Springsteen, SpongeBob lead Broadway’s fall season

On Broadway over the next few months, you can catch a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a pair of bigname comedians, a “Downton Abbey’’ star and an appearance by Squidward in human form. Here’s a look at some of the highlights of the first half of the 2017-18 Broadway season:

LOOK UP

Amy Schumer and Steve Martin will team up for laughs — one onstage and the other off it. The actress will star in Martin’s four-person comedy “Meteor Shower,’’ about two couples who get together to observe the celestial event that inspires the title. (Opens Nov. 29 at the Booth Theatre.)

BRUUUUUCE!

The Boss — Bruce Springsteen — plays a solo show in which he performs songs from his career, interspersed with readings of his bestselling memoir “Born to Run.’’ (Opens Oct. 12 at the Walter Kerr Theatre.)

SEDUCTION SURPRISE

Clive Owen stars in a revival of David Henry Hwang’s “M. Butterfly,’’ a re-creation of a spy scandal and love affair involving a French diplomat and a Chinese opera singer who turns out to be a man. It won the 1988 Tony Award for best play. (Opens Oct. 26 at the Court Theatre.)

VISIT BIKINI BOTTOM

The idea of a stage musical of “SpongeBob SquarePants’’ with real actors sounds as odd to be a Broadway show as the original Nickelodeon series. It’s got original songs by Steven Tyler, Sara Bareilles, John Legend, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper and David Bowie. (Opens Dec. 4 at The Palace Theatre.)