College student finds a musical world she’d like us all to live in When I heard the news in 2016 that “SpongeBob SquarePants,” one of the most beloved cartoons of my childhood, was coming to Broadway, my initial reaction was that of a majority of people who hear about this musical for the first time — skeptical. I thought, “How can you take a show about a cartoon sponge and his group of undersea pals and bring it to the theatrical stage while still keeping the originality and charm of the carto

Just one word to describe how Columbine grad feels: Electric Who would have thought a passion for skateboarding would help Littleton native Joshua Bess get hired onto not one but two stage productions? First cast in Righteous: The Skateboard Play, Bess is now coming home to perform in The SpongeBob Musical, playing at the Buell Theatre from March 10 through 22. Audiences can watch him sing, dance, act and skateboard all at once as one of the Electric Skates – one of the show’s three skateboar

Accomplished local directors teaming up for David Byrne and Mala Gaonkar’s Theater of the Mind With years of experience under their belts, accomplished local theatre diretors Betty Hart and Amanda Berg Wilson are next teaming up as co-assistant directors for Off-Center’s highly anticipated immersive experience Theater of the Mind. Co-created by Talking Heads frontman David Byrne and writer Mala Gaonkar, and directed by Andrew Scoville, Theater of the Mind will be a 15,000-square-foot adventure