April 08--Casting has been completed for the pre-Broadway production of "The SpongeBob Musical" with Friday's announcement that Carlos Lopez will star as the Krabby Patty aficionado Mr. Krabs.
Lopez joins the previously announced stars of Bikini Bottom, including Ethan Slater as SpongeBob, Lilli Cooper as Sandy Cheeks, Gavin Lee as Squidward, Nick Blaemire as Plankton, Danny Skinner as Patrick, and Gaelen Gilliland, Juliane Godfrey, Curtis Holbrook, Stephanie Hsu, Jesse JP Johnson, L'ogan J'ones, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Mark Ledbetter, Kelvin Moon Loh, Lauralyn McClelland, Vasthy Mompoint, JC Schuster, Allysa Shorte, Abby C. Smith, Jason Michael Snow and Allan K. Washington.
The list of musicians contributing original songs to the production's score currently includes Sara Bareilles, Yolanda Adams, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe The Magnetic Zeros, Aerosmith, The Flaming Lips, John Legend, Cyndi Lauper, Dirty Projectors, Lady Antebellum, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T's, They Might Be Giants and T.I. The score also includes an additional song by David Bowie.
Watch a sneak peek of the Plain White T's song "BFF" right here.
"The SpongeBob Musical" begins performances June 7 and runs through July 3 at the Oriental Theatre, 24 W. Randolph St. Tina Landau will direct, with choreography by Christopher Gattelli, book by Kyle Jarrow and music supervision by Tom Kitt.
