Hello! I hope you're having a wonderful day today š I was wondering what your favorite cast for the Spongebob Musical is? I've personally only seen the broadway version (I adore it!)
Ā OOH firstly, thank you SO much that is so sweet!! I hope youāre ALSO having a wonderful day!! :DD
What a fun question!!! Hmm, letās see... I have such a soft spot in my heart for the Chicago cast! I have so much love for every different portrayal of Plankton, but Nick Blaemireās portrayal is the most special to me. Heās the original not just in a literal sense but also in my heart!Ā š So if I had to pick a single cast, itād be Chicagoās!
I also enjoyed Patchy the Pirate from the Chicago cast as well, played by Jason Michael Snow!!! Heās my favorite out of the three that have played him (tho Jon Rua and Tom Kenny did a GREAT job too)!! His voice is just,,, so pretty and he hit those high notes SO well,,,,,, he also played his own accordion for his Poor Pirates song number! :D I also miss Mr Krabs and Mrs Puff having moments together, from the Chicago production, as a little shoutout to their canon relationship! ALSO. FRED THE FISH. Chicago production had FRED THE FISH!! A cute, bouncy, fun, colorful and sort of odd character that I wouldnāt fully trust because thereās just something about him thatās a bit... ah. Heās so fun, omg. His little wings/fins and all the lightbulbs on him are so cute... in Broadway, they replaced him with Buster Blutang. For some reason. Heās alright I guess... I just... loved Fred and his wild energy..........................
I also really adore the tour cast for the musical, even though I never got to see it! I listened to the boot however, and everyone sounded AMAZING, considering a lot of these people were fresh out of college and these were their first really big roles! Especially such iconic roles where thereās a lot of voice acting involved. Tristan McIntyre was a very, very good Plankton. Lorenzo Pugliese was an INCREDIBLE SPONGEBOB!! I was so impressed with his voice acting, and his Spongebob laugh!
I loved the Broadway version, too!!! Wesley Taylor was such a good Plankton- okay, everyone who performs as Plankton automatically wins my heart apparently BUT he was SUCH a fantastic Plankton. Heād say in almost every interviewĀ āI make Plankton VERY sexyāĀ āMy version of Sheldon J Plankton is way sexier here-ā sdlfjksdlf
As for the set design and the several changes in each production, I definitely prefer Broadwayās costume design MUCH more. And their set design! Though thereās so many things from the Chicago production that I wish were carried over to Broadway, like Spongebob and Patrick fooling around with the incredibly stretching sofa, the narrator saying after the day is saved āand let us now observe... a happy ending!ā Garyās prerecorded meows from Tom Kenny (why couldnāt they use the recordings in Broadway, if they could use them in Chicago? Why couldnāt they use them in the proshot?? The man was RIGHT THERE on the STAGE and they couldnāt get him to sayĀ āmeowā?? Tina Landau I have several questions)!! Although there are many additions Iām greatful for, such as Spongebob telling Sandy that heās so sorry for the town treating her terribly, but he asks for her to please help them out (in Chicago, he demanded she doesnāt leave, and doesnāt think twice about the angry mob or think about how she feels at all?? very uncharacteristic for spongebob, Iād think) and Iām really glad that in the proshot they had everyone sing the Bikini Bottom anthemĀ āall are welcome hereā in apology... that made me cry omg. Thatās another thing! I love the upgraded song numbers for Broadway!!! Almost every single song was completely changed, and I loved them all! I think the original No Control from Chicago, however, is the only song number I wish wasnāt changed, but I still enjoyed it!! :]
