SpongeBob Broadway deserves to be taken seriously.

Compiled and edited by Bridget Kelley.
2018

[@JoshKeithsInformationalVideos]

Imagine being casted in a broadway musical just to play the letter b

[@Fletchayabetcha]

At least the F's get respect

[@StainedBrain]

Idk about you, but B's are pretty cool.

[@piranhasz427]

🅱️

[@threedicksonabench3141]

Sounds like my life

[@satansspawn4001]

it’d be the highlight of my life.

[@peachiibee]

Honestly this musical respects Stephen Hillenburg's vision of Spongebob far more than the actual show has in years

[@UbeJams]

right

[@awormnamedscoobis3419]

yes

[@DoodleCNoodle]

Actually, Stephen supported this musical

[@ron_ald323]

Doodle Noodle Yes, *that’s the exact reason why this show respects earlier spongebob more than the newer seasons do...* if this musical wasn’t consulted with Hillenburg, *then it probably would’ve ended up being just as bad as the new episodes*

[@michaelvessel4604]

THIS

[@Ugotmilkshakes]

Something that really impresses me about squidwards costume is that the fake legs don’t actually look fake

[@nil-8026]

ChickenSushi Ikr I was trying to see if there was another actor attached to him on the back or something

[@redacted5078]

And Idk if anyone else noticed but the tentacles make a sticky sound by each footstep

[@percyap4271]

@@redacted5078 attention to details

[@mollymcdade4031]

Gavin Lee has actually talked about working with the costume designer David Zinn to make it so that if his torso was turned around 180 degrees you couldn’t tell which ones were his real legs

[@The_Irish_Rover]

There actually real.

[@mawcha]

THE ACTOR FOR PEARL IS ONLY 19?! im sorry but whew

[@graypetcoyle]

angxlic it makes me feel bad knowing someone with that kind of talent is the same age as me

[@facebones]

i know right! that girl has got lungs

[@lilithb2567]

She is so talented!

[@Mo-mh9zd]

She’s all around gorgeous I can’t believe she’s the same age as my brother

[@PRACTICALLYTIME]

if ur talking abt jai’len josey YES she is STUNNING

[@rawrxd7092]

If y’all can take shrek the musical seriously then you can take the spongebob musical seriously that’s all ima say lol

[@melloyello9639]

👏👏

[@thathamiltonfan9095]

And that’s on krusty krab

[@GraphHD]

Except Shrek has good music that blends together. Just because the songs in this show are have star power doesn't make the show good

[@mar-rv2qb]

I love the music of shrek SO much

[@trippinondashroomies2474]

I don’t take either seriously 👀

[@LegoMelonz15]

People that say this was disrespectful to Stephen Hillenburg need to do their research because if you look it up, it should be clear that he SUPPORTED this

[@awormnamedscoobis3419]

LegoMelonz15 Duh,I heard about him supporting it before he died-its been in production for a long time,I first heard the thought of a spongebob musical in 2017

[@AnnoyingMystery]

didnt hillenburg just not want nick to completely run spongebob into the ground (like what theyre doing) and to not make any purely cash grab prequels for his show? the musical seems to have a lot of love and respect put into it, and its far from a cashgrab bc musicals are actually pretty hard to get money out of due to how much has to be spent in order to even get it onstage, so it doesnt seem like something that would spit on hillenburg's memory.

[@LegoMelonz15]

Irl Weeb it just that people assumed a Spongebob event happening after his death it’s a cash grab

[@mcswanky5565]

@@LegoMelonz15 People dont understand that this show has been in production for probably have a decade maybe more, broadway shows take a while to produce, and everyone just thinks its new because they never thought it was a broadway show because it wasn't marketed that way on nick

[@JadenYukifan28]

I loved the TV airing of the Musical, it was really good!!

[@honeychung381]

My DREAM role is the dancing krabby patty tbh.

[@Dani-ob9ge]

Omg lol yes!😂

[@hqlle5771]

Ahah 🙃😂😂😂

[@flowertrue]

What you don't reach for the stars and aspire to be a giant pink polka dot letter F?

[@idontknowmyname9511]

14:05 mine would be the noodle in the back

[@jerryqueer]

YOONGI LOL

[@mariapapadopoulou549]

I can't relate to the people who wouldn't take this masterpiece seriously

[@sillyface6950]

i can. i doubted it until i saw the bikini bottom day song. got about halfway through and then decided to give the whole musical a watch. NO REGRET

[@mariapapadopoulou549]

@@sillyface6950 please watch it all, for me this musical was one of the best things that happened to me for 2019

[@sillyface6950]

@@mariapapadopoulou549 i did choose to watch it. and i dont regret watching it. i rewatched it earlier when i was sad and it quickly helped cheer me up.

[@mariapapadopoulou549]

@@sillyface6950 i am so happy for you 🤗

[@mariapapadopoulou549]

@Ashley York thank you ❤️

[@anabelserra1450]

Why did they even take it off broadway it was really good. Even Beetlejuice is being taken off.

[@purplequeen8318]

Two different reasons. The theatre that Spongebob was playing in had to close, it has been under construction for over a year now. They are revamping the whole thing. As for Beetlejuice, it s being evicted. (Not because of lack of ticket sales).

[@anabelserra1450]

Robin Sigari thanks

[@purplequeen8318]

@Artist.Cronicles yes, but its selling out very quickly, so I suggest you get your tickets asap.

[@daxrossel5705]

Spongebob is currently on a tour in the U.S and Beetlejuice is as well in a few years

[@graypetcoyle]

Every show leaves broadway eventually

[@deckie_]

I was about to ask how Pearl and Misters Crabs can have different skin colours if she's his daughter but then I realised crabs don't tend to birth whales anyway so the implication of adoption was always pretty overtly there

[@IzzyRoseDoesArt]

Yeah, and the line about how they're different species is weird also helps give a reason for the casting choice.

[@rosalyndurham2441]

I mean you can be white and have a mixed race child with a different skin colour for example?

[@angela.luntian]

In the show's cannon Pearl's mother is a full-sized whale and she inherited her race from her mother, implying Mr Krabs BANGED a whale indeed xDDD Pearl couldve been adopted, but she could also be mixed race

[@stormd4232]

Angela Kartolína Luntian or he could be her stepdad😂 I like to think he did indeed bang a whale tho

[@th1ny-248]

@@stormd4232 i don't please don't

[@francescawhite4166]

honestly Squidward's "I'm Not a Loser" was SHOWSTOPPING people were clapping for like a whole minute unstopped.

[@booknerd7986]

True. But it broke my brain.

[@meoowowwmeoeomowmow]

Damn that pfp makes this better.

[@clownclot]

It's a... Showstopping number!

[@kitkatmeowz]

Francesca White YESSSS FAV SONG

[@kitkatmeowz]

Abby the Corgi Queen same

[@mar-rv2qb]

you tellin me pearl is NINETEEN???? WITH THAT VOICE????????

[@DisneySwimmer]

Fucking right?!

[@saudadeanguish3139]

She's probably been doing is since very little, it's not that strange

[@mar-rv2qb]

@@saudadeanguish3139 well yeah I just wasn't expecting her to be that young after hearing her voice

[@squeakSquak]

@Sean Griffith I haven't. Not with all that soul

[@Orangenkraft]

@Sean Griffith You definitely have not.

[@Jnewland421]

Bruh they got David Bowie to write one of the songs. I think that’s all that needs to be said.

[@lemmixyt]

pvt. penguin I mean, No Control was already a David Bowie song, he just gave them the rights to use it and he changed a few of the lyrics to add meaning to the musical instead- but it legit sounds the same as his original. It’s a bop ✊

[@alyssalowe2536]

David Bowie's dead so he cant write the song. They got the rights to use it

[@godirl]

Alyssa Lowe that’s the joke-

[@brianna7210]

Contemplating Life Choices well it wasnt really funny if youve gotta explain it 😂 but seriously David Bowie is amazing

[@Jnewland421]

Alyssa Lowe it’s almost as if that’s the joke😳

[@internetuser528]

Having those different artists write the songs was actually genius because it packs more nostalgia into the already nostalgic show.

[@Yana-qq7yc]

And you can really hear their different styles

[@abbyginge03]

@@Yana-qq7yc yeah i grew up listening to they might be giants and once i knew what song they wrote their style was very obvious 😂

[@PianoDisneygal10]

I think it also prevented the dumpster fire that happened to Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Having all of these artists write songs (some of whom had actual experience writing scores for musicals before), and then having a very skilled composer (Tom Kitt) mesh all of that together worked a lot better than leaving the task of the score writing to folks who had zero experience writing a score for a musical.

[@ObaREX]

Why is it I only discover interesting musicals *after* they leave Broadway.

[@tinyshawn1991]

fucking same

[@tinyshawn1991]

same

[@WolfLykaios]

I mean, it's not like I can even go to Broadway, but SAME!

[@joan543100]

They filmed it with the original cast and it was uploaded to KZbin

[@luisegarcia3855]

me :

[@marie-vy4mc]

If yall can take Shrek The Musical seriously, yall better take Spongebob the Musical seriously. Memes aside, it's actually quite nice and the actors did an amazing job.

[@bellicosebean]

wow how original

[@jieuniekim]

Nex or ikr

[@eyeles8887]

people take shrek the musical seriously?

[@godirl]

Eliza! a n d p e g g y

[@dreamcatcher9689]

Pl

[@anabelanguyen1748]

The actress for Pearl would be a stunning Eurydice

[@gracie8396]

Ana Nguyen YEEESSS

[@hadiyahhope9354]

I dont think her voice really fits hadestown

[@healinggrounds19]

@@hadiyahhope9354 I think it does. She would be great Hamilton too. Her range is amazing!

[@imbreakingdown2683]

I think Celie works better, gurl she will slay that role if ever

[@nihoyminoy9229]

I was STUNNED by her voice

[@jharmond3874]

Another little detail I love is the sound design of the show. They add in the little squish sound when Squidward walks, Krabs feet sound and the whoosh sound when characters quickly turns their head is just a few examples of using sound form the cartoon and putting it in the musical.

[@SobiTheRobot]

Not to mention the squeak of SpongeBob's shoes with every step he takes!

[@prongsverse]

Yess its so good

[@fruitcake6372]

And it’s all a live sound effects man, Mike Dobson, ngl the most valuable cast member

[@Fletchayabetcha]

When spongebob gives stuff to the conductor

[@lemonpop2582]

That was the first thing that caught my eye when I was watching it tbh

[@marzel4212]

People complain that this is "Childish", but they don't see the bigger picture. For me this musical was so great in so many ways, not just the music and characters etc. It's great because of how it can impact the people watching it, reminding them of their childhood, happiness etc. It reminds us of the happiness that we tend to lose as we grow older. I'm just a 15 year old kid, i honestly don't know that much about adulthood, but all i know is that it's hard, and that sometimes they just need something to put a good smile on their faces, a good show of nostalga, like this broadway musical. That's why i think it's great, it's for everyone to enjoy. Edit: Thank you all for the likes aswell, i never had this many in a while. (^-^)

[@AnEmu404]

Marzel Yeah! And while this might be great for kids, there’s a whole lotta serious topics it deals with! There’s a lot of jabs at science sceptics and people trying to make money out of global warming and the climate crisis, it deals with racism too. Bikini bottom is literally metaphor for what’s going on with the world right now, as well as the musical having a banging soundtrack. Every single song is an absolute bop, don’t @ me.

[@AnEmu404]

: 3 I personally think it does have a purpose, if not just for entertainment, it raises awareness of climate change and the different ways people are responding to it. Even if it’s not explicitly said, I think the general message of the musical is incredibly relevant at the moment. Also, you can think the songs weren’t that creative but I did. There were some great song writers on their team, such as Brendon Urie, David Bowie and others. In my opinion *every* song is a bop. But, it’s subjective after all, so think of it what you will.

[@AnEmu404]

: 3 *does, and I highly disagree with you there, but I don’t have the time or effort to go on a rant about it. To each their own, I suppose.

[@art1st1cly]

Plus SpongeBob SquarePants the Musical doesn't have the generic vibe that it's only targeted to children. They made this Musical for all ages and it's entertaining, it gives me childhood nostalgia. Also, the props were so creative how can people not take this Musical so seriously?? This musical is so underrated too.

[@animationlover2944]

Am I really the only the one who's gonna say that you're smart for your age?

[@gardenolive318]

I'm glad that they have Stephanie Hsu. She's really good at acting and always had such a nice personality.

[@nameistotallyelise]

I'm your child // stephanie hsu is amazing! i saw her in bmc, and she’s amazing!

[@lemonpop2582]

my wife my love my soul Stephanie Hsu 😌

[@Dani-it9vc]

@@lemonpop2582 Same

[@Dani-it9vc]

@Jade Gracia When I found out he wrote that song I went... "of fucking course he wrote a song for Spongebob the Musical. And also it makes sense now."

[@meoowowwmeoeomowmow]

(Just here to say how good that pfp is)

[@aimeec6049]

We’re not gonna talk about Ethan Slater’s ATHLETICISM????

[@1996Persephone]

spongebob do be kinda buff 👀

[@oliverwest8691]

He literallu sings while climbing a giant fucking ladder circle its. Its pretty amazing

[@basically_bia]

Omg he literally scaled the ladders in that part where they need to throw Sandy’s invention into the mouth of the volcano.

[@alildaisy2180]

Bruh and the _flexibility_

[@clorbdorb1245]

Homeboy sings while HANGING UPSIDE DOWN it’s wild

[@iluvbluecookies97]

I think Stephen Hillenburg would be so proud

[@CharPonyVA666]

He saw it when it was on Broadway :)

[@avasmommy040608]

He IS proud

[@prongsverse]

He was 🥺🥺

[@mdrnlevi]

iluvbluecookies97 I love ur profile pic

[@cooldude6844]

:)

[@galaxygerm1037]

The trailers i saw for this on nickelodeon made me so like...tempted not to watch it bc the costumes weren't these costumes but just large versions of the actual cartoon characters. It was very weird and very disorienting. It wasnt until my friend, who loved this musical, showed me Best Day After one day after school. Growing up that was my favotite spongebob song, and when i heard it as it was in this album i actually freaking cried like "oh my god they just did that!" And i was in awe. It was then that i decided to give this thing a chance and now i own the album, watched it live on tv, and just love it to bits. Im very glad this musical exists.

[@mehmehmeh6130]

Honestly same. I never thought Best Day Ever could ever make me cry

[@alexross1997]

@@mehmehmeh6130 before it was taken down, I saw a bootleg for the best day ever from the last broadway show. Every single cast member was crying. hell I cried.

[@sparkyboomboomboi7051]

Best day ever song means so much to me in my life time I can’t even put it in words

[@aj7842]

Kinda weird how Nick showed it on tv and people hated on it despite it being out for 3 years already

[@eiwaa4837]

Yeah i hate myself for not wanting to watch this musical, because i didn't know that the musical was this amazing-

[@guytorie]

I love how Karen's screen display moves with her speaking voice.

[@icecreamhero2375]

If charlie brown can have a muciscal so can spongebob one of the best cartoons of all time.

[@tori-gc8hw]

And I've see the musical. God damn, they had the mics turned up way too loud. My ears were ringing. This was in a professional theater.

[@rivasnuria2158]

A Charlie Brown musical? I had no idea that existed °-° Is it good?

[@icecreamhero2375]

@@rivasnuria2158 Yeah its pretty good. Its one of the longest running musicals there were 2. You're a Good Man Charlie Brown and Snoopy the Musical.

[@nr5k1]

icecream hero the only charlie brown musical i’ve ever heard of is You’re A Rat Bastard, Charlie Brown

[@livindeadghoul]

@@nr5k1 💀💀💀

[@timrob12]

I watched the version they broadcasted on American TV here on the internet recently and I also saw an earlier version here on KZbin and I have to say that this thing is absolutely brilliant. The cast is very much what these characters would look like if they were human. (I mean, look at Ethan Slater. That's a 100% what Spongebob would look like as a human) They do their best to mimic the voices from TV which is a big help. The preformances are hilarious, which is not easy, especially with a cartoon as absurd as Spongebob. The sets are beautiful, the jokes are over the top (just like TV) and broadway went as far as to use Tom Kenny himself as the narrator, which is a nice easter egg for the fans. It's a 100% Spongebob in my opinion and I hope it keeps running for a long time.

[@migo3886]

They even had Tom Kenny play as patchy the pirate and gave him a song!

[@timrob12]

@@migo3886 The Patchy song was always in the musical, this time it's just specially sung by Tom Kenny.

[@ninarances9074]

That was Tom Kenny narrating and playing Patchy?! Oh my god, I didn't recognize his voice😅😅😅😅. Great easter egg!!!

[@coastk0513]

Unpopular opinion : I think this is better than frozen on broadway (don’t kill me pls)

[@ame7919]

i haven't even seen frozen on broadway but i agree to your statement.

[@rainbowandre9580]

Facts

[@chiffonlime643]

I saw Frozen in Pantages with my best friend. I mean, it was quite beautiful, and the Hygge song was funny, But I don’t listen to the entire album everyday, do I? However, I have only seen the TV version of Spongebob the Musical, And I listen to the album everyday. If _this_ is an unpopular opinion, idk what isn’t!

[@ruzspruce9984]

No, no, they've got a point.

[@lake9401]

You’re right and you should say it

[@theskeletoninthebasement9688]

Another way this musical is so great is that it puts it on television so people who can't afford tickets can see it.

[@FN-cw8od]

What channel is it? Only now have I heard of this..

[@theskeletoninthebasement9688]

Uh if my memory decides to be nice to me it should be on any channel that belongs to Nickelodeon

[@FN-cw8od]

Alrighty, thank you!

[@livsirtoonski7671]

Brendon Urie wrote a song!!? For this!!!?

[@SRLovesPandas1]

The Showdown Bandit 2019 his song is one of the best in the show

[@percyap4271]

Yes, for this masterpiece

[@TreeTheBean]

I KNOWWWW THAT MADE THIS VID SOO BETTER FOR MEEEEE

[@charlotteharriman8698]

I don’t want to look like an idiot but who is brendon Urie

[@TommyGun0001]

Charlotte Harriman Brandon Urie is from Panic! At The Disco

[@rainyday6512]

People think spongebob on Broadway is a bad idea But it’s absolutely amazing, it was a birthday present From my parents about a year ago And it was “The best day Ever”

[@zoedesoire7052]

Oh my god this is so sweet ❤️ I'm from Germany and I'm so sad that i will not be able to see this :(

[@rainyday6512]

Zoe de soire it’s closed now anyway

[@Fire_Studio_Channel]

@@zoedesoire7052 so same. I'm Ukrainian and I'm pissed so much :(

[@fggyleafexist1753]

Is nobody gonna talk about how amazing that Screaming Krabby Patty's vocal cords are!?

[@CharPonyVA666]

That's Jon Rua! He was also in Hamilton :)

[@fggyleafexist1753]

@@CharPonyVA666 Wait, really?! How didn't I spot that sooner?!

[@noobethgamingtonthethird]

which one

[@satansspawn4001]

Honestly the only role I’d want to play

[@movedtoponko_official8706]

Charles Lee-?

[@vicenteisaaclopezvaldez2450]

"Stephen would be so upset" Yeah, about all the people smack-talking this.

[@NikkiBrown75official]

No he is proud

[@therandomstudio8942]

The plot is nothing to behold its literally just a SpongeBob episode but it's 2 hours long The stage is beautiful and I love how they use ordinary things like when SpongeBob and Sandy are climbing the mountain they are climbing on boxes but it's still really cool The costumes are brilliant with squidward's being my favorite and SpongeBob's second Overall it wants you to have fun so have fun

[@purple324]

okay are we not gonna talk about how ethan is *RIPPED*

[@naya4050]

I can't unsee buff spongebob anymore.

[@difani8401]

i think they did really well with the characters, but i don’t think they did justice to karen. in the show karen doesn’t really care about plankton’s evil plans. but in the production she’s seems wayyy more enthusiastic. but it’s still an amazing show

[@latrellcasey1544]

razor skooter yeah... my same thought. Karen usually mocked plankton a lot as well... she seemed too enthusiastic about his evil plans.

[@bigPPprincess]

Thats fair, but they make a whole point that Karen is incredibly fired up and into the scheming this time around after years of a lackluster marriage. I'm also willing to bet impending doom is providing an "adrenaline" rush.

[@silysister4815]

razor skooter Aye, don’t bring disrespect to *christennnnnnnnnnnnnn*

[@liminal_lavender]

Tbh I prefer this Karen.

[@13caseycook]

I mean, she seemed to be going through the motions in the beginning until it seemed like his plan would start to work. Then she got on board

[@juangonzalez740]

Ethan Slater reminds me of Tom Holland so much

[@Hollic666]

He reminded me of John Mulaney but I can see where your coming from

[@emz1008]

I somehow found Tom Holland on sims 4. Don't question how

[@marahollow1214]

Right? The entire time, I was just like, Spider-Man? Is that you? Also Patrick would be Ned. Bc best friends

[@tired247]

is it because he plays such a gentle character but is absolutely ripped? lol 😭

[@lizlazmccringe2043]

*SQUIDS LEGS MY LORD ITS GLORIOUS !!!*

[@thewolfpack7009]

“Deserves to be taken as seriously as Hamilton” did you HEAR planktons rap, that was better than Hamilton’s raps any day.

[@green_grass2428]

I need to agree with this XD

[@arianella3555]

i just listened to plankton’s rap and its the other way around-

[@cielphantomhive1885]

@@arianella3555 I- 👁️👄👁️

[@paisley4197]

i genuinely agree with this tbh lol

[@rhiannonm6022]

Hmmmm gotta disagree

[@sylvin6849]

Growing up, I never thought I would like musicals. Seeing the Spongebob musical on TV changed my mind. Everything was so well choreographed, the songs sound amazing, and it's easy to tell that the actors enjoy what they're doing. One thing I always look for in a live performance is how much the performers enjoy it, since, if the performers don't enjoy it, the magic of it is gone.

[@clorbdorb1245]

Absolutely this. I always illustrate this by talking about my experience with two high school shows I was a part of: The first, Guys and Dolls, is an absolute trainwreck of sexism that promotes outdated gender roles and aside from a few absolute bangers is a total snoozefest. But it was fun for the audience because we clearly had a blast being in it! Contrast that with Mamma Mia! which is arguably better with more consistently good songs, a tighter story, and less sexism (though it's pretty slut-shamey, ngl). Aside from our choreographers, every adult involved in creating our production was an absolute asshole and no one had fun. A lot of people described it as soulless and uncomfortable.

[@Ebrill_Owen]

Squidward’s act 2 costume is absolutely beautiful. Such incredible attention to detail with the beading!

[@probablymalware9904]

I’ll be the first one to ask it: Why is spongebob ripped? I do not enjoy being attracted to spongebob, but I won’t deny it

[@kcloud1186]

I thought I was the only one 😅

[@possums154]

i don't enjoy it either but at least we get to see the actor for Plankton in what could be described as streetwear bondage gear.

[@miae4462]

this set THIS SET T H I S S E T

[@donttouchmehfood8600]

THE SET WAS SO GOOD LIKE IT WAS SO CARTOONY AND GAVE ME SO MUCH NOSTALGIA

[@ButterflyColors]

Whoa whoa whoa Christine is Karen?!

[@AnEmu404]

ButterflyColors CHRISTIIINE CHRISTIIIIIIIINE CHRISTIIIIIIIINE CANIGULA

[@unclewiley1986]

An Emu I sang the same as soon as the image popped up

[@tori-gc8hw]

The only Karen I'd gladfully give my non-existent kids to.

[@skippyuber6072]

ChristeeeeEEEAEAEeennnee ConnnigulA

[@altoidman4300]

@@AnEmu404 kaaaaaaaaaaaaaren

[@laurenjcoates]

The range of being a cabaret emcee and plankton...

[@Quinncbr]

It’s so wholesome, colorful, the set design is so creative, the characters are so accurate yet so unique and the cast are soooo talented !!!! I love this musical

[@WillowWispGaming]

This is unironically one of my favorite musicals. Like theres so much heart in it, the songs are so fun, and the casting is just perfect

[@beardedslair5410]

People complaining about this musical and can't appreciate the hard work of these actors and actresses, it's like Shrek The Musical all over again, at least they're entertaining y'all.

[@grandbaby5993]

When Pearl started singing I just gave up my singing career

[@bluepawwarriors4038]

When Lin Manuel Miranda was writing Hamilton he was laughed at. See him how. No one took him seriously. Just like this musical. Edit: Brendon Urie made a song!? Okay then. That's new information. Nice.

[@d3athlyK1d]

it's so weird. Spongebob's voice isn't annoying. I'm not used to it

[@imconfused801]

Okay, honestly, it's amazing. Like taking away everything that's silly about it, you've got to admit how progressive it also is. For example, with the main female characters - Sandy, Pearl, and Karen - they're all played by diverse women. Sandy and Pearl are both played by black women, and Karen's actress is Asian American. The news reporter - "Perch Perkins" - also wears heavy makeup throughout the show with glittering highlighter and a fabulous purple-esque hairdo. Despite this, he starts and absolutely rocks the most badass song in the show, No Control, with possibly the lowest voice in the show, absolutely crushing gender norms and the toxic "boys can't be pretty and wear makeup while still being awesome" mentality. Also some of the ideas put forth are brave to be put in a children's show, like the idea of Pearl feeling like she's fighting for her father over his greed, people finding someone to blame out of fear and blaming Sandy because she's "different" than them and "not from here", and the whole ongoing joke about the government not knowing what to do and blaming the media. Despite this, this show manages to make an amazing impact while still managing to make the whole audience smile and laugh, which is surprisingly hard to do. Kudos to the writers, cast, and crew for this. (also I didn't know this but apparently you can buy the Nickelodeon recording off of Amazon in HD instead of streaming it and help them out even more)

[@ruzspruce9984]

It's genius! The best part is how many people contributed to the songs, by writing one song each! Every style of the song is different, personalized by the songwriter, which gives it an extra twang when it comes to expression!

[@imconfused801]

@@ruzspruce9984 i know right!!

[@ruzspruce9984]

@@imconfused801 :DD that's honestly my favorite part.

[@jenng9899]

Did anyone say “my leg” during the performance tho

[@Monique.Marceline]

Jenn G Yes they used an audio clip of the “my leg” guy at one point in the show lol

[@jenng9899]

Mosie Eiliyah that’s the dealbreaker for me

[@livindeadghoul]

@@jenng9899 Why?

[@SolarisMusic]

The only thing this video doesn't touch on that I absolutely adored when I saw the show in Chicago was how they have a sound effect artist in the pit doing live folie work for every sound in the show-- every footstep, every noise, everything. It was phenomenal.

[@rubberband3285]

FINALLY!! Someone who agrees! When I watched it, I was balling my eyes out, my ENTIRE childhood was spongebob, and now seeing it on something else I love, like omg it was perfect.

[@skywingstudios8200]

Is it just me or does Bikini bottom day sound like Phineas

[@redacted5078]

:0 oh my God

[@rileymclellan8953]

This comment just changed my life

[@unknowmysteries5925]

It’s still better than CATS. No CGI at all. Also on a stage.

[@callmeyourdai5y518]

Cats has a stage filmed musical film. It's from 1980 something and it's far better than the current film. Seeing in on stage live is genuinely fantastic.

[@missycat7598]

Nothing will ever be better than the stage rendition of CATS. I honestly do not like the people who had the idea to make a CATS movie, because it’s kind of skewing people’s perspectives on the musical.

[@nickmcguinness7016]

So is cats

[@dragonbullets2763]

@@missycat7598 CATS is a shitty musical

[@goatkoala573]

CATS is originally a musical with “no CGI at all”.

[@ClownDuck]

The spongebob musical is fucking incredible, and now that it's available on Prime, hopefully more people can be exposed to this wonderful musical.

[@fridahernandez3224]

Bruh, they brought Brendan effing urie

[@wow-l83929_]

I love how they didn't use those gross costumes and they did real life style

[@omumafu6346]

i read the title as "spongebob broadway deserves to be taken down, seriously"

[@amandateoh1164]

5:31 spongebob actor got the hand gesture direction wrong but it was so cute seeing his reaction and the middle guy’s reaction... also, that clip solidified it for me that this musical has really talented casts!

[@Milkberry333]

The thing that sold me is that old man Jenkins is a character 😂

[@erroreden]

Pearl’s actress is only 19? I’m devastated lmaoooo sis is the same age as me and LOOK where she’s at 😭 glad to see a fellow sister killing it tho

[@michaelvessel4604]

Wow, I wasn’t expecting a Spongebob musical to be this good, but holy crap this is amazing! It’s obvious that the cast and crew had a huge amount of respect for the show and Stephen Hillenburg, and it is such a shame it closed.

[@chrisbcpack]

still forever thankful they let ethan have his red hair for broadway rather than that yellow sticky hair they had him wear for pre-broadway

[@maddisynwholikesmusicals5444]

I know right! Besides I absolutely live for boys with red hair lmao

[@smthnbatey]

When I first heard that there was going to be a SpongeBob musical I thought to myself "hmm.. that would be a weird concept that I'll give it a try" then watched the trailer. GODDAMN the trailer is soo good the choreography, costume, the songs and the actors are soo good, the trailer really pushed me into watching this masterpiece.

[@EmilyTheOtakuofficial]

I'm glad Nick did the Musical live on their channel. It was sooo good and felt very true to Spongebob.

[@abifama2006]

Not gonna lie I squealed when I saw Stephanie Hsu

[@redacted5078]

Didnt we all

[@sarahmcalear6787]

Same!

[@Rivers_TG]

"I think the world needs a Spongebob musical" especially at a time like this

[@franmcverry9090]

Oh my god, seeing all of the artists that contributed into the writing of the soundtrack was so cool! You can practically hear each of their styles in all of the songs. I love the musically diversity in this musical, and it was a great musical overall. Don't knock it 'til you watch it! (It has been on KZbin ever since the show closed).

[@Kirbywonder2468]

okay but you never even mentioned the sound guy??? there’s SO MUCH that goes into sound design for this show to the point that the sound effects guy has to be on stage to see what’s going on. every step spongebob or squidward makes, he never misses the sound!! it’s insane!!!!!! the amount of practice and rehearsal to get all that down

[@cassie6910]

i absolutely LOVE the musical. its very in character and fun, my only complaint was the storyline was kinda basic, but other than that ?? amazing ! every singer is talented and its all very true to the tv show

[@orangehasdied]

Gonna be honest, Chop to the Top *sounds* like a Lady Antebellum song and I stan I love this show, and I don’t even like Spongebob that much

[@egg3153]

when karen was speaking the monitor was following her so perfectly, that detail!

[@eviem.6903]

I was legit convinced this was going to be a joke when I saw it at the Tony's this year, and my gosh do I stand corrected, this is actually really good so thank you for reminding me about this.

[@ItsMeRhaine]

Crying because it’s my childhood on broadway

[@user2.22.11]

i love how everyone wants to hate it but can't bc its so good

[@shawwunglebungle]

Jesus Christ! She's 19 with that kind of voice,Damn she's been blessed!

[@goodjobeli]

I remember seeing the instagram pagd without knowing anything about it and thought "Wtf? Why would this be a musical?". And then I came across a bootleg and it was so much better than I could've expected. It was just so incredible.

[@reptileepic6945]

I used to think that this musical is cursed, but now it's one of my all time favorites.

[@zobesfilms]

It’s honestly such a good musical. The only thing that I wish they did was make the boy band boys who cry 😂

[@ariannaandjordan]

Spongebob is one of my favorite musicals ever and the emotions I feel when nobody takes it seriously or when people make fun of it (especially when they've never even seen it) are intense.

[@TrentonBlessWrestlemania489]

I watched the tv version of the show. I was honestly impressed. This is a great show! They perform the iconic characters in such a perfect way. I especially loved Squidward, Plankton and Karen in particular from this show. The music is absolutely fantastic! I didn't know so many people worked on the music from the show!

[@jasperthomen2406]

This musical literally made me cry, I don't get to say that often. This musical should be taken seriously.

[@robingoodwin9787]

Gavin Lee was so robbed of the award You can’t fight me it’s true

[@joepops727]

I think what makes this stand out among other musicals based on pop culture franchises is just how much fun the cast and crew had making this

[@carbonated_salt9645]

Ok real quick idk why but every time I see the guy who plays spongebob I just hear squidward in the back of my head like "OH NO HES HOT" 😂😂😂 Also unrelated but boy they really changed his outfit a lot and I'm glad they stopped making his hair yellow cause uh yikes

[@frogshehe9384]

Ah, a fellow unus annus member. Memento mori, my friend.

[@user-hz5hn7ts1i]

@@frogshehe9384 But are you an Unus or an Annus?

[@frogshehe9384]

@@user-hz5hn7ts1i I am an Unus, and you?

[@user-hz5hn7ts1i]

@@frogshehe9384 Annus -the superior one-

[@frogshehe9384]

@@user-hz5hn7ts1i Ah, like all Annus, your ego is much larger than your brain. Unus is superior, which is common knowledge.

[@kasumikat]

im so tempted to travel to the US just to get an opportunity to watch this musical! tho everytime i tell my friends and family about this they think its a bad musical...

[@icecreamhero2375]

They showed it on tv once maybe you can find the tv version of the musical.

[@icecreamhero2375]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2jcapSrl657grM

[@BroadwayMe]

kasumikat The Broadway production closed in 2018

[@tobyflenderson3130]

i was starting to question how david bowie would've contributed since the musical came out a few months after Bowie passed away (rip legend) till i realised how long it takes to create a broadway musical

[@seafoam3379]

the thing I love about this musical is that it’s got kid friendly aspects, but has adult jokes too. It’s like the OG cartoon I love it so much

[@Crane_feather]

I just got full body CHILLS when 'Pearl' began to sing damn girl!

[@starojunes]

I love this musical so much. It made me so sad to see the hate it got in some videos that were promotion for the musical on tv special. It's so good and I'm so glad that they were able to put it on tv. I think my favorite song from the musical has to be Squidward's I'm not a loser.

[@moderncroissant9658]

Another thing is that this probably introduced musicals to many young kids. Its so visually entertaining and has great songs.

[@treblegames84]

I’m glad that a lot of main stream Broadway actors didn’t take the jobs of this musical it gave a lot of newcomers a strong foot to shine on and gave these characters more life and character

[@atmoak7063]

I don’t know how to tell my mother that I want her to waste her money to watch a sponge on broadway

[@melodytheatre2887]

Underrated channel. Underrated video. Underrated musical.

[@potato_men1358]

You have 66 likes🙂

[@melodytheatre2887]

potato oh yeet

[@MrDjstub]

Underrated comment

[@cerealdust6770]

AMAZING!!! Thank you so much for making this. A lot of people still feel indifferent about watching it, I even recently watched Inside Edition's vid about the musical and people in the comments think it's cringey which at first I thought so too but after listening Ethan's (not a) simple sponge it single handedly made me fall in love with the musical and has made me even binge watch some of the Spongebob episodes just because I love this musical so much . I cannot emphasize enough on how carefully and wonderfully crafted this musical is from the songs down to the set design, you can clearly see the passion love and effort into making this and the performances are top notch . I wish other people could share this sentiment with me as well. :-))

[@xHannyPannyx]

Should have won best costume. I think about this daily.

[@Zero-ob2sd]

Spongebob musical: *exist* Twitter: REEEEEEE

[@reypizza7902]

DarthZero12 What do you mean?

[@aimee5739]

I saw it on Broadway, and it was amazing. Clearly run and performed by people that loved what they were doing. It had a compelling, layered story with meaningful sociopolitical messages. It pushes self confidence, loving yourself for who you are, and accepting others. I honestly don't understand how it didn't get a bigger reception.