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You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Shows · You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown

With Charles Schultz’s appealing comic strip “Peanuts” as general inspiration, Clark Gesner created a musical out of events in “a day made up of little moments picked from all the days of Charlie Brown, from Valentine’s Day to the baseball season, from wild optimism to utter despair, all mixed with the lives of his friends (both human and non-human) and strung together on the string of a single day, from bright uncer…

Opened
1967
Performances
1,597
Type
Musical
Era
Revolution
Music: Clark GesnerLyrics: Clark GesnerBook: Clark Gesner

Licensing 4 entries

US Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark available with restrictions
US Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark available with restrictions
UK Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark available with restrictions
UK Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark available with restrictions

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In the literature16 passages

Birch, Patricia Candide Grease Little Night Music, A Pacific Overtures They’re Playing Our Song You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p387

A revival of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (2/4/99; 149 performances) boasted a cast featuring Kristen Chenoweth, Roger Bart, B. D. Wong, and Anthony Rapp. But uninspired direction by Michael Mayer and the inclusion of unnecessary additional numbers by Andrew Lippa all served to undermine the simplicity and drolly u… book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p38

YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN amassed an impressive four-year run, with multiple, profitable companies; a healthy afterlife as a stock & amateur staple; and even a not-very-successful sequel, SNOOPY [Grossman: December 9, 1975]. book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p426

When the musical first opened on Broadway, much was made of its having been inspired by a record album. Everyone seemed to forget (or didn’t know) that Shinbone Alley (1957) had been based on the 1955 album archy and mehitabel, that Beg, Borrow or Steal (1960) had first been conceived as the 1959 album Clara, and that… book:the-complete-book-of-1990s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-paxton-mcnallie-2016-rowm#p204

Awards Tony Awards and Nominations: Best Revival (You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown); Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Roger Bart); Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Kristin Chenoweth); Best Direction of a Musical (Michael Mayer) book:the-complete-book-of-1990s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-paxton-mcnallie-2016-rowm#p364

'You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” moved to Broadway briefly before ending its long run. book:a-pictorial-history-of-the-american-theatre-1860-1985-blum#p410

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