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* AwesomeDearBoy: Tina Landau was unfamiliar with the franchise and rejected the initial offer to direct this show, thinking that it'd just be a cynical corporate cash grab. Then she saw some episodes of the series and found herself engaging with the characters and humor and changed her mind.
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Tina Landau was unfamiliar with the franchise and rejected the initial offer to direct this show, thinking that it'd just be a cynical corporate cash grab. Then she saw some episodes of the series and found herself engaging with the characters and humor and changed her mind. In particular, she connected with Stephen Hillenburg's origins in experimental animation, and felt that they could capture the same grungy indie look in a theatrical setting.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The show's available soundtrack is from the Chicago run, with the original cast and the original versions of the songs. The Broadway version of the soundtrack, the version used for the television live show, has not been given a professional recording.
* TheOriginalDarrin: The TV version is notable for casting the one and only ''Creator/TomKenny'' back into the role of Patchy the Pirate.
* TheOriginalDarrin: The TV version is notable for casting the one and only ''Creator/TomKenny'' back into the role of Patchy the Pirate.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The show's available official soundtrack recording is from the Chicago run, with the original cast and the original versions of the songs. The Broadway version of the soundtrack, the version used for the television live show, has not been given a professional recording.
* TheOriginalDarrin: TheTV version is notable for casting Chicago run featured Mark Ledbetter as the one and only ''Creator/TomKenny'' back into French Narrator; the Broadway run featured new lines recorded by Creator/TomKenny. The TV version, meanwhile, had him ''physically'' appear to reprise the role of Patchy the Pirate.Pirate (a role played by Jason Michael Snow in the Chicago run and Jon Rua in the Broadway run).
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* TheOtherMarty: Several actors changed from the Chicago pre-show to Broadway. In Chicago, Mr. Krabs, Pearl and Plankton were played by Carlos Lopez, Emmy Raver-Lampman, and Nick Blaemire respectively. On Broadway, they were replaced with Brian Ray Norris, Jai'len Josey, and Wesley Taylor. Same goes for Mark Ledbetter as the French Narrator and Old Man Jenkins (who's replaced by Creator/TomKenny, reprising his role from the cartoon, and J.C. Schuster).
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* TheOtherMarty: Several actors changed from the Chicago pre-show to Broadway. In Chicago, Mr. Krabs, Pearl and Plankton were played by Carlos Lopez, Emmy Raver-Lampman, and Nick Blaemire respectively. On Broadway, they were replaced with Brian Ray Norris, Jai'len Josey, and Wesley Taylor. Same goes for Mark Ledbetter as the French Narrator and Old Man Jenkins (who's (who are respectively replaced by Creator/TomKenny, reprising his role from the cartoon, and J.C. Schuster).
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* RomanceOnTheSet: Stephanie Hsu (Karen) and Allan K. Washington (Larry the Lobster) are married in RealLife (they tied the knot two months before the show debuted on Broadway). Funnily enough, Washington got the chance to play ''Plankton'' for a few performances, so you can bet that the romance between him and Karen was genuine.
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* RomanceOnTheSet: Stephanie Hsu (Karen) and Allan K. Washington (Larry the Lobster) are were married in RealLife during the show's run (they tied the knot two months before the show debuted on Broadway). Funnily enough, Washington got the chance to play ''Plankton'' for a few performances, so you can bet that the romance between him and Karen was genuine.
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* AllStarCast: All the songs were composed by famous artists, including Music/CyndiLauper, Music/TheyMightBeGiants, Music/TheFlamingLips, and (posthumously) Music/DavidBowie.
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* NamesTheSame: "Mt. Humongous" was used for a mountain Squidward helped a skier climb in the episode "Giant Squidward".
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* FilmedStageProduction: A film of the show with most of the original cast aired on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} during the time the production was touring, and was later made available on Creator/AmazonPrime. However, the staging was condensed and some moments from the original show were removed, such as Plankton and Karen's BigDamnKiss.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Tina Landau was insistent that the production be able to stand as its own work of art. So, instead of trying to mimic the series' aesthetics, a whole new visual language was developed while lots of work was put into making sure the cast[[note]]which deliberately avoided big names[[/note]] gelled and that everyone could embrace the absurdity that is inherent to ''[=SpongeBob=]''. Meanwhile, a veritable {{Supergroup}} of musical legends was assembled to compose the show's numbers, with each allowed to showcase their trademark styles.
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* PromotedFanboy: Ethan Slater is a huge [=SpongeBob=] fan, to the point that when he was handed the audition script he immediately recognized that it was from the animated series despite the character names being changed to maintain secrecy.
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Tina Landau was unfamiliar with the franchise and rejected the initial offer to direct this show, thinking that it'd just be a cynical corporate cash grab. Then she saw some episodes of the series and found herself engaging with the characters and humor and changed her mind.
* DoingItForTheArt: Tina Landau was insistent that the production be able to stand as its own work of art. So, instead of trying to mimic the series' aesthetics, a whole new visual language was developed while lots of work was put into making sure the cast[[note]]which deliberately avoided big names[[/note]] gelled and that everyone could embrace the absurdity that is inherent to ''[=SpongeBob=]''. Meanwhile, a veritable {{Supergroup}} of musical legends was assembled to compose the show's numbers, with each allowed to showcase their trademark styles.
* DoingItForTheArt: Tina Landau was insistent that the production be able to stand as its own work of art. So, instead of trying to mimic the series' aesthetics, a whole new visual language was developed while lots of work was put into making sure the cast[[note]]which deliberately avoided big names[[/note]] gelled and that everyone could embrace the absurdity that is inherent to ''[=SpongeBob=]''. Meanwhile, a veritable {{Supergroup}} of musical legends was assembled to compose the show's numbers, with each allowed to showcase their trademark styles.
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* AbilityOverAppearance: During casting, they specifically looked for actors who could capture the spirit of their characters and waited until workshops to nail down the voices and costumes.
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!!General Trivia
* To avoid the feeling of a bunch of people just doing imitations on stage, cast members were encouraged to start off doing very strong impressions of their characters' voice actors in early workshops and run-throughs, then gradually taper off as they went along, until [[VocalEvolution they could embody the inflections and attitudes of the role without needing to rely on those impressions]].
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* VanillaEdition: The DVD release of this musical only contains the sing-along edition and a photo gallery. This is unusual for a ''[=SpongeBob=]'' release, which usually contains a lot of bonus features.
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* VanillaEdition: The DVD release of this musical only contains the sing-along edition and a photo gallery. This is unusual for a ''[=SpongeBob=]'' release, which usually contains a lot of bonus features.
