SUJU’s Eunhyuk and SNSD’s Tiffany land debut musical roles for ‘Fame’

It’s been revealed that Super Junior’s Eunhyuk and SNSD’s Tiffany will be making their musical debuts through ‘Fame‘.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the musical, ‘Fame’ was viewed by nearly 4 million people from 1995 to 2006, and with an estimated revenue of 56,000,000 pounds, it’s the best-selling West Endtheater musical to date. The musical has gained international recognition, with over 300 productions shown in 16 different countries. This time, ‘Fame’ will be revamped for the Korean audience with an upgraded stage and outstanding cast line-up.

Using a performing arts school as a backdrop, the musical will incorporate acting, ballet, and violin and wind instrument performances to create a dramatic and entertaining storyline.

Son Ho Young, Super Junior’s Eunhyuk, SNSD’s Tiffany, CSJH’s Lina, and Trax’s Jungmo will portray the lives and hardships endured by the top students of ‘P.A Performing Arts School’, who strive to be the top 1% of their class by excelling in singing, dancing, and acting.

The cast will have two actors for each character: Son Ho Young and actor Ko Eun Sung as ‘Nick Piazza,’ Eunhyuk and actor Kim Dae Hyun as ‘Tyron Jackson,’ Tiffany and actress Shin Yi Jung as ‘Carmen Diaz’, Lina and actress Choi Joo Ri as ‘Serena Katz,’ and Jungmo and gypsy violinist Lee Il Geun as ‘Schlomo Metzenbaum.’

The first batch of tickets for ‘Fame’ will go on sale on September 6th, and the musical will play at the Olympic Park Woori Finance Art Hall from November 25th to January 29th of next year.

Eunhyuk and Tiffany were selected to star in the musical "Fame"

Tiffany and Eunhyuk was selected to star in the stage musical ‘Fame’.

From November 25th onwards, audience will be able see Tiffany and Eunhyuk at Woori Financial Art Hall in Seoul Olympic Park as she was casted to play in a musical ‘Fame’. Tiffany will be playing the role of ‘Carmen Diaz’, who dreams to be a famous star in the shortest time possible. Meanwhile Eunhyuk will be playing the role of 'Tyrone Jackson', who is a talented but a dyslexic hip hop dancer who comes from a poor background.

‘Fame’ is a broadway musical based on the 1980 movie of the same title by director Alan Parker. The story reflects the dream and love of the students, who passed the strict auditions conducted by the PA Performing Arts School, which has a the best reputation in the field of arts.

This upcoming musical will be graced by a star studded line-up, consisting of Son HoYoung, Super Junior’s Eunhyuk, CSJH’s Lina, Trax’s Jung Mo and other idol stars.

So far, among SNSD’s members, Jessica and Taeyeon were also previously involved in musicals. Taeyeon took part in ‘Midnight Sun’ while Jessica played Elle Woods in ‘Legally Blonde’.

Super Junior and SNSD to take part in 2011 Asia Song Festival

Super Junior, SNSD, and other groups will participate in the 2011 Asia Song Festival.

On August 24th, The Korea Foundation of International Culture Exchange announced, “Super Junior, SNSD, as well as the Japanese group, Perfume, Taiwanese singer / actor, Peter Ho, Zhou Bichang, and other performers will appear at the 2011 Asia Song Festival. The festival will take place at the Daegu Stadium on October 15th”.

Perfume is a Japanese techno-pop group that celebrated their 10th anniversary last November.

Peter Ho is a singer that sang the opening track – a remix of Baek Ji Young’s “Like Being Hit By A Bullet – for last year’s highest rated Taiwanese drama, “Summer’s Desire“. Zhou Bichang is a Chinese artist that topped album sales charts in China since her debut in 2005.

Other appearances will include Leo Ku, an artist who has released 35 albums with more than 9 million sales since his debut and Tata Young, a popular Thai singer who has sold more than 10 million albums

The 2nd and 3rd line up for the 2011 Asia Song Festival will be revealed next month.

2 more photos of SNSD's YoonA at the set of Eider CF shooting unveiled

We have reported about Lee Minho and Yoona's collaboration for clothing brand Eider and the amazing duo went to the States for CF shooting.

2 more photos taken at the set of CF shooting have been unveiled,have a look at the photos here!

Yoona is trying really hard here,she carved an angelic smile despite the challenge she is facing,can't wait to see the full CF!

SNSD's "HIKKUP" False alarm

Recently a video entitled ‘SNSD’s 3rd Album Demo Song Leaked’ emerged on YouTube. The demo song mentioned is none other than ‘HikkUp’ composed by Andrew Jackson and it was registered in SNSD’s list of songs with the Korea Music Copyright Association. The demo song was discovered by fans from Andrew Jackson’s MySpace site.

In response to this, SM Entertainment clarified, “This song will not be included in SNSD’s upcoming domestic album and it is not confirmed whether there is a plan to release it in the future”.

Upon the request of SM Entertainment, the video has been removed from YouTube. Due to growing anticipation and interest about SNSD’s upcoming comeback, of which the details have not been confirmed, fans have been looking and searching for information about overseas composers through Social Networking Services (SNS).