First of all, I feel like absolutely no one talks about this show, which is surprising because it has Lee Sung Kyung! but it was actually better than I thought! I completely agree with the other reviewers in that this show's beginning episodes are completely engrossing ... but becomes a bit repetitive towards the end. I had actually put this show on hold after around 11 episodes and finished the rest later, but I really enjoyed those beginning episodes! to the point where the cliffhangers actually had me jumping up and down and wanting to watch the next episode. However, there does feel like there is a lot of filler in this show, hence me skipping a couple parts. A couple plot points in the last episodes were dragged on for WAY too long (i.e. Mika's problem with taking Do Ha's time was heartwrenching and complicated, but at the same time it went on for like 4 episodes with NO progress and is just miraculously fixed? felt like a waste of 4 episodes. also bae soo bong's sad end ... she's so beautiful and a powerful queen but she gets reduced to a crazed villain when her only motive was love? I didn't really get her character too much and I wished we could have seen better sides of her. but also this brings us to the ending ... it kind of felt like a cop out since everything was miraculously fixed but I don't mind stuff like that too much.

Notes:
Lee Sung Kyung as Mika - Personally I found some weak acting points a couple of times (no hate to her though she's a literal queen and looked so good in the show!) but as this was an earlier work of hers, I did find some parts kind of weird. as someone who loves musicals, she just did not convince me as a musical actress. just the way she carried herself in practice and on stage and the way she danced/sang felt unlike a stage actress and she didn't shine on stage as much as I thought she would in the actual musical. I also felt like there was a bit too much of problems with putting on the musical to the point where I wasn't invested too much in it. ALSO I thought the director was so cute, but what was the point of him? I thought he was going to be a major character since he was in the little intro song but he barely served a purpose?!
Finally, Ro Woon was in this show did you know that? HAHA I was so shocked and didn't even realize until the 12th episode.

Only You is such a bop and makes up for every other song in the OST it's SO GOOD