SEPTEMBER 5 – OCTOBER 7, 2017
MON–WED @ 7PM | THU–SAT @ 8PM | + SELECT 3PM SHOWS
@ A.R.T./NEW YORK 502 WEST 53RD ST.

KPOP is here and America will never be the same. Claim your exclusive, all-access pass and immerse yourself in the Korean Pop music factory where stars are made… or broken.

a coproduction between Ars Nova, Ma-Yi Theater and Woodshed Collective.

KPOP

World Premiere Fall 2017
an immersive new musical

Conceived by Woodshed Collective and Jason Kim

Book by Writers Lab Member, Jason Kim
Music and Lyrics by Helen Park and Max Vernon
Immersive Design by Woodshed Collective

Directed by Teddy Bergman / Choreographed by Jennifer Weber

Presented in Association with Ma-Yi Theater Company and Woodshed Collective at Ars Nova and The A.R.T/New York Theatres

WHAT IS KPOP?
K-pop (abbreviation of Korean pop; Hangul: 케이팝) is a music genre originating in South Korea that is characterized by a wide variety of audiovisual elements. Although it comprises all genres of “popular music” within South Korea, the term is more often used in a narrower sense to describe a modern form of South Korean pop music.

Covering a range of styles and genres incorporated from the West such as Western pop music, rock, jazz, hip-hop, R&B, reggae, electronica, techno, rave, numetal, folk, country and classical music , the genre also incorporates a great deal of its traditional Korean music roots. K-pop entered the Japanese market at the turn of the 21st century and rapidly grew into a subculture among teenagers and young adults of East and Southeast Asia. With the advent of online social networking services, the current global spread of K-pop and Korean entertainment known as the Korean Wave is seen in Latin America, India, North Africa, the Middle East, and elsewhere in the Western world.