How Do You Conjure a Cartoon Onstage? - How David Zinn designed the costumes for 'SpongeBob SquarePants'
How David Zinn designed the costumes for SpongeBob SquarePants---When Ethan Slater bounds onstage for the opening number of the new musical SpongeBob SquarePants at Broadway's Palace Theatre, he's clearly the title character even though he looks little like an animated rectangular sponge. Stylistic hints of his cartoon namesake -- a yellow shirt, a red tie, brown plaid pants, suspenders, and striped socks -- confirm …