Hue Park (born Park Chun-hyu, ) is a South Korean

lyricist A lyricist is a songwriter who writes lyrics (the spoken words), as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's music which may include but not limited to the melody, harmony, arrangement and accompaniment. Royalties A lyricist's income ...

and

musical theatre Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movemen ...

writer.

Early career as lyricist

Park started working as an in-house lyricist for Music Cube while he was still attending

Dongguk University Dongguk University (Korean: 동국대학교, Hanja: 東國大學校) is a private, coeducational university in South Korea, fundamentally based on Buddhism. Established in 1906 as Myeongjin School (명진학교; 明進學校) by Buddhist pioneers ...

for

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now merged with the Korean Literature program
. He debuted as a lyricist with works such as the singer Evan's Pain Reliever, Park Sang-min's Tough Life. Park then moved to New York City to study

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, where he met and collaborated with composer

Will Aronson William Landry Aronson (born 1981, New Haven, Connecticut) is an American composer and writer for musical theater, whose work includes the scores for ''Pete the Cat, Mother, Me & the Monsters,'' and ''My Scary Girl.'' He also composed and co-wrote ...

, thus beginning his career in musical theatre.

Works in musical theatre

In July 2012, Park wrote lyrics for the '' musical Bungee Jump'' (music by

). The show was successful, and

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and Park gained considerable recognition. For the second production of Bungee Jump in 2013, Park joined

in the script's adaptation. Park also adapted, translated, and wrote Korean lyrics for the ''Musical Carmen'' in December 2013, which opened a
LG Art Center
Hue Park received the Best Music/Lyrics Award at Korea's 2013 Musical Awards for Bungee Jump. Bungee Jump was also named one of 'the 2 Best Original Musicals of 2012' by 'The Musical' Magazine, as well as selected for re-production by the Korean Musical Association's original musical support program. He went on to write the script and lyrics for The Schwarz Show: Christmas Radio within the omnibus musical ''I Hate Christmas'' i

In 2016, he translated and wrote Korean lyrics for The Bodyguard Musical, which also opened a
LG Art Center
Park and Aronson had a try-out production of their new musical, ''

Maybe Happy Ending ''Maybe Happy Ending'' (; lit. "Maybe Happy Ending) is an original South Korean musical with music composed by Will Aronson and lyrics written by Hue Park, and book written by both Aronson and Park. It is their first original musical and second w ...

'', at Wooran Foundation in September 2015. The musical was premiered by DaeMyoung Culture Factory in December 2016. The show won 6 Korean Musical Awards, including Best Music, Lyrics and Book. The English-language version of ''

'' was awarded the 2017 Richard Rodgers Award by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. A new Korean production opened in 2018. In 2020, ''

'' had its American premier at the

Alliance Theatre The Alliance Theatre is a theater company in Atlanta, Georgia, based at the Alliance Theatre, part of the Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, and is the winner of the 2007 Regional Theatre Tony Award. The company, originally the Atlanta Municipal T ...

in Atlanta from Jan 18-Feb 16.

Awards

Graphic design and writing

* Published a photoessay book, ''Polaroidiary'' (2011) * Designe
the title art and poster for Bungee Jumpthe poster for Omnibus Musical ''I Hate Christmas''the cover for The Musical Magazine
among other graphic design projects. * Wrote articles and reviews as New York correspondent fo
The Musical Magazine
(2014)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Park, Hue 1983 births Living people South Korean lyricists