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This article is about the stage musical. For the 1985 animated television adaptation, see You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (TV special).

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is a musical comedy based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip Peanuts. It originally premiered off-Broadway March 7, 1967<ref>IMDB info on off-Broadway opening</ref> by Bob Balaban and Gary Burghoff, and first appeared on Broadway in 1971<ref>IBDB listing for 1971 production</ref>. The score was written by Clark Gesner.

The musical was adapted for television in 1973<ref>IMDB 1973 television production</ref>, and a prime-time animated TV special based on the musical, also called You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, was aired on the CBS network in 1985.<ref>IMDB 1985 animated adaptation</ref>


Contents

[edit] List of songs

  • "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" — Company
  • "Schroeder" — Lucy, sung over Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata"
  • "Snoopy" — Snoopy
  • "My Blanket and Me" — Linus with Company, one of the primary dance numbers of the play, interestingly is the only part of the musical which contains a portion of "Linus and Lucy," the widely-regarded theme song for the Peanuts series written by pianist Vince Guaraldi.
  • "The Doctor is In" — Lucy and Charlie Brown
  • "The Kite" — Charlie Brown
  • "Beethoven Day" — Schroeder with Company, one of the two new songs in the revised edition
  • "The Book Report" — Company, the closing number of Act I.
  • "My New Philosophy" — Sally and Schroeder, the second of two new songs composed for the revival
  • "T-E-A-M (The Baseball Game)" — Charlie Brown with Company
  • "Glee Club Rehearsal" — Company, sung over "Home on the Range"
  • "Little Known Facts" — Lucy with Linus and Charlie Brown
  • "Suppertime" — Snoopy
  • "Happiness" — Company
  • "Bows" — includes a partial reprise of "Happiness," "Suppertime," and "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"

[edit] Characters

[edit] The Original 1971 Production

[edit] The Broadway revival

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown was brought back to Broadway in 1999<ref>IBDB listing for 1999 production</ref>. Roger Bart as Snoopy and Kristin Chenoweth as Sally Brown (replacing the character of Patty) received Tony awards for their performances. The musical was also nominated for, but did not receive, a Tony for best revival of a musical. New dialogue was provided by Michael Mayer and the additional songs, as well as new orchestration for several existing songs, were provided by Andrew Lippa.

1999 Revival Cast:

[edit] References

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Peanuts
Characters
555 95472 | Charlotte Braun | Charlie Brown | Sally Brown | Eudora | Franklin | Frieda | The Great Pumpkin | Kite-Eating Tree | Lila | Little Red-Haired Girl | Marcie | Miss Othmar | Patty | Peggy Jean | Peppermint Patty | José Peterson | Pig-Pen | Poochie | Roy | Schroeder | Shermy | Joe Shlabotnik | Snoopy | Snoopy's siblings | Thibault | Linus van Pelt | Lucy van Pelt | Rerun van Pelt | Violet | Woodstock
Films
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back!) | A Boy Named Charlie Brown (feature film) | Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown | Snoopy, Come Home
Other Media
A Charlie Brown Christmas (album) | The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show | Linus and Lucy | Snoopy!!! The Musical | Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular | This is America, Charlie Brown | You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | Peanuts in popular culture
People
Vince Guaraldi | Donna Johnson | Bill Melendez | Charles M. Schulz
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