Being an idol is not only about dancing and singing on stage. It is common in the idol world that they have individual schedules in other activities, such as joining TV variety show programs, acting in movies or drama, transforming into a photo model or taking a role in drama musicals.
This applies for BEAST as well. Three members of BEAST – Yang Yoseob, Jang Hyunseung, and Son Dongwoon – are the musical personnel that exists in the six-member group. Lets talk about each member’s journey in musical world one by one.
Yang Yoseob
Yoseob started his journey in the musical world with a role as Jiyong, the son of the two leading roles in musical “Gwanghwamun Sonata” back in 2011. The musical run from March 20 to April 10 at the Sejong Culture Theater Hall. Thanks to his outstanding performance, Yoseob earned the title of “Musical Rising Star” from Golden Ticket Awards in 2011
It took only around two years for Yoseob to take another challenge in a musical and became the main vocalist in the group joined drama musical “Joseph The Amazing” in 2013. This time, Yoseob got the main role as Joseph, who can interpret a dream. For his appearance in this musical, New York Times praised him as the hearthrob in the musical world.
In the space of months, Yoseob was then involved on his third project in drama musical “Full House”. This musical is based on popular drama “Full House” that brought singer Rain and actress Song Hyegyo to reach their peak of popularity. In this drama, Yoseob took the male lead character of celebrity Lee Youngjae.
Out of the BEAST members, Yoseob is the one who currently holds the largest amount of drama musical project. This month, Yoseob will transform into a hero in musical “Zorro”. Will Yoseob get more praise for his upcoming project?
Jang Hyunseung
The lead vocalist in the group, Hyunseung, became the next member in the musical line. He started his journey with the musical “Mozart” in 2012. He played the main character of Mozart and earned prais for his talented acting and singing despite performing on the same time of the group’s “Midnight Sun” album promotion. “Mozart’ is a musical that has gained global fame as well as domestically. It was first opened in Korea in 2010 where another famous idol namely JYJ’s Xiah Junsu starred in and achieved a good amount of success.
While in 2013, Hyunseung joined “Bonnie&Clyde” musical.“Bonnie&Clyde” is a musical set in the 1930s bringing the thrilling and dangerous love story of Bonnie and Clyde.
Hyunseung who also got lots of public love through his other sub-unit project with 4Minute in Troublemaker, performed a similar concept to the musical for music video “Now”, the title track of their second album. Hyunseung also got praised for his acting skills in the musical drama as he bring different side of Clyde from the one he interpreted before in the MV.
Let’s look forward to more of Hyunseung’s upcoming project.
Son Dongwoon
The last member in BEAST who joined have taken part in musicals is the youngest member Son Dongwoon. Dongwoon played the role of Frank Jr. in musical “Catch Me If You Can” in late 2012 to early 2013. Daring Frank Jr., has disguised himself as a teacher in his transferred school for a week and ran away from home after his parents’ divorce and began using his talent to deceive people.
Dongwoon showed his musical talent in the show along with other popular idols that joined the cast, such as Super Junior’s Kyuhyun and SHINee’s Key.
Will more musical projects come for Dongwoon in the future? Let’s wait and see.
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