Feb. 10-19.
The banner on Ticket Link that reads, "Cho Seung-woo's enjoyable 'Jekyll & Hyde' in Japan", gets about 1,100 hits a day. The OD Musical Company, which produces the show, says it will offer tours priced at W400.000-500,000 for dedicated fans who want to catch it in Osaka and Tokyo. In Japan, 50 percent of tickets are already gone.
Now there are plans to offer two- or three-day package tours combined with sightseeing to the show. Similar shows were offered for Japanese fans to coincide with the release here of Korean Wave star Bae Yong-joon's movie "April Snow", but this would be the first packages for Korean fans to hear their idol warble abroad.
In Seoul, the musical was sold out ahead of its opening on Wednesday. At online auction sites, touts are making a killing selling tickets for 50 percent markups, with many residents prepared to head down to Deagu to watch Cho as the doctor and his evil alter ego during the show's run there on Feb. 10-19.
The banner on Ticket Link that reads, "Cho Seung-woo's enjoyable 'Jekyll & Hyde' in Japan", gets about 1,100 hits a day. The OD Musical Company, which produces the show, says it will offer tours priced at W400.000-500,000 for dedicated fans who want to catch it in Osaka and Tokyo. In Japan, 50 percent of tickets are already gone.
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