Adrian Werum News

The new musical, TEARS OF HEAVEN premiered on February 1, 2011 at the National Theater in Seoul. Check out photos of the show below!

We've now got a complete look at the new musical, TEARS OF HEAVEN, which premiered on February 1, 2011 at the National Theater in Seoul.

As BroadwayWorld has previously reported, Junsu, a member of the South Korean pop group, JYJ, has been cast as the lead in the Broadway-bound musical, TEARS OF HEAVEN.

TEARS OF HEAVEN, the first original American commission for South Korea, will have its industry reading on Friday, September 11th. This original musical is produced by Creative Production and Seol & Company, and will debut in Seoul in 2010, with an original book by Phoebe Hwang, lyrics by Robin Lerner (An Officer & Gentleman, Grammy-nominated songwriter and CMA winner), music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Civil War, and the upcoming Bonnie & Clyde, Havana, and Wonderland), and directed by Gabriel Barre (Andrew Lippa's Wild Party, Camille Claudel, and Wildhorn's international Carmen in Prague), with musical direction by Adrian Werum (Steinman's Dance of the Vampires and Wildhorn's Carmen). Chris Choi (Broadway Overseas Management) is the general manager.

CARMEN (book by Norman Allen, lyrics by Jack Murphy, and directed by Gabriel Barre), currently running at the Karlin Theatre in Prague and starring the Czech Republic's biggest pop star Lucie Bila, has broken all box office records there and is now the biggest hit in the history of Czech theatre according to local media.

Carmen had its world premiere October 2, 2008 in Prague, Czech Republic. The book is by Norman Allen, the lyrics by Jack Murphy and it is directed Gabriel Barre who also did the NY workshop.