SPONGEBOB Extends at Oriental

SPONGEBOB Extends at Oriental

Broadway In Chicago announced a one-week extension of THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL through Sunday, July 10. Performances will begin on Tuesday, June 7 at Broadway In Chicago’s Oriental Theatre.

The Broadway-bound musical is co-conceived and directed by Tina Landau, book by Kyle Jarrow, orchestrations, arrangements & music supervision by Tom Kitt, with choreography by Christopher Gattelli.

THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL features original songs by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Dirty Projectors, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, John Legend, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants and T.I., and a song by David Bowie. With additional lyrics by Jonathan Coulton.

THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL cast includes Ethan Slater as SpongeBob SquarePants, Gavin Lee as Squidward, Nick Blaemire as Plankton, Lilli Cooper as Sandy Cheeks, Carlos Lopez as Mr. Krabs, Danny Skinner as Patrick, Gaelen Gilliland, Juliane Godfrey, Curtis Holbrook, Stephanie Hsu, Jesse JP Johnson, L’ogan J’ones, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Mark Ledbetter, Kelvin Moon Loh, Lauralyn McClelland, Vasthy Mompoint, JC Schuster, Allysa Shorte, Jacob Smith, Abby C. Smith, Jason Michael Snow, and Allan K. Washington.

The design team includes scenic and costume design by David Zinn, lighting design by Kevin Adams, projection design by Peter Nigrini, sound design by Walter Trarbach and casting by Telsey + Company/Patrick Goodwin, CSA.

THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL is produced by Nickelodeon with Sony Music Masterworks and The Araca Group.

See a video preview of SPONGEBOB here.

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