Mercy's Meeting the Musical

Mercy's Meeting: The Broadway Musical (originally titled Mercy's Meeting the Musical, later retitled as such for the national tour) is a stage musical, co-conceived and directed by Tina Landau with songs by various artists and a book by Kyle Jarrow. It is based on the Jeremy McAbee Cartoon animated television series Mercy's Meeting and made its world premiere in September 23, 2019.

Musical numbers

 * Act I
 * "Wackyworld Day" by Jonathan Coulton – Mercy, DJ, Austin, Curly, Stickman, Star-lla, Block & Company
 * "Wackyworld Day (Reprise 1)" by Coulton – Mercy
 * "No Control" by David Bowie & Brian Eno – Newsreader, Mercy, Stickman, Brian, Austin, DJ, Curly, Star-lla, Block & Company
 * "BFF" by Plain White T's – Mercy & DJ
 * "When the Going Gets Tough" by T.I. – Star-lla, Block, Mercy & Company
 * "Just a Simple Goof" by Panic! at the Disco – Mercy & Ensemble
 * "Retrace your Steps" by Alex Ebert – Stickman & Brian
 * "Hero Is My Middle Name" by Cyndi Lauper – Mercy, DJ & Curly
 * "Super Dude Savior" by Yolanda Adams – DJ & Sardines
 * "Tomorrow Is" by The Flaming Lips – Curly, Mercy, Austin, Stickman, Star-lla, Block & Company


 * Act II
 * "Poor Pirates" by Sara Bareilles – Patchy & Pirates
 * "Wackyworld Day (Reprise 2)" by Coulton – Mercy
 * "Wackyworld Boogie" by Steven Tyler & Joe Perry – The Electric Skates, Brian & Company
 * "If I Didn't Have You" by Lady Antebellum – Star-lla & Red Rage
 * "(I Guess I) Miss You" by John Legend – DJ & Mercy
 * "I'm Not a Loser" by They Might Be Giants – Austin & Company
 * "Just a Simple Goof (Reprise)" by Panic! at the Disco – Mercy
 * "Best Day Ever" by Andy Paley & Tom Kenny – Mercy & Company
 * "Wackyworld Day (Reprise 3)" by Coulton – Mercy & Company
 * "I'm a Beliver" by Derek Drymon, Mark Harrison, Stephen Hillenburg & Blaise Smith – Mercy & Company

Instrumentation
The show's Tony-nominated orchestrations by Tom Kitt utilized an orchestra of 18 for the Broadway production. In addition, during "Finale: Bikini Bottom Day" each of the company played their own instrument onstage (Spongebob: ukelele, Plankton: crash cymbals, Karen: glockenspiel, etc.)

SpongeBob SquarePants Original Cast recording
On June 28, 2016, it was announced that the Chicago cast would record a cast album in early August with Masterworks Broadway producing the album. On September 14, 2017, the full cast recording was made available on the NPR website. The cast recording was released in its physical form in stores as well as on streaming sites on September 22, 2017, two months prior to the show's Broadway premiere.

All tracks written and composed by various artists listed below (additional music, arrangements and orchestrations by Tom Kitt; additional lyrics by Jonathan Coulton.)

Cast

 * Notable replacements
 * Christopher Plummer replaced H. Jon Benjamin as Block on June 19, 2018.