Greg Zane will direct and choreograph Diamond Head Theatre’s “The SpongeBob Musical,” opening a run July 18 through Aug. 3.
Jenny Shiroma will be musical director.
Nickelodeon’s undersea world of Bikini Bottom, originally a TV cartoon favorite of young kids, was transformed into a flashy Broadway musical, bringing the heart, humor, fantasy and fun to an adult sensation, with an explosion of sea-worthy colors and antics, and a bounty of bubbly music enriching the score, with tunes by John Legend, Cyndi Lauper and David Bowie.
The cast is already rehearsing for the see-worthy fun. Chad Navarro will play the beloved SpongeBob SquarePants, Zach Oldham will be his buddy Patrick Star, Nathaniel Ryan-Kern is Squidward Q. Tentacles, Mehana Stone is Sandy Cheeks, Lee Nebe is Eugene H. Krabs, Presley Wheeler is Sheldon Plankton, Aiko Schick is Karen the Computer, Sage Nguyen is Pearl Krabs, Lainey Hicks is Mrs. Puffs, Landon
Ballesteros is Patchy the Pirate/Perch Perkins, Cassidy Ross is The Mayor of Bikini Bottom,
Genesis Kaeo is Buster Bluetang/Electric Skates, Isaiah Gundermann Graham is Old Man Jenkins/Electric Skates, and Andrew Erwin is Larry the Lobster/Electric Skates.
The ensemble will include Nanea Allen, Marisa Noelle Capalbo,
Celia Chun, Alana Clayson, Sammy Houghtailing,
James Lauer, and Timmy “Tino” Nozaki.
Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and at 3 p.m. Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays. Extended playdates are likely, considering the popularity of “SpongeBob.”
Tickets are $41 to $68, on sale at the at www.diamondheadtheatre.com and at the box office, (808) 733-0274….
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