Famous musical legend who saw ‘Juri Lola’ praised “Better than I imagined, it moved my heart” [Comprehensive]

The legendary musical actor praised the ‘Musical Star’ content.

On the 22nd, the YouTube channel ‘Bread Academy’ posted a video titled ‘What was the reaction of a Broadway star actor who saw Bread Song Guk‘s musical star!?’. The video features famous American musical actor Brad Little, reviewing the ‘Musical Star’ content of the ‘Bread Song Guk’ channel.

Brad Little debuted in 1988 in the role of Billy Croker in the musical ‘Anything Goes’. He is also famous for his leading roles in the well-known Korean musicals ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ and ‘Jekyll and Hyde’.

The ‘Musical Star’ that he reviewed is a musical content in which comedians Kwak Beom, Lee Chang-ho, and Kim Hae-jun transformed into musical actor characters, playing the roles of Kwak Philip, Lee Ho-kwang, and Kim Min-jun, respectively. As the show progressed to Season 5, he also collaborated with actual professional musical actors such as Kai, Jung Sun-ah, Kim Jun-su, and Park Eun-tae. In particular, the ‘Land of Lola’ stage of ‘Kinky Boots’, aka ‘Rat Lola’, presented by Lee Ho-kwang (Lee Chang-ho), garnered explosive popularity and unexpectedly created a musical craze.

In the video, Brad Little first watched Jeong Seon-ah’s ‘Chicago’ video and praised her, saying, “I haven‘t seen the Korean ‘Chicago’ yet, but she’s so good.“ When the comic ensemble made up of comedians appeared, they burst into laughter. He praised Jeong Seon-ah‘s professionalism, holding back laughter and taking it seriously, saying, “How can you concentrate? That’s so cool. I wonder how you can not laugh in that situation. I usually play the ‘Laughing Game’ with my daughter, and I think Jeong Seon-ah would win,” expressing his wonder. He continued, “The ensemble‘s movements are pretty good too. He said, “Jeong Seon-ah and the ensemble are so focused, they look like professionals,” and watched the video again.

Regarding Kim Min-jun (Kim Hae-jun)’s ‘Jekyll’ stage, he said, “It’s one of my favorite songs. The tone is good,” but expressed regret that it ended without a strong impact. He said, “The key is to not make the audience or the actor himself look funny, but that’s difficult. But his voice was good and he did a good job. He approached it seriously and maintained his sincerity until the end. Jekyll’s acting was good and he made good use of the changes in his voice.”

Brad Little, before watching Lee Ho-kwang (Lee Chang-ho)’s ‘Gethsemane’, said, “It’s the song I’ve loved the most since I was little. I always sang it at home and practiced it all the time when I came to Broadway, and I ended up playing Jesus. It’s a difficult but really good song.” Regarding the stage where he left off, he said, “I know how you feel. It’s hard. He said, “I’ve been through that before when I performed,” and sympathized, “Your expression is good, but your body looks a bit awkward. It seems like you‘re not used to using your body. Close-ups are much better. Your acting wasn’t bad. Many people who watch this video will know Michael Lee, and he‘ll say he did a good job. His singing wasn’t great, but it moved my heart.”

He also watched the popular ‘Juri Lola’ video. Brad Little laughed and said, “I don‘t want to go to this Lolaland. It’s scary.“ When the staff asked, “If ‘Juri Lola’ came to the audition for the show that Brad made, would you cast them?, he honestly said, “Of course I wouldn‘t cast them. I couldn’t put them in my show.”

Brad Little said, “To be honest, I hate programs where regular people sing and get evaluated. It‘s about evaluating innate ability... But this video was made to be funny, so it’s okay. But I really hate judging someone who doesn‘t have talent. I can never laugh at that,“ he confessed.

He also said, ”If I ever do a comedy musical in the future, I think I’ll work with these people. To be honest, they did a good job with many things. Comedians are good at acting. I really liked that they did this for the musical.“

When an insider revealed that ‘Musical Star’ had a positive effect on the musical industry, Brad Little said, ”That‘s what I hoped for. It was more meaningful and good because they sang with sincerity and not joking around. It was so much fun.“ He continued, ”I was surprised. Honestly, I thought it would be really weird, but I was surprised because it was so good. They’re all professionals. I feel proud that a lot of people who weren‘t interested in musicals were introduced to it. He said, “You must have had a hard time singing high notes.”

Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com reporter shine2562@donga.com

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