A Korean-language production run of Death Note: The Musical (뮤지컬 데스노트) opened on April 1, 2023 at the Charlotte Theatre in Seoul, South Korea. It was scheduled to run until June 18, 2023. The production was first announced on February 5, 2023.[2]
This is an encore performance of the 2022 Korean production with most of the main cast returning. The encore performance was announced within a month after the 2022 production won in 4 categories at the 7th Korea Musical Awards.[2]
This is the fourth Korean-language production of the musical, and the eighth production overall.
Cast[]
As an encore performance, most of the main cast are returning from the 2022 Korean production. The full cast was announced on February 26, 2023 in a series of posts on Twitter and Instagram along with their cast posters.
| Role | 2023 Cast | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Light Yagami | Hong Kwang-Ho (홍광호) | Returned from 2015, 2022 |
| Go Eun-Seong (고은성) | Returned from 2022 | |
| L | Kim Junsu (김준수) | Returned from 2015, 2017, 2022 |
| Kim Sung-Cheol (김성철) | Returned from 2022 | |
| Misa Amane | Jang Min-Je (장민제) | Returned from 2022 |
| Ryu In-Ah | Portrayed Sayu in the 2022 production | |
| Ryuk | Seo Kyung-Soo (서경수) | Returned from 2022 |
| Jang Ji-Hoo (장지후) | ||
| Rem | Jang Eun-A (장은아) | Returned from 2022 |
| Lee Young-Mi (이영미) | ||
| Soichiro Yagami | Seo Beom-Seok (서범석) | Returned from 2022 |
| Kim Yong-Soo (김용수) | ||
| Sayu Yagami | Park Hyeon-Seon (박현선) | |
| Ide | Kwon Sang-Seok (권상석) | |
| Mogi | Lee Ho-Jin (이호진) | Returned from 2022 |
| Aizawa | Maeng Won-Tae (맹원태) | Returned from 2022 |
| Matsuda | Kim Dae-Shik (김대식) | |
| Ukita | Jeong Hoe-Yoon (정회윤) | Returned from 2022 |
| Ensemble | 서재홍, 박태경, 손지훈, 강경현 | Returning |
| 김서안, 박영빈 | Returning, previously Swing | |
| 이현영, 신새연, 유지은, 이소연 | New | |
| Swing | 한연주 | Returning |
| 추광호, 유환, 정서인 | New |
Image gallery[]
General posters[]
Character poster set[]
The character poster set was released on February 14, 2023.
Cast poster set[]
The cast poster set was released on February 26, 2023.
Video gallery[]
Trivia[]
- This run of the musical has double-cast the role of Soichiro Yagami, which is the first production of the musical to do so.
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| Death Note: The Musical |
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 South Korea 2023 See also: Image Gallery • Video Gallery • Cast and Crew |
External links[]
References[]
- ↑ Based on previous runs of the musical.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Announcement posted on Instagram, with confirmation of the returning cast also posted on Instagram. February 5, 2023.