Farewell 2020: Holiday Musical Gala at Home

Come Party with Us to Celebrate the End of the Year
"Farewell 2020: Holiday Musical Gala at Home"

Presented by the Korean Cultural Center New York
December 17, 2020 ~ January 15, 2021

No ticket or RSVP necessary

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It's time to party (safely)!

The holidays have always been about friends and family, and to share a moment of joy with those we cherish the most. We may be far away from one another, but that won't stop us from sharing a smile and song with those we love.

With the current difficulties with the COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions on in-person gatherings, the KCCNY has assembled a program of holiday favorites and carols, musical theater highlights, as well as hit songs from Korean contemporary theater for an online event that offers audience around the world a chance to connect with and engage with artists and with one another.

The Holiday Musical Gala at Home features individual and duet performances intermixed with a special message from each of the artists; the program's finale is a "virtual chorus" in which individual performances have been separately recorded then edited into one composite performance.

Join us for this special one-time live streaming experience!

Program

It's De-Lovely from Anything Goes

A Whole New World from Aladdin

This is the Moment from Jekyll & Hide

Hello from Laundry

As Long As You're Mine from Wicked

Out There from The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Unruly Heart from The Prom

Let It Go from Frozen

In Your Dreams from FRANKENSTEIN

So Beautiful from Laundry

Take Me As I Am from Jekyll & Hide

All I Ask of You from The Phantom of the Opera

O Holy Night

A Holly Jolly Christmas

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

Cast

Q Lim (@q_lim)Q is a Korean actor who made her principal debut on Broadway at Lincoln Center in The King and I directed by a Tony-Award winning director, Bartlett Sher. She got to perform along side with the Tony-Award winner Kelli Ohara, Ken Watanabe, Marin Mazzie, Daniel Dae Kim, Hoon Lee, Jose Llana, and Ruthie Ann Miles.

Q was also in the original cast of The King and I on Broadway Tour where she performed as the principal role of Tuptim.

After the tour, she had the privilege of singing for legendary composer Jason Robert Brown on his new musical in the works, Farewell My Concubine. And she played Callie in the Broadway workshop of KPOP the musical.

Q's very first American principal debut was as Luisa in The Fantasticks! She was also featured as a soloist in the annual concert 'Broadway's Rising Stars' at a Broadway concert hall.

Q Lim is the first and only Korean-born actor who got to perform as Jasmine, Mulan and Pocahontas on Disney Cruise.

Recently, Q started her YouTube channel to share her knowledge in Musical Theatre and English diction to Korean audiences. Check out Q Bang TV :D

Daniel J Edwards (@danieljedwards01)Daniel, born in Korea, raised America, made his Broadway debut in the original cast of the Tony Award Winning Anything Goes. There he performed on the Tony Awards, Good morning America, Jimmy Fallon Show, the David Letterman Show, the View, and many others along side Sutton Foster, Joel Grey, Colin Donnell, Laura Osnes, and other wonderful Broadway stars.

He was also a part of The King and I Broadway Tour as the cover of Luntha, and NYCC featured ensemble member of Encores: Road Show, where he worked with Stephen Sondheim himself.

He has provided multiple voices as a voice actor for internationally popular kids tv shows such as Yu-Gi-Oh! , Pokémon, Running Man the Animated Series, and much more.

Dongwoo Kang (@dongwookang91)

Dongwoo Kang was born and raised in South Korea. He flew 6,885 miles from his home country to New York City, where he had never been before. He had never performed in English, but he started his first journey in America.

A graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy of musical theater, he was selected during 2018 Broadway Rising Stars, a national showcase that introduces New York audiences to the next generation of up-and-coming talent as chosen by a panel of discerning judges drawn from the most outstanding new graduates from various schools, at the town hall in New York City.

His theatre credits include Lun Tha in the 2nd national tour of The King and I by NETworks, LLC (Northern American Tour). His film and TV show credits include Jinwoo in Kichin, written and directed by Takeru Thile. Kang also starred as a main host on Walk into America by Voice Of America, directed by Brian Kim.

He wishes to thank God for loving and supporting him as well as allowing him to chase his dreams in the United States. "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go." - Joshua 1:9.

Jinwoo Jung (@jinu108)Jinwoo Jung played Thuy in Miss Saigon (Broadway National Tour), Oracle in KPOP (Off-Broadway), Jean Michel in La Cage Aux Folles (East West Players) and many others.

Jung was born in Seoul and raised in Busan, South Korea. After graduating from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies majoring in Law (BL) in Korea, he moved to the U.S. following his dream to become an actor, and studied Acting (MFA) in the University of Southern California.

Joomin Hwang (@joominhwang)Joomin Hwang is the first native Korean in history to perform on the TONY AWARDS since 1947.

Born and raised in South Korea, He grew up as a breakdancer since he was 12 years old until he "accidentally" fell in love with musical theater in London where he performed a dance comedy show BREAK OUT at Peacock Theatre, West End. He watched Billy Elliot the musical there and it was the most magical experience in his entire life. Musical Theater completely changed Joomin's life which leads him to a too good to be true dream of Broadway. Since 2013, He started learning how to speak English where he started his music program at the University of Wisconsin. After he moved to New York in 2015, He played a principal role, TIMMY X, in the Off-Broadway show KPOP. His recent production, The Prom Broadway, closed with big support from the Broadway community for its message and positive contribution between LGBTQ society and this world. Finally, he made his dream come true! Since 1985, Joomin became the only native Korean-male performer who merged into Broadway again from South Korea musical theater.

Joomin expands his career to screen as well. He filmed one episode as a Co-star in IRON FIST season 2. He played the lead TOSHI in a featured comedy film Hail Mary! directed by Ziad H. Hamzeh. In a Hollywood film Isn't It Romantic, he appears as one of the featured dancers. He will also appear in In The Heights movie produced by Warner Brothers. Living in New York and doing what he loves to do is an unbelievably sweet dream for Joomin.

EJ Zimmerman (@ejzimmerman47)EJ Zimmerman is a Korean American adoptee, born in South Korea and raised in Maryland, who is a professional performer living in New York City.

EJ got her Equity card on the First National Tour of Avenue Q, and since then has played dream roles at top regional theatres across the country, including Nancy in Oliver!, Kim in Miss Saigon (Henry Award for Outstanding Lead Actress), and Reza in Once - where she also got to play her childhood instrument, the violin, on stage. In 2016 her Broadway dreams came true when she made her Broadway debut as Eponine in Les Miserables.

In addition to all of the recognizable roles she has played, EJ has spent much of her career originating roles for developmental works and premieres. This work is often the most challenging, exciting, and collaborative, and has allowed her to travel internationally - most notably to Morocco with the Sundance Theatre Lab and even to Daegu, South Korea with the musical I Got Fired.

EJ believes that representation matters, and continues a commitment to exploding racial stereotypes on stage, on screen, and in everyday life.

Joseph Im (@joseph_im)Joseph Im is a professional actor with 10 years of experience working on stage and film in Korea. He played Jean-Pierre in the musical Mozart! (Sejong Center), and Mr. Ahn in Think of Mr. Park (National Gugak Center), and Gi Chan in Carpe diem (National Theater of Korea).

Joseph Im was born and raised in Chung-Ju, South Korea. He graduated as a major in Musical theater in DIMA (Dong-ah Institute Media Arts). He passed the audition as a Jesus in musical The Rock in MJ theater company in Korea in the last semester of the university and participated in the performance immediately after graduation. He was praised by many people and directors, and he started to receive attention from many agencies and companies as a rising star in Korea. He moved to the U.S. to achieve his new dream to be an actor and a singer, and now he is pursuing an MFA degree in musical theater vocal pedagogy at the Boston conservatory at Berklee.