Equal is a twohander Korean musical based on the Japanese stage play of the same name by Kenichi Suemitsu The musicals book and lyrics are by Soovin Kim with music by Woody Pak1 The musical is set in 17th century Europe during the Black Death pandemic The story takes place over a week and follows the attempts of Theo a country doctor to find a cure for the mysterious illness that is killing his best friend Nicola2 Equal held its first theatrical run from December 31 2021 to February 20 2022 at Uniplex Hall 1 in Seoul South Korea3 A second Seoul production ran from June 3 2022 to July 24 2022 also at Uniplex Hall 1 A number of the 2022 Seoul cast reprised their roles in Equals first Japanese production which ran from August 4 2022 to August 14 2022 at Tokyos Hulic Hall
