Park Ji-yeon from ‘Once’ shared her feelings about returning to the stage after 10 years.
On the morning of the 7th, a rehearsal open house and press conference for the musical ‘Once’ was held at the Shinseki Company rehearsal studio in Seocho-gu, Seoul. After a scene demonstration, a Q&A session took place with co-director Conor Hanratty, co-choreographer Jennifer Rooney, co-music director Jason DeBord, translator Hwang Seok-hee, domestic co-director Lee Ji-young, domestic co-music director Kim Moon-jung, domestic co-choreographer Hwang Hyun-jung, and actors Yoon Hyung-ryeol, Lee Chung-joo, Han Seung-yoon, Park Ji-yeon, Lee Ye-eun, Park Ji-il, and Lee Jeong-yeol in attendance.
Han Seung-yoon, Lee Chung-joo, and Yoon Hyung-ryeol are cast as Guy, while Park Ji-yeon, Lee Ye-eun, Park Ji-il, and Lee Jeong-yeol are cast as Girl and Da. ‘Once’ is an actor-musician musical where the actors also play instruments themselves.
Park Ji-yeon said, “I participated in the premiere 10 years ago. It’s a revival after 10 years, and I’m so happy just to be performing. ‘Once’ is the performance I love the most among all the shows I’ve been in. I’m practicing so happily,” adding, “This time, the script has been completely rewritten. I think it will be 10 times, 100 times more fun than 10 years ago.”
The musical ‘Once’ depicts the fateful meeting between a street guitarist and an immigrant flower seller, based on the 2007 film of the same name. One of the OST duets, ‘Falling Slowly,’ has also been well-loved in Korea. It has been about 10 years since the Korean premiere in 2014 and the performance in 2015.
‘Once’ will be performed at the COEX Shinhan Card Artium from the 19th of this month until May 31.
[Shin Young-eun, Star Today Reporter]
