# Korea Musical Awards (2017)

The Korea Musical Awards (Korean: 대한민국뮤지컬페스티벌 한국뮤지컬어워즈) 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. | Year | Winner |
| 1st | 2017 | Sweeney Todd |
| 2nd | 2018 | Benhur |
| 3rd | 2019 | The Man Who Laughs |
| 4th | 2020 | Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? |
| 5th | 2021 | Marie Curie |
| 6th | 2022 | Hadestown |
| 7th | 2023 | Showman - A Dictator's Fourth Body Double |

### Best Musical (over 400 seats)

| No. | Year | Winner |
| 1st | 2017 | Natasha, the White Donkey, and Me |
| 2nd | 2018 | Seopyeonje |
| 3rd | 2019 | Red Book |
| 4th | 2020 | Sweeney Todd (musical) |
| 5th | 2021 | Swag Age: Shout Out, Joseon! |
| 6th | 2022 | Red Book |
| 7th | 2023 | Death Note |

### Best Musical Award Small Theater

| No. | Year | Winner |
| 1st | 2017 | — |
| 2nd | 2018 | Maybe Happy Ending |
| 3rd | 2019 | Bernarda Alba |
| 4th | 2020 | Aranga |
| 5th | 2021 | Lizzie |
| 6th | 2022 | Who Lives in Kuroi's Mansion? |
| 7th | 2023 | Let Me Fly |

## Individual Division
### Best Actress

| No. | Year | Winner |
| 1st | 2017 | Jeon Mi-do — Sweeney Todd (스위니토드) |
| 2nd | 2018 | Jeon Mi-do — Maybe Happy Ending |
| 3rd | 2019 | Jung Young-joo — Bernarda Alba |
| 4th | 2020 | Kim Seon-young — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? |
| 5th | 2021 | Kim Soo-ha — Rent |
| 6th | 2022 | Cha Ji-yeon — Red Book |
| 7th | 2023 | Lee Ja-ram — Sepyeonje |
| 8th | 2024 | Jeong Sun-ah — If/Then |

### Best Actor

| No. | Year | Winner |
| 1st | 2017 | Jeong Seong-hwa — Kinky Boots |
| 2nd | 2018 | Hong Kwang-ho — Cyrano |
| 3rd | 2019 | Park Hyo-shin — The Man Who Laughs Choi Jae-rim — Matilda |
| 4th | 2020 | Cho Hyung-kyun — Cyrano |
| 5th | 2021 | Kang Pil-seok — Something Rotten! |
| 6th | 2022 | Kang-hyun Park — Hadestown |
| 7th | 2023 | Yoon Na-moo — Showman - A Dictator's Fourth Body Double |
| 8th | 2024 | Cho Seung-woo — The Phantom of the Opera |

### Best Supporting Actress

| No. | Year | Winner |
| 1st | 2017 | Shin Young-sook — Rebecca |
| 2nd | 2018 | Shin Young-sook — Phantom |
| 3rd | 2019 | Kim Kook-hee — Red book |
| 4th | 2020 | Lee Yee-un — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? |
| 5th | 2021 | Lee Bom-sori — The chami |
| 6th | 2022 | Kim Sun-young — Hadestown |
| 7th | 2023 | Choi Jeong-won — Matilda |

### Best New Actress

| No. | Year | Winner |
| 1st | 2017 | Lee Ye-eun — The Wicked |
| 2nd | 2018 | Yi So-yeon — The bookkeeping system |
| 3rd | 2019 | Kim Hwan-hee — Bernarda Alba |
| 4th | 2020 | Kim Soo-ha — Swag Age: Shout out, Joseon |
| 5th | 2021 | Han Jae-ah — Maybe Happy Ending |
| 6th | 2022 | Jang Min-je — Beetlejuice (musical) |
| 7th | 2023 | Lim Ha-yoon, Jin Yeon-woo, Choi Eun-young, and Hasinbi —Matilda |

### Best New Actor

| No. | Year | Winner |
| 1st | 2017 | Kim Sung-cheol — Sweeney Todd |
| 2nd | 2018 | Son Yoo-dong — History of the loser |
| 3rd | 2019 | Lee Hwi-jong — Do and Brothers Karamazov |
| 4th | 2020 | Yang Hee-jun — Swag Age: Shout out, Joseon |
| 5th | 2021 | Lee Jun-young — Swag Age: Shout out, Joseon |
| 6th | 2022 | Kim Si-hoon, Lee Woo-jin, Jeon Kang-hyuk, Joo Hyun-jun — Billy Elliot |
| 7th | 2023 | Lee Hyung-hoon — Let Me Fly |
| 8th | 2024 | Julian Jootaek Kim — The Phantom Of The Opera |

### Best Ensemble Award

| No. | Year | Winner |
| 1st | 2017 | Kinky Boots (킹키부츠) |
| 2nd | 2018 | Benhur |
| 3rd | 2019 | Mathilda |
| 4th | 2020 | Aida |
| 5th | 2021 | 42nd Street |
| 6th | 2022 | The Great Comet |
| 7th | 2023 | West Side Story |

## Best Creative
### Best Producer

| No. | Year | Winner |
| 1st | 2017 | Uhm Hong-hyun — Mata Hari |
| 2nd | 2018 | Han Kyung-sook — Maybe Happy Ending |
| 3rd | 2019 | Park Myung-sung — Matilda Billy Elliot |
| 4th | 2020 | Oh Hoon-shik — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? |
| 5th | 2021 | CJ ENM — Finding Mr. Destiny, 42nd Street, Werther, Big Fish, Maybe Happy Ending, Kinky Boots |
| 6th | 2022 | Shownote — The Great Comet, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Headwick |
| 7th | 2023 | Kim Mih-hye, Park Min-sun — Mrs. Doubtfire |

### Best Director

| No. | Year | Winner |
| 1st | 2017 | Oh Se-hyuk — Natasha, the White Donkey, and Me |
| 2nd | 2018 | Kim Dong-yeon — Maybe Happy Ending |
| 3rd | 2019 | Oh Kyung-taek — Red book |
| 4th | 2020 | Ohrupina — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? |
| 5th | 2021 | Kim Tae-hyong — Marie Curie |
| 6th | 2022 | Kim Dong-yeon — Who Lives in Kuroi's Mansion? |
| 7th | 2023 | Kim Dong-yeon — Death Note |

### Best Playwright

| No. | Year | Winner |
| 1st | 2017 | Park Hae-rim — Natasha, the White Donkey, and Me |
| 2nd | 2018 | Hue Park and Will Aronson— Maybe Happy Ending |
| 3rd | 2019 | Young Jung — Dedication of Suspect X |
| 4th | 2020 | Kang Nam — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? |
| 5th | 2021 | Cheon Se-eun — Marie Curie |
| 6th | 2022 | Pyo Sang-ah — Who Lives in Kuroi's Mansion? |
| 7th | 2023 | Han Jeon-seok — Showman - A Dictator's Fourth Body Double |

### Music Award Arrangement/Music Director

| No. | Year | Winner |
| 1st | 2017 | Lee Jin-wook — Rachmaninov |
| 2nd | 2018 | Will Aronson — Maybe Happy Ending |
| 3rd | 2019 | Kim Seong-soo — Bernarda Alba |
| 4th | 2020 | Shin Eun-kyung — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? |
| 5th | 2021 | Kim Seong-soo — Something Rotten! |
| 6th | 2022 | Yang Joo-in — Red Book |
| 7th | 2023 | Kim Seong-soo — Jesus Christ Superstar |

### Composer Award

| No. | Year | Winner |
| 1st | 2017 | |
| 2nd | 2018 | |
| 3rd | 2019 | |
| 4th | 2020 | Kim Hyo-eun — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? |
| 5th | 2021 | Choi Jong-yoon — Marie Curie |
| 6th | 2022 | Kim Bo-young — Who Lives in Kuroi's Mansion? |
| 7th | 2023 | Hong Min-chan — Let Me Fly |

### Best Choreography

| No. | Year | Winner |
| 1st | 2017 | Shin Seon-ho — Rogisu |
| 2nd | 2018 | Cha Jin-yeop — Along with the Gods |
| 3rd | 2019 | Hong Yu-seon — Red Book |
| 4th | 2020 | Moon Seong-woo — Benhur |
| 5th | 2021 | Kim Eun-chong — Swag Age: Shout out, Joseon |
| 6th | 2022 | Lee Hyun-jung — Lizzy |
| 7th | 2023 | Kim Dong-yeon — Death Note |

### Stage Arts Award

| No. | Year | Winner |
| 1st | 2017 | Oh Pil-young (stage) — Mata Hari |
| 2nd | 2018 | Seo Sook-jin — Benhur |
| 3rd | 2019 | Oh Pil-young (stage) — The Man Who Laugh |
| 4th | 2020 | Park Joon (video) — City of Angels |
| 5th | 2021 | Oh Pil-young (stage) — A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder |
| 6th | 2022 | Oh Pil-young (stage) — The Great Comet |
| 7th | 2023 | Oh Pil-young (stage, lighting, video, accessories director) — Death Note |

## Special Award
### Staff Award

| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
| 2nd | 2018 | Kim Moon-jung | |

### New Wave Award

| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
| 3rd | 2019 | Ready to Fly | |

### Special Merit Award

| No. | Year | Winner |
| 1st | 2017 | Park Man-gyu |
| 2nd | 2018 | Kang Dae-jin |
| 3rd | 2019 | Lee Jong-deok |
| 4th | 2020 | — |
| 5th | 2021 | The musical |
| 6th | 2022 | Daegu International Musical Festival |
| 7th | 2023 | Yoon 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.