'Red Book' Min Kyung-ah, birth of Anna, pollution-free

Actress Min Kyung-ah returned as ‘Anna’ in the musical ‘Red Book’.

Min Kyung-ah appeared on stage as ‘Anna’ in the musical ‘Red Book’, which opened on the 21st. Min Kyung-ah recreated the 'Anna' character with her own unique colors by adding a lovely charm to it, while at the same time making the audience's hearts beat with her beautiful and explosive singing skills.

The musical 'Red Book' is a work that tells the story of people finding pride and dignity in themselves despite the world's prejudices in 19th century London, during the extremely conservative Victorian era. 'Anna', played by Min Kyung-ah, confesses her first experience to her fiancé and then breaks off the engagement. Whenever she feels difficult and lonely, she recalls the memories of her first love and begins to write a novel about her experience while living strong.

Min Kyung-ah showed off her unrivaled presence from the moment she appeared. Min Kyung-ah, who appeared singing the first number, ‘What am I?’, was the loveliness of ‘Anna’, which looks unique but cannot be hated. The sight of Min Kyung-ah singing 'Love is Like', a number about love to her co-star Brown, was reminiscent of the main character in a fairy tale.

In particular, the appearance of Min Kyung-ah passionately singing the number 'I am the one who speaks of myself' at the end of the play overlapped with 'Anna', who endured people's pointing from the beginning of the play, providing a thrilling catharsis. In this way, from the first performance, the audience continued to cheer for Min Kyung-ah's passionate performance, which showed the ability to digest the character as if she had devoured 'Anna' with her perfect character construction with clean-cut charm and explosive singing ability.

Min Kyung-ah said, “The first performance ended safely. I was really nervous, but I gained strength from the audience's cheers throughout the performance. I also felt that the audience was concentrating on this work, so it was a very heart-fulfilling performance. “Please continue to show a lot of love for ‘Red Book’,” he said, expressing his thoughts after completing his first performance.

Meanwhile, the musical 'Red Book' starring Min Kyung-ah will be performed at the Hongik University Daehakro Art Center Grand Theater until May 28.

Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr