Korea Musical Awards (2017)
The Korea Musical Awards is a representative awards ceremony held in January every year to revitalize the musical market and to encourage and congratulate the musicians who are working hard in the art scene. It is organized by Korea Musical Theater Association and supported by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Arts Council Korea, and LG Arts Center, Seoul. First awards ceremony was held in 2017.
There were other musical awards with similar name in Korea from 1995 to 2013, hosted by the newspaper Sports Chosun, however it's already discontinued.
Categories
Art
- Grandprize
- Best Musical
- Best Musical Small Theater
Individual
- Best Actress
- Best Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best New Actress
- Best New Actor
- Best Ensemble Award
Creation
- Best Script
- Best Composer
- Best Music Director
- Best Choreography
- Best Director
- Best Staging Techniques
- Best Producer
Individual Division
Best Actress
| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
| 1st | 2017 | Jeon Mi-do — Sweeney Todd | |
| 2nd | 2018 | Jeon Mi-do — Maybe Happy Ending | |
| 3rd | 2019 | Jung Young-joo — Bernarda Alba | |
| 4th | 2020 | Kim Seon-young — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? | |
| 5th | 2021 | Kim Soo-ha — Rent | |
| 6th | 2022 | Cha Ji-yeon — Red Book | |
| 7th | 2023 | Lee Ja-ram — Sepyeonje | |
| 8th | 2024 | Jeong Sun-ah — If/Then |
Best Supporting Actress
| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
| 1st | 2017 | Shin Youngsook — Rebecca | |
| 2nd | 2018 | Shin Youngsook — Phantom | |
| 3rd | 2019 | Kim Kook-hee — Red book | |
| 4th | 2020 | Lee Yee-un — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? | |
| 5th | 2021 | Lee Bom-sori — The chami | |
| 6th | 2022 | Kim Sun-young — Hadestown | |
| 7th | 2023 | Choi Jeong-won — Matilda |
Best New Actress
| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
| 1st | 2017 | Lee Ye-eun — The Wicked | |
| 2nd | 2018 | Yi So-yeon — Seopyeonje | |
| 3rd | 2019 | Kim Hwan-hee — Bernarda Alba | |
| 4th | 2020 | Kim Soo-ha — Swag Age: Shout out, Joseon | |
| 5th | 2021 | Han Jae-ah — Maybe Happy Ending | |
| 6th | 2022 | Jang Min-je — Beetlejuice (musical) | |
| 7th | 2023 | Lim Ha-yoon, Jin Yeon-woo, Choi Eun-young, and Hasinbi —Matilda |
Best Creative
Music Award Arrangement/Music Director
| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
| 1st | 2017 | Lee Jin-wook — Rachmaninov | |
| 2nd | 2018 | Will Aronson — Maybe Happy Ending | |
| 3rd | 2019 | Kim Seong-soo — Bernarda Alba | |
| 4th | 2020 | Shin Eun-kyung — Hope: Unread Books and Lost Life? | |
| 5th | 2021 | Kim Seong-soo — Something Rotten! | |
| 6th | 2022 | Yang Joo-in — Red Book | |
| 7th | 2023 | Kim Seong-soo — Jesus Christ Superstar |
Best Choreography
| No. | Year | Winner | Note |
| 1st | 2017 | Shin Seon-ho — Rogisu | |
| 2nd | 2018 | Cha Jin-yeop — Along with the Gods | |
| 3rd | 2019 | Hong Yu-seon — Red Book | |
| 4th | 2020 | Moon Seong-woo — Benhur | |
| 5th | 2021 | Kim Eun-chong — Swag Age: Shout out, Joseon | |
| 6th | 2022 | Lee Hyun-jung — Lizzy | |
| 7th | 2023 | Kim Dong-yeon — Death Note |
Award milestones
Some notable records and facts about the Korea Musical Awards include the following:- The 2nd edition of awards. Maybe Happy Ending received the most awards, with six trophies: Will Aronson for Best Music, Will Aronson and Hue Park for Best Book, Kim Dong-yeon for Best Director, Han Kyung-sook for Best Producer, Jeon Mi-do for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Small Theater Musical.
- The 6th edition of awards was held at the Blue Square, Shinhan Card Hall on January 10, 2022. The nominations were announced on December 20, 2021. The musical Red Book was nominated in 7 categories: Best Musical, Best Leading Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best New Artist, Producer Award, Directing Award, and Music Award.