![]() It’s therefore up to the book writer Jason Kim, the composer-lyricists Helen Park and Max Vernon, and the director Teddy Bergman to kindle the adulation of a thousand hours in a bit more than two. Will the Broadway version be able to create the required level of idolatry? Can you make Beatlemania on command? Most of the audience at the nearly in-the-round Circle in the Square has known the five-member girl group RTMIS (sounds like the Greek goddess), the eight-member boy band F8 (sounds like destiny), and the solo star MwE (pronounced “mwee”) only for as long as we’ve been sitting in the theatre. Of course it is: South Korean stars (and the companies that manage them) are known for manufacturing well-polished public personae and cultivating fervent fan communities. The musical “KPOP” showcases a variety of modern music-emo meditations, house-inflected bangers, rap arias that transition quickly into dance music and reggaetón-but the through line is a certain audience-courting intensity. ![]()
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