For years, Korea’s booming musical theater scene has drawn foreign visitors with its polished productions and emotionally charged performances. Yet for many non-Korean speakers, the experience often came with a degree of frustration. The music and choreography landed, but the story itself remained somewhat out of reach. That gap is now beginning to narrow. At several theaters in Seoul, subtitle glasses powered by artificial intelligence (AI) have entered commercial use for general audiences, marking the first time the technology has been made available at major Korean theaters. One such example is the ongoing run of “Kinky Boots” at Charlotte Theater in Seoul’s Songpa District, which shows how the subtitle glasses enable international audiences to follow Korean dialogue without losing sight of the stage. The musical, one of entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM's flagship global co-production projects, is based on the success story of a struggling shoe factory in England. Facing bankruptcy, the factory survives by reinventing itself through the production of flashy, unconventional boo