Onew to be casted in "fairly risque musical" Rock of Ages

[mikkatonic.livejournal.com]

 

After making his musical debut earlier this year in Hey Bro!, SHINee’s leader Onew will be playing the principal lead, “Drew,” in the musical Rock of Ages. He will be sharing the role with Ahn Jae-wook and TRAX’s Jay. The leading female principal, “Sherrie,” will be shared by fellow SM labelmates Dana and Sunday of CSJH The Grace, as well as veteran singer-actress Moon Hyewon. Here’s a brief video teaser featuring the Korean cast of Rock Of Ages.

Rock Of Ages features music from the 1980’s American rock scene, its soundtrack full of hits by the likes of Styx, Bon Jovi, Pat Benetar, Poison, and Journey. It tells the story of a young aspiring rocker named Drew Bowie, whose dreams of making it big are traded for a temp job as a busboy at a popular Hollywood club named the Bourbon Room. There, he meets Sherrie, an aspiring actress and the two fall in love. Two acts, 23 songs, and lots of cheesy plot turns later, all is well as the cast joins in a chorus of “Don’t Stop Believing.” No, I’m not kidding.

I got a chance to see the Broadway production last year, and what the show doesn’t have in substance, it makes up for in fun and absurd comedy. The show fit in just right with the slew of rock musicals that hit Broadway in the past years, alongside crowd favorites like Hair, Next To Normal, and Passing Strange. However, I’m curious to see exactly how Rock Of Ages will pass in Korea, considering its notable features of women in spandex, gratuitous rocker heresy, and one notable bathroom sex scene between Drew and Sherrie. Oh yes, there is a bathroom sex scene involving Onew in the show. Hold onto your hats, noonas.

Not a huge fan of the original Broadway production, but it’s certainly a surprise to see a young idol star like Onew cast in a fairly risque musical like Rock Of Ages. Now if they’ll only cast Key as Moritz in Spring Awakening, then my life might be complete.

SOURCE: Korean Top News
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HMMMM...... NGL. I kinda wanna see this musical nao....

Comments

[emiliecious.livejournal.com]

yeah, Onew's playing Drew and the sex scene isn't Drew/Sherrie, it's Stacee/Sherrie. lol everyone needs to cam the fuck down.

[heyahala.livejournal.com]

lol that's why the article is misleading..

i wonder if the author has REALLY watched the Broadway production one