SM Entertainment artists' Super Junior Kyuhyun and Girls' Generation Seohyun is casted together in the musical version of "The Moon That Embraces the Sun," which is a popular MBC drama and had already had been shown back in June. The musical had already achieved with thirty-three original songs and eight different nominations at the Korean Musical Award Ceremony in October.
Kyuhyun and Seohyun are going to be in the musical as King Lee Hwon and Yeon Woo correspondingly.
A representative of the said musical stated, "I am expecting Kyuhyun and Seohyun to show a sorrowful love different from the drama and the premiere. They hold a special interest not only in Korea but also in other Asian countries."
The story of "The Moon That Embraces the Sun" is about a thirteen-year-old Heo Yeon-woo, the daughter of a high-ranking official, accompanies her mother to the royal palace to attend her brother, Heo Yeom's civil service examination congratulatory ceremony. By chance, she meets Crown Prince Lee Hwon in the midst of escaping to see his older half-brother, Prince Yang-myung. They fall in love and Heo is chosen as the Crown Princess of Joseon.