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 ''

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Artwork

Best Musical Grand Prize

Best Musical (over 400 seats)

Best Musical Award Small Theater

Individual Division

Best Actress

Best Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best New Actress

Best New Actor

Best Ensemble Award

Best Creative

Best Producer

Best Director

Best Playwright

Music Award Arrangement/Music Director

Composer Award

Best Choreography

Stage Arts Award

Special Award

Staff Award

New Wave Award

Special Merit Award

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 William Landry Aronson (born 1981) is an American composer, writer for musical theater and Tony Award winner, whose work includes the scores for ''Pete the Cat, Mother, Me & the Monsters,'' and ''My Scary Girl.'' He also composed and co-wrote the ...

and

Hue Park Hue Park (born Park Chun-hue, ) is a South Korean lyricist and musical theatre writer. Early career as lyricist Park started working as an in-house lyricist for Music Cube while he was still attending Dongguk University for creative writingno ...

for Best Book,

Kim Dong-yeon Kim Dong-yeon (; born 28 January 1957) is a South Korean politician who has served as the 36th governor of Gyeonggi Province since 2022. He previously served as the 4th minister of economy and finance and deputy prime minister from 2017 to 2018 ...

for Best Director, Han Kyung-sook for Best Producer,

Jeon Mi-do Jeon Mi-do (; born August 4, 1982) is a South Korean actress and singer. She debuted as ensemble cast in musical ''Mr. Mouse'' in 2006. She later made a name for herself by appearing in famous works such as the musical ''Finding Kim Jong-wook'', ...

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.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Korea Musical Awards Awards established in 2017 2017 establishments in South Korea Musical theatre awards South Korean theatre awards

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