180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL GATEFOLD SLEEVE PVC PROTECTIVE SLEEVE INCLUDES A 4 PAGE BOOKLET BRAND NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING. ORIGINAL SONGS WRITTEN BY STEVEN TYLER AND JOE PERRY OF AEROSMITH, SARA BAREILLES, THE FLAMING LIPS, JOHN LEGEND, LADY ANTEBELLUM, CYNDI LAUPER, PANIC! AT THE DISCO, PLAIN WHITE T'S, THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS, T. I., AND A SONG BY DAVID BOWIE FIRST PRESSING OF 750 NUMBERED COPIES ON YELLOW TRANSLUCENT VINYL A legendary roster of Grammy Awardr winners. A visionary director and Tony Awardr- winning design team. One of the world's most beloved and unforgettable characters. Turn them all loose on Broadway and what do you get? SpongeBob SquarePants, the new Broadway musical. Since its launch in July 1999, SpongeBob SquarePants has reigned as a pop culture phenomenon. The series has been the most-watched animated program with kids 2-11 for more than 15 consecutive years, and over the past several years, it has averaged more than 100,000,000 total viewers every quarter across all Nickelodeon networks. SpongeBob SquarePants is seen in more than 208 countries and translated in 55+ languages. SpongeBob SquarePants is a one-of-a-kind Broadway musical with original songs written by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alexander Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, John Legend, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T's, They Might Be Giants, T. I., and a song by David Bowie. With additional lyrics by Jonathan Coulton and an additional song by Tom Kenny and Andy Paley. Stakes are higher than ever before as SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face the total annihilation of their undersea world. Chaos erupts. Lives hang in the balance. And just when all hope seems lost, a most unexpected hero rises up and takes center stage. Acclaimed Steppenwolf director Tina Landau and the ground-breaking designers behind Fun Home, Hedwig and Spring Awakening have brilliantly reimagined Bikini Bottom for the Broadway stage, bringing the spirit of SpongeBob to life with humanity, heart and pure theatricality. With an original score from some of the biggest names in pop and rock, SpongeBob SquarePants explodes with energy. The production is conceived and directed by Tina Landau with a book by Kyle Jarrow, and orchestrations, arrangements and music supervision by Tom Kitt. The first pressing of the SpongeBob SquarePants, the new Broadway musical is a limited edition. This limited edition of 750 individually numbered copies is pressed on yellow translucent vinyl and includes a 4 page booklet containing all the lyrics from the songs performed during the show.
