The SpongeBob Musical Taps Aerosmith, David Bowie & More for Pre-Broadway Engagement

Aerosmith, David Bowie and more are aiming to bring Bikini Bottom to Broadway in the 2016-17 season. Bikini Bottom being where SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends hang out, obviously, what did you think we were referring to?! Co-conceived and directed by Tina Landau with a book by Kyle Jarrow and music supervision by Tom Kitt, the previously rumored The SpongeBob Musical will make its world premiere on June 7, 2016 at Broadway in Chicago's Oriental Theatre. Casting will be announced shortly for the tuner, which will play a limited engagement through July 3.

The end is near. Only one sponge can save the day. But he's going to need help from some of the greatest songwriters in rock and pop music history. Along with original tunes by Bowie and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, the musical event will include songs by Jonathan Coulton, Dirty Projectors, The Flaming Lips, John Legend, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants and T.I.

The SpongeBob Musical will feature unconventional stage craft that will prove that anything can happen in Bikini Bottom courtesy of scenic and costume design by David Zinn, lighting design by Kevin Adams, projection design by Peter Nigrini and sound design by Walter Trarbach.