SUSAN VARGO (Producer) is the Tony Award nominated and Drama Desk Award winning executive producer of The SpongeBob Musical on stage and for television.  She also oversees global creative development for Nickelodeon live entertainment. 

She has overseen the strategic expansion of the Nickelodeon live theatrical business from one domestic US touring theatrical to multiple simultaneous domestic and international tours including preschool megahit adaptations of Paw Patrol Live! and Dora The Explorer Live!.     

For ViacomCBS, she previously managed licensing of stage adaptations for Paramount Pictures including Ghost the Musical, The First Wives Club, Mad Hot Ballroom, Leap of Faith, and Clueless.  

Prior to joining Nickelodeon, Ms. Vargo worked on Broadway general management for shows including Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam, Beauty and the Beast, Chicago, Annie Get Your Gun, The Vagina Monologues, King David, The Last Five Years, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change and The Thing About Men.  

She has also advised theatrical producers Fiery Angel Productions, Limelight Productions and Cinema Gypsy Productions on creative development, global licensing expansion and property acquisition and continues to develop independent projects for the stage.  

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