History Trivia / TheSpongeBobMusical

* AscendedFanon: The costumes resemble designs that have been used in humanized fanart for over a decade prior to the musical's release.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The show's 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.

** The Mayor is played by Bryonha Parham, instead of her original actress from the Broadway run, Gaelen Gilliland, who was on traveling with the national tour of ''Theatre/MeanGirls''.

** The Mayor is played by Bryonha Parham, instead of her original actress from the Broadway run, Gaelen Gilliland.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Both The Araca Group and Nickelodeon have stayed quiet on whether or not this is getting a home media release of any kind. The only thing close as of this writing is the Cast Recording, which only gives you brief glimpses of the story when they play in to the songs themselves. Assuringly, promotional material implies that someone involved does have professional recordings of the show, so the chance of it happening is at least a possibility.
** Ultimately subverted when Nickelodeon aired a live show version on the network in December 2019, so they were likely waiting for the Broadway run to conclude before giving it a wide release.

* TheOtherDarrin: In the televised version, there were two notable cast changes:
** Lilli Cooper, the original Sandy, was replaced by Christina Sajous, who replaced Cooper in the original run, since Cooper was appearing in ''Theatre/{{Tootsie}}'' on Broadway.

** Tom Kenny reprised his role as Patchy for the televised version!

** Nickelodeon has announced a live show version will be aired on the network during December 2019, so they were likely waiting for the Broadway run to conclude before giving it a wide release.

* RoleReprise: Creator/TomKenny himself voices the French Narrator for the show's Broadway run.

* RoleReprisal: Creator/TomKenny himself voices the French Narrator for the show's Broadway run.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Unless you can afford a trip to New York City, the musical is headed down this way. Both The Araca Group and Nickelodeon have stayed quiet on whether or not this is getting a home media release of any kind. The only thing close as of this writing is the Cast Recording, which only gives you brief glimpses of the story when they play in to the songs themselves. Assuringly, promotional material implies that someone involved does have professional recordings of the show, so the chance of it happening is at least a possibility. But until then, go see it if you can while you can, because the show's run isn't going to last forever (something that plagues the medium as a whole, unfortunately).

* CastingGag: A possible one. Previously, Stephanie Hsu was best known by theatre fans for her role in ''Theatre/BeMoreChill'', a story which prominently features intelligent, villainous supercomputers. In ''Spongebob'', she plays Karen, Plankton's intelligent, villainous supercomputer wife.

* 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).

* TheOtherMarty: In Chicago, Plankton and Mr. Krabs were played by Nick Blaemire and Carlos Lopez, respectively. On Broadway, they were replaced with Wesley Taylor and Brian Ray Norris. Same goes for Emmy Raver-Lampman as Pearl (who's replaced by Jai'len Josey) and Mark Ledbetter as Old Man Jenkins and the French Narrator (who's replaced by J.C. Schuster and Creator/TomKenny).

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: When director Tina Landau was first approached to helm the musical, she originally declined, believing that she was being asked to direct a silly kids' show or theme park attraction. She eventually joined the project when she became fascinated with the cartoon's surreal "indie" humor; since she had a knack for experimental theater, Landau felt that the show's avant-garde nature had enormous potential for the stage.

* 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).

* TheOtherMarty: In Chicago, Plankton and Mr. Krabs were played by Nick Blaemire and Carlos Lopez, respectively. On Broadway, they were replaced with Wesley Taylor and Brian Ray Norris.

* TheOtherDarrin: In Chicago, Plankton and Mr. Krabs were played by Nick Blaemire and Carlos Lopez, respectively. On Broadway, they will be played by Wesley Taylor and Brian Ray Norris.