MRTC Presents: The SpongeBob Musical
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SpongeBob SquarePants is the musical adaptation of Nickelodeon’s long-running animated children’s sitcom of the same name. We find ourselves in the undersea city of Bikini Bottom, inhabited by happy-go-lucky and ever-optimistic yellow sea sponge SpongeBob SquarePants and his equally quirky circle of friends and neighbors. SpongeBob’s pleasant existence is abruptly interrupted when it is discovered that Mt. Humongous, a nearby volcano, will erupt within the next 48 hours and completely obliterate Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob, trying to prove to himself and the world that he is not “just a simple sponge” resolves to save the day when everybody else has given up all hope.
Though SpongeBob SquarePants is incredibly fun and family-friendly, its timeless story of identity, crisis, and community is also a witty allegory that examines and critiques the politics of the modern era, and it does so in such a way where children will appreciate and understand the plot line, while adults can read between the lines and extract even more from the musical’s message. SpongeBob SquarePants features an eclectic score of music; each song having been written by a different musical artist with the purpose of recreating the type of musical hodgepodge exhibited by the original television series.
Show Rating: G
Based on the Series By: Stephen Hillenburg
Book By: Kyle Jarrow
Original Songs By: Yolanda Adam, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! at the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants, T.I.
And Songs By: David Bowie, Tom Kenny & Andy Paley
Additional Lyrics By: Johnathan Coulton
Additional Music By: Tom Kitt
Production Conceived By: Tina Landau
Nickelodeon, SpongeBob SquarePants, and all related titles, logos, and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.
Directed By: Kevin Earnest
Music Directed By: Claudia Earnest
Choreographed By: Lauren Haza
SHOW DATES:
Thursday, July 16 at 6:30 pm
Friday, July 17 at 6:30 pm
Saturday, July 18 at 6:30 pm
Sunday, July 19 at 2:30 pm
WHERE:
Columbus East High School Robbins Auditorium (230 S Marr Rd, Columbus, IN 47201)
Though SpongeBob SquarePants is incredibly fun and family-friendly, its timeless story of identity, crisis, and community is also a witty allegory that examines and critiques the politics of the modern era, and it does so in such a way where children will appreciate and understand the plot line, while adults can read between the lines and extract even more from the musical’s message. SpongeBob SquarePants features an eclectic score of music; each song having been written by a different musical artist with the purpose of recreating the type of musical hodgepodge exhibited by the original television series.
Show Rating: G
Based on the Series By: Stephen Hillenburg
Book By: Kyle Jarrow
Original Songs By: Yolanda Adam, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! at the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants, T.I.
And Songs By: David Bowie, Tom Kenny & Andy Paley
Additional Lyrics By: Johnathan Coulton
Additional Music By: Tom Kitt
Production Conceived By: Tina Landau
Nickelodeon, SpongeBob SquarePants, and all related titles, logos, and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.
Directed By: Kevin Earnest
Music Directed By: Claudia Earnest
Choreographed By: Lauren Haza
SHOW DATES:
Thursday, July 16 at 6:30 pm
Friday, July 17 at 6:30 pm
Saturday, July 18 at 6:30 pm
Sunday, July 19 at 2:30 pm
WHERE:
Columbus East High School Robbins Auditorium (230 S Marr Rd, Columbus, IN 47201)
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Columbus East High School, 230 S Marr Road,Columbus,IN,United States
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