The Korea Musical Awards () 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 2017.
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.YearWinnerNote 1st2017Sweeney Todd 2nd2018Benhur 3rd2019 The Man Who Laughs 4th2020Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? 5th2021Marie Curie 6th2022Hadestown 7th2023Showman - A Dictator's Fourth Body Double
Best Musical (over 400 seats) No.YearWinnerNote 1st2017Natasha, the White Donkey, and Me 2nd2018Seopyeonje 3rd2019Red Book 4th2020Sweeney Todd (musical) 5th2021Swag Age: Shout Out, Joseon! 6th2022Red Book 7th2023Death Note
Best Musical Award Small Theater No.YearWinnerNote 1st2017 2nd2018Maybe Happy Ending 3rd2019Bernarda Alba 4th2020Aranga 5th2021Lizzie 6th2022Who Lives in Kuroi's Mansion? 7th2023Let Me Fly
Individual Division
Best Actress
No.YearWinnerNote 1st2017Jeon Mi-do — Sweeney Todd (스위니토드) 2nd2018Jeon Mi-do — Maybe Happy Ending 3rd2019Jung Young-joo — Bernarda Alba 4th2020Kim Seon-young — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? 5th2021Kim Soo-ha — Rent 6th2022Cha Ji-yeon — Red Book 7th2023Lee Ja-ram — Sepyeonje 8th2024Jeong Sun-ah — If/Then
Best Actor No.YearWinnerNote 1st2017Jeong Seong-hwa — Kinky Boots 2nd2018Hong Kwang-ho — Cyrano 3rd2019 Park Hyo-shin — The Man Who LaughsChoi Jae-rim — Matilda 4th2020Cho Hyung-kyun — Cyrano 5th2021Kang Pil-seok — Something Rotten! 6th2022Kang-hyun Park — Hadestown 7th2023Yoon Na-moo — Showman - A Dictator's Fourth Body Double 8th2024Cho Seung-woo — The Phantom of the Opera
Best Supporting Actress
No.YearWinnerNote 1st2017Shin Youngsook — Rebecca 2nd2018Shin Youngsook — Phantom 3rd2019 Kim Kook-hee — Red book 4th2020Lee Yee-un — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? 5th2021Lee Bom-sori — The chami 6th2022Kim Sun-young — Hadestown 7th2023Choi Jeong-won — Matilda
Best Supporting Actor No.YearWinnerNote 1st2017Park Eun-tae — Dorian Gray 2nd2018Lee Jung-yeol — Seopyeonje 3rd2019 Han Ji-sang — A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder 4th2020Park Kang-hyun — Xcalibur 5th2021Seo Kyung-soo — Something Rotten! 6th2022Choi Jae-rim — Chicago 7th2023Kang Hong-seok — Death Note
Best New Actress
No.YearWinnerNote 1st2017Lee Ye-eun — The Wicked 2nd2018 Yi So-yeon — Seopyeonje 3rd2019Kim Hwan-hee — Bernarda Alba 4th2020Kim Soo-ha — Swag Age: Shout out, Joseon 5th2021Han Jae-ah — Maybe Happy Ending 6th2022Jang Min-je — Beetlejuice (musical) 7th2023Lim Ha-yoon, Jin Yeon-woo, Choi Eun-young, and Hasinbi —Matilda
Best New Actor No.YearWinnerNote 1st2017Kim Sung-cheol — Sweeney Todd 2nd2018Son Yoo-dong — History of the loser 3rd2019 Lee Hwi-jong — Do and Brothers Karamazov 4th2020Yang Hee-jun — Swag Age: Shout out, Joseon 5th2021Lee Jun-young — Swag Age: Shout out, Joseon 6th2022Kim Si-hoon, Lee Woo-jin, Jeon Kang-hyuk, Joo Hyun-jun — Billy Elliot 7th2023Lee Hyung-hoon — Let Me Fly8th2024Julian Jootaek Kim — The Phantom Of The Opera
Best Ensemble Award No.YearWinnerNote 1st2017Kinky Boots (킹키부츠) 2nd2018Benhur 3rd2019Mathilda 4th2020Aida 5th202142nd Street 6th2022The Great Comet 7th2023West Side Story
Best Creative
Best Producer No.YearWinnerNote1st2017Uhm Hong-hyun — Mata Hari 2nd2018Han Kyung-sook — Maybe Happy Ending3rd2019Park Myung-sung — Matilda Billy Elliot4th2020Oh Hoon-shik — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life?5th2021CJ ENM — Finding Mr. Destiny, 42nd Street, Werther, Big Fish, Maybe Happy Ending, Kinky Boots6th2022Shownote — The Great Comet, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Headwick7th2023Kim Mih-hye, Park Min-sun — Mrs. Doubtfire
Best Director No.YearWinnerNote 1st2017Oh Se-hyuk — Natasha, the White Donkey, and Me 2nd2018Kim Dong-yeon — Maybe Happy Ending 3rd2019Oh Kyung-taek — Red book 4th2020Ohrupina — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? 5th2021Kim Tae-hyong — Marie Curie 6th2022Kim Dong-yeon — Who Lives in Kuroi's Mansion? 7th2023Kim Dong-yeon — Death Note
Best Playwright No.YearWinnerNote 1st2017Park Hae-rim — Natasha, the White Donkey, and Me 2nd2018Hue Park and Will Aronson— Maybe Happy Ending 3rd2019Young Jung — Dedication of Suspect X 4th2020Kang Nam — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? 5th2021Cheon Se-eun — Marie Curie 6th2022Pyo Sang-ah — Who Lives in Kuroi's Mansion? 7th2023Han Jeon-seok — Showman - A Dictator's Fourth Body Double
Music Award Arrangement/Music Director
No.YearWinnerNote 1st2017Lee Jin-wook — Rachmaninov 2nd2018Will Aronson — Maybe Happy Ending 3rd2019Kim Seong-soo — Bernarda Alba 4th2020Shin Eun-kyung — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? 5th2021Kim Seong-soo — Something Rotten! 6th2022Yang Joo-in — Red Book 7th2023Kim Seong-soo — Jesus Christ Superstar
Composer Award No.YearWinnerNote 1st2017 2nd2018 3rd2019 4th2020Kim Hyo-eun — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? 5th2021Choi Jong-yoon — Marie Curie 6th2022Kim Bo-young — Who Lives in Kuroi's Mansion? 7th2023Hong Min-chan — Let Me Fly
Best Choreography
No.YearWinnerNote 1st2017Shin Seon-ho — Rogisu 2nd2018Cha Jin-yeop — Along with the Gods 3rd2019Hong Yu-seon — Red Book 4th2020Moon Seong-woo — Benhur 5th2021Kim Eun-chong — Swag Age: Shout out, Joseon 6th2022Lee Hyun-jung — Lizzy 7th2023Kim Dong-yeon — Death Note
Stage Arts Award No.YearWinnerNote 1st2017Oh Pil-young (stage) — Mata Hari 2nd2018Seo Sook-jin — Benhur 3rd2019Oh Pil-young (stage) — The Man Who Laugh 4th2020Park Joon (video) — City of Angels 5th2021Oh Pil-young (stage) — A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder 6th2022Oh Pil-young (stage) — The Great Comet 7th2023Oh Pil-young (stage, lighting, video, accessories director) — Death Note
Special Award
Staff Award No.YearWinnerNote 2nd 2018 Kim Moon-jung
New Wave Award No.YearWinnerNote 3rd 2019 Ready to Fly
Special Merit Award No.YearWinnerNote 1st2017Park Man-gyu 2nd2018Kang Dae-jin 3rd2019Lee Jong-deok 4th2020— 5th2021The musical 6th2022Daegu International Musical Festival 7th2023Yoon Bok-hee
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, 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. 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 in 7 categories: Best Musical, Best Leading Actress (Female), Best Supporting Actor (Male), Best New Artist (Female), Producer Award, Directing Award, and Music Award.
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