Yoon Seobin cast as the lead in the musical 'James Byron Dean'... Opening in September 2023

Yoon Seobin has been cast as the lead role of James Dean in the musical ″James Byron Dean: The Original.″ ″James Byron Dean: The Original″ was selected as this year’s new work in the 2025 Performing Arts Creation Workshop and is an original musical inspired by the life of Hollywood actor James Dean. The production imaginatively reconstructs the last five minutes leading to James Dean’s death following the tragic car accident on September 30, 1955, exploring the loneliness and wounds hidden behind his success and the process of confronting his life as a human being. Yoon Seobin plays James Dean, the symbol of rebellion and youth and an icon of adolescence. He plans to portray the sharp and unstable inner side of the star who ended his life at the age of twenty-four with a sophisticated image and energy. Hwang Doohyun and Choi Minwoo appear as the Grim Reaper ″Byron,″ and HUI and Lee Dongwook also join the cast to share the stage. Yoon Seobin has acted in films such as ″Full Sprint″ and the musical play ″Dazzling,″ and has also communicated with fans domestically and internationally as a singer. Through this musical, he plans to present a new ″James Dean″ based on his experience crossing between stage and screen. The musical ″James Byron Dean: The Original″ will be performed from September 15 to October 18 at the Link Art Center Dream, Dream Hall 4.