SpongeBob Squarepants first started as a cartoon show on Nickelodeon.
But now, SpongeBob Squarepants is relocating to the Great White Way! Called "The SpongeBob Musical," the Broadway production centers on Nickelodeon's beloved cartoon character, SpongeBob Squarepants.
According to the press release via Mashable:
"[The Spongebob Musical] is a rousing tale of a simple sea sponge who faces the unfathomable. It's a celebration of unbridled hope, unexpected heroes, and pure theatrical invention."
The show will still uphold the integrity that's made SpongeBob Squarepants the character that he is today. Director Tina Landau said in a statement:
"SpongeBob himself is of course its center and beating heart - the eternal innocent in a sea of cynics. He's also the classic underdog hero, and so our production sets him on a hero's journey with real stakes, all the while retaining the show's trippy humor and irreverence."
"We're taking our leads from the TV show but this is an original story, with an original design approach, and original songs written just for the occasion by an amazing array of songwriters. We will present the world of Bikini Bottom and its characters in a whole new way that can only be achieved in the live medium of the theatre."
SpongeBob will also be getting a lot of help form some notable musical artists for the production. Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith are reportedly on board, as well as Jonathan Coulton, Dirty Projectors, The Flaming Lips, and Lady Antebellum.
But it doesn't even stop there! Nickelodeon has also recruited John Legend, Cyndi Lauper, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T's, They Might Be Giants, T.I., and David Bowie!
Not to worry though, no one's going to be wearing costumes, whatsoever.
"We're bringing the show's fabled characters to life through actors - not prosthetics of costumes that hide them - and we're deploying some conventional stage craft that will prove that anything can happen in Bikini Bottom," Landau added.
The show will be produced by no other than Nickelodeon. In addition, the musical is set to play next summer in Chicago, before it actually makes its way to Broadway's 2016-2017 season.
