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VotePeron said: "...and the 15 minutes of material they cut from the original broadway show for time throughout the evening was done seamlessly. "

What did they cut? I saw the show three times but didn’t really notice too many differences, aside from a missing verse in “Poor Pirates.”

TheQuibbler said: "VotePeron said: "...and the 15 minutes of material they cut from the original broadway show for time throughout the evening was done seamlessly."

What did they cut? I saw the show three times but didn’t really notice too many differences, aside from a missing verse in “Poor Pirates.”"

Basically, very small things were cut throughout that surmounted into the 15 minutes. A lot of scenes with extensive dialogue had lines condensed/summarized, and verses from multiple songs were taken out. The best example off the top of my head is the opening Krusty Krab scene, which used to have a ton of dialogue between Squidward, SpongeBob, Mr. Krabs, and Pearl. In the broadcast, the entire scene was only like 60 seconds - and dramaturgically, you miss hardly anything.

There were truly no major moments cut - the only full scene I can recall is an Act 2 interaction between Karen and Plankton where he asks her to call him "Big guy." There was also less pauses for laughter, and jokes were delivered quicker. The pacing was also just faster throughout (except the Money song, which was oddly slowed down in tempo?). It helped that the audience was very English and restrained - I'm Not A Loser didn't get any reaction (that we heard at least) until it ended, where on Broadway it was milked for every second he was on stage.

I'm sure a megafan with more time that me will come up with a full list of cuts, but having seen the show on Broadway...a lot, I feel really happy with how it transferred onto the screen.

I enjoyed that. I thought the staging, scenery and costumes were all very clever.

"My favorite tweet of the night. "

Loved it and so true.

ggersten said: "This article discusses how the cuts were made -Lots of Stuff - but Also Landau Explains Cuts"I always felt like the Broadway version was too long, but I didn't know how to get those minutes before we opened," Landau said. "I was so happy with how we ended up doing it because rather than cutting any whole songs, we did small nips and tucks and somehow got it down for the time. Coming back to this with a little distance, it was like, 'We don't need that favorite joke of mine.'"


Thanks for this! And thanks, VotePeron for the breakdown.

I do think the show felt tighter last night and I agree with Landau that perhaps it was a tad too long on Broadway.

It's on Amazon Prime for $3:

https://www.amazon.com/SpongeBob-Musical-Live-Stage/dp/B082CL82WY/ref=sr_1_5

As someone who has never watched the cartoon, I enjoyed this way more than I thought I would! It was a really sweet way to pay tribute to the show, and all the actors were great! There were also a lot of political undertones that I thought really went with the material. The year SpongeBob was nominated was the first year I watched the Tonys, so I wasn't as informed about the situation surrounding the awards that year, but now I totally see how they deserved so many more Tonys (although I do feel My Fair Lady and SpongeBob should switch Tonys). The announcement about this being filmed came out of nowhere, and I'm so glad the show was able to be preserved, especially since there was no "Broadway" cast album.

I forgot to DVR this last night. But it's repeated several times, including at 2pm ET Sunday, which I am right now in the process of DVR'ing.

However, I see that this re-broadcast is two hours in length, The initial Saturday broadcast was 2.5 hours (per zap2it.com). Does anyone know if this means that additional cuts were made for the re-broadcasts? Or did the original broadcast on Saturday just contain a lot of filler at the end? Or perhaps the re-broadcasts have fewer commercials? Anyone know the reason for the different running times?

Broadway Buddy said: "I have no idea what the reason for cutting a half houris, but yes more cuts are made."

Does anyone know if the cuts are on the Amazon version, too?

Just finished watching this on Amazon, and I think I enjoyed it almost as much as I did when I saw it live. Some of the camera angles were pretty cool and I think they did capture that theater feel for the most part (though the audience clapping along at the end bothered me a bit). I didn't notice the cuts too much, but the biggest thing I missed was probably the reprise of Bikini Bottom Day at the top of Act 2. I'm so happy that this show has been preserved, and it's definitely worth the $3 just to see the performances and the visual design of this show.

As I watched this on Amazon last night, I kept thinking "where are their microphones" as I didn't see one the entire show. Anyone know if they were singing live?