{"id":372223,"date":"2026-08-15T12:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T12:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/372223\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T12:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T12:14:18","slug":"arts-alive-podcast-thinktanks-georgia-mallory-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/372223\/","title":{"rendered":"Arts Alive! podcast: ThinkTank\u2019s Georgia Mallory Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of its mission to make theater appealing for a younger generation \u2013 for those who work in the field, and for those who merely attend \u2013 Tampa\u2019s ThinkTank is presenting The Spongebob Musical Aug. 14 through 23 at freeFall Theatre in St. Petersburg. It opens tonight.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re thinking \u201cHey, isn\u2019t that a cartoon about a yellow sponge dude, with googly eyes and square pants?\u201d let\u2019s check a few boxes.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, The Spongebob Musical is based on the long-running animated series on Nickelodeon. It\u2019s about the anthropomorphic sea sponge and his wacky undersea friends, and their adventures beneath the waves in a place called Bikini Bottom.<\/p>\n<p>This play, however, was on Broadway for 350 performances, and received 12 Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical.<\/p>\n<p>And, as ThinkTank founder and Producing Artistic Director Georgia Mallory Guy explains on today\u2019s Arts Alive! podcast, the songs were written, most specifically for the production, by the likes of Cyndi Lauper, They Might Be Giants, The Flaming Lips, Sara Bareilles, John Legend, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Panic! At the Disco and others.<\/p>\n<p>She also points out that the humor is aimed both at young people and adults; a blend of slapstick and sophistication. The New York Times called it a \u201cginormous giggle of a show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Showtimes and tickets are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinktanktya.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">at this link<\/a>. There you\u2019ll also read about ThinkTank\u2019s other programs and events for young theater-makers, and young audiences.<\/p>\n<p>We also talk about Guy\u2019s career as one of Tampa Bay\u2019s finest actresses, who lit up the stage in three of the past year\u2019s most indelible dramas: The Pillowman, God of Carnage and Danny &amp; the Deep Blue Sea.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the arrow to listen to the conversation.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/media.stpetecatalyst.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arts-Alive-final-Georgia-Mallory-Guy-8-14-.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/media.stpetecatalyst.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arts-Alive-final-Georgia-Mallory-Guy-8-14-.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-121673\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arts-Alive-Guy-DeYoung-150x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"444\" height=\"891\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As part of its mission to make theater appealing for a younger generation \u2013 for those who work&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-372223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}