SpongeBob SquarePants has also won a wide following among adults, with US president Barack Obama a professed fan, although conservative Christian activists have attacked the show for an alleged gay subtext.
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Since its debut in 1999, the television series has been a massive success for Nickelodeon, the children-oriented US television network owned by Viacom. The musical will run for one month in Chicago, before an expected move to Broadway in New York, the Oriental Theatre said in its show announcement. The musical was adapted from animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, in which the title character - a talking human-like sponge - lives in a pineapple in an underwater city called Bikini Bottom. Singer-songwriter John Legend, 1980s pop superstar Cyndi Lauper, members of legendary hard rock band Aerosmith and eclectic bands The Flaming Lips and They Might Be Giants were also announced to be contributing material. David Bowie, known for the intellectual bent of his music, is penning music for what will likely be lighter fare - a musical based on cartoon character SpongeBob.Ĭhicago's Oriental Theatre announced the English rock icon and artist would lead an array of top musicians in composing the score for SpongeBob The Musical, to premiere there on June 7 next year.
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