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Korean pop star Luna comes to Broadway in 'KPOP'

The South Korean cultural phenomenon is now a new musical, starring actual K-pop idols.
Kevin Woo and the cast of KPOP

The South Korean cultural phenomenon K-pop is now a Broadway musical – simply called KPOP. The show is a kind of MTV Behind the Music story about a fictional Korean label, RBY, presenting a concert in New York City.

Shortly after the start of , the audience is immersed in a high-energy performance of a song called "This is My Korea." A girl group with five singers, RTMIS (pronounced Artemis), sings in Korean as they come onstage. Swaying their arms and hips in synchronized, repetitive movements, the singers then switch over

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