SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS to Open at the Palace Theatre, Fall 2017

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 6/5/17 at 12:02pm

http://www.playbill.com/article/spongebob-squarepants-musical-will-hit-broadway-this-fall

[Jaredinsc]

Posted: 6/5/17 at 12:03pm

From what I heard it needed some re writes. Hopefully they've improved it. I'm curious to go see it.

[asoftplacetoland]

Posted: 6/5/17 at 12:06pm

I'm way too excited for previews to start and to hear everyone's thoughts. 

[thebookofwhizzer]

Posted: 6/5/17 at 12:08pm

Ughhhhh! Thank God for The Bands Visit!

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 6/5/17 at 12:12pm

I wonder how long it's expected to last. Through the tony awards? I hope Emmy continues with the show, which is long shot. 

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 6/5/17 at 12:14pm

This was a mess in Chicago and couldn't sell tickets to save its life. Good luck at the Palace. This show gave me a migraine. I hope they have worked on it.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 6/5/17 at 12:15pm

YAYYYYYYYYYYYY! How I wish my dad is still here to witness this!

[Cfried]

Posted: 6/5/17 at 12:18pm

Good luck. Can't imagine this lasting very long...

[VotePeron]

Posted: 6/5/17 at 12:20pm

I know we're not supposed to discuss these here, but I've been obsessed with the bootleg of the Chicago tryout for months. I think it's a creative, ingenious show that is pure fun. Exactly what we need right now. Will it change the landscape of Broadway? Probably not. It certainly won't hurt it, either.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 6/5/17 at 12:22pm

This show appears more promising after the announcement of that Jimmy Buffet disaster come in next season as well.

[adagio]

Posted: 6/5/17 at 12:24pm

Glad to see Ethan Slater, Lilli Cooper, and Gavin Lee are all still with the cast; they were outstanding. I really enjoyed this show and hope it finds an audience!

(Unfortunately the T.I. song is still listed as being in the score... That was really a weak spot.)

[JayG 2]

Posted: 6/5/17 at 12:27pm

And the Broadway musical goes from dumb - to dummer - to dummiest. Who in the good names of Rodgers and Hammerstein would pay money to see such tripe? Never mind. 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 6/5/17 at 12:33pm

Seems like they changed the title? Or was it always that? I thought it was "The Spongebob Musical" or something? And I guess the Palace isn't getting lifted? Didn't say it was limited did it?

[ACL2006]

Posted: 6/5/17 at 12:36pm

The Broadway theme park will be thriving in 2018 with this, Harry Potter, Frozen & Margaritaville arriving, plus current shows Aladdin, School of Rock & Lion King.

[LMcC95]

Posted: 6/5/17 at 12:36pm

Is the Palace Theatre not doing that construction?

[Lot666]

Posted: 6/5/17 at 12:40pm

I'm losing Sunset Boulevard for this? Wasn't the Palace supposed to be closing for refurbishment after Sunset?

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 6/5/17 at 12:41pm

I think it will undergo renovations after this since this is rumored to only be a limited run. 

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 6/5/17 at 12:41pm

LMcC95 said: "Is the Palace Theatre not doing that construction?

 

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That's my question...

[massofmen]

Posted: 6/5/17 at 12:43pm

from hamilton...to spongebob...to margaritaville

[quizking101]

Posted: 6/5/17 at 12:47pm

Does this scream of being pandering commercial tripe that values style over originality and substance? Yup.

Am I pissed about losing Sunset Boulevard for this? Yup.

Might this help cultivate a new generation of theatregoers by providing them very light fare as an entry point? Yes. Personally, though I have seen 115 shows, my entry point to theatre was Beauty and the Beast. While I'm not comparing the two in terms of construction, BatB was a Disney property that was accessible to my four year old self and made a lifelong theatre lover of me. 

[KJisgroovy]

Posted: 6/5/17 at 12:49pm

"And the Broadway musical goes from dumb - to dummer - to dummiest. Who in the good names of Rodgers and Hammerstein would pay money to see such tripe? Never mind. "

I'm not sure what you think is dumb. Spongebob is fairly intelligent source material. Certainly more intelligent and clever than the source material than Aladdin, Wicked, The Lion King, Anastasia, and Kinky Boots. Adapting a musical from a comic/cartoon is fairly common. I don't think Spongebob is any more "dumb" than Little Orphan Annie, Beauty & the Beast... and on and on. I don't think Tina Landau, quite the intellectual, is dumb in any kind of way.  I do think judging something before you see it is fairly dumb. Is that what you meant? 

[curel1]

Posted: 6/5/17 at 12:49pm

Sunset Boulevard was always gonna be a limited run, I don't know why people are surprised.

Reading some of the responses here.... theatre snobs are the worst. God forbid more people are introduced to theatre.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 6/5/17 at 12:52pm

RippedMan said: "Seems like they changed the title? Or was it always that? I thought it was "The Spongebob Musical" or something? And I guess the Palace isn't getting lifted? Didn't say it was limited did it?

 

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it does seem like they have, they also changed the logo which is ugly. I loved the old design. 

[PianoMann]

Posted: 6/5/17 at 12:54pm

thebookofwhizzer said: "Ughhhhh! Thank God for The Bands Visit!

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Agreed! It's a brilliant move of counter-programming, with the deluge of more commercial fare hitting the boards soon (even though it, too, is based on a movie).

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 6/5/17 at 12:54pm

Ethan Slater and Gavin Lee better be recongized next year for the Tonys. They are sensational.

Also, I'm guessing Best Set will be between Spongebob's big set and Frozen's very tech-savy set