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You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Original)

Charlie Brown and the entire Peanuts gang explore life's great questions as they play baseball, struggle with homework, sing songs, swoon over their crushes, and celebrate the joy of friendship.

PLEASE BE ADVISED: There are multiple versions of this title. Before you proceed, please double-check to ensure that you are applying for the version you want. You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Original) does not include “My New Philosophy” and “Beethoven Day.” If you want to include these songs in your performance, you must apply for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Revised). If you’re not sure which version best suits your needs, you may purchase a perusal for each available version.

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
  • Cautions: No Special Cautions
  • Orchestra Size: Medium

  • Performance Group:
  • Elementary School / Primary, Community Theatre, Jr High/Primary, High School/Secondary, College Theatre / Student

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! 2 Drama Desk-Vernon Rice Awards for Director and Performer (1967)
    Winner! Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Production (1967)
Happiness is great musical theatre! With charm, wit, and heart, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown explores life through the eyes of Charlie Brown and his friends in the Peanuts gang. This revue of songs and vignettes, based on the beloved Charles Schulz comic strip, is the ideal first show for those who would like to do a musical.

Musical numbers include "My Blanket and me," "The Kite," "The Baseball Game," "Little Known Facts," "Suppertime," and "Happiness". Guaranteed to please audiences of all ages! 
REVIEWS:

"A small miracle... Almost everything works, because almost everything is effortless."

The New York Times

"The songs are a delight!"

Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times

"Familiar and fun, this is a show that comforts your nostalgic inner child while welcoming the newer generations with open arms."

DC Metro Theatre Arts

"All the things you love about Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Sally, Schroeder and Snoopy are there – the infamous little redhead girl that Charlie is so in love with, Lucy’s lemonade stand turned psychiatrist stand, Snoopy’s red house and more… With the first notes of the overture my eight-year-old and I melted into our seats ready for the fun to take us away."

Holli Harms, New York Theatre Guide


Premiere Production:

You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown opened on March 7, 1967 and played for 1,597 performances in New York at the theatre 80 St. Marks with Gary Burghoff in the title role. This version was revived on Broadway in 1971 and played for 32 performances at the John Golden Theatre. A new version, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Revised), was presented on Broadway in 1999 and played for 149 performances at the Ambassador Theatre with Tony Award-winning performances by Roger Bart as Snoopy and Kristin Chenoweth as Sally.

Characters

  • Casting: 4M, 2F
  • Casting Attributes: Flexible casting, Room for Extras, Roles for Teens, Features Children, Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle), Roles for Children
  • Chorus Size: No Chorus

  • CHARLIE BROWN
    LINUS
    SCHROEDER
    LUCY
    PATTY
    SNOOPY

    • Available Material

    Name Price
    Perusal Material Shipped immediately. This is optional. Order Now

    1 x Piano Conductor's Score
    1 x Libretto-Vocal Book

    		$24.00
    Rehearsal Material Shipped a minimum of 3 months before the last performance. This must be hired as a condition of the License to produce this show.

    12 x Libretto-Vocal Books
    1 x Piano-Conductor's Score

    		 $550.00 +$135.00/pm
    Orchestral Material Shipped a minimum of 1 month before the last performance. This is optional.

    2 Violin I (optional)
    1 Violin II (optional)
    1 Viola (optional)
    1 Cello (optional)
    1 Bass

    1 Reed I: Flute I and Piccolo
    1 Reed II: Flute II
    1 Reed III: Clarinet I
    1 Reed IV: Clarinet II
    1 Reed V: Bass Clarinet &  Tenor Saxophone

    1 Horn (optional)
    1 Trumpets I & II
    1 Trombone

    1 Percussion:
    Timpani (1 Pedal Drum)
    Snare Drum (Brushes & Sticks)
    Bass Drum
    Tom-Tom (optional)
    Xylophone
    Vibraphone
    Bells
    Cymbals - Suspended
    Hi-Hat
    Triangle
    Wood Block
    Cow Bell
    Ratchet
    Slide Whistle
    School Bell
    Tambourine
    Kite Crash - Sound Effect

    1 Guitar (optional)
    Piano, Celeste, Toy Piano & Melodica 

    (Piano Conductor's Score sent with rehearsal material)

    		$350.00 +$135.00/pm
    Tams Rehearsal CD Shipped with (or after) Rehearsal Material. This is optional.

    Available for use in a standard CD player or CD-Rom drive and it contains the entire Piano-Conductor’s Score from your show. It can be used as your principal rehearsal pianist or in addition to your pianist for greater flexibility in scheduling your rehearsals. In order to provide maximum control over the piano accompaniment during rehearsal, the Tams Rehearsal CD is conveniently divided into separate tracks for each vocal break in a show and vocal cues are given where appropriate in order to guide and support the singers throughout the learning process.

    In addition to assisting in rehearsing your singers, the Rehearsal CD is an invaluable tool for your Choreographer. By effortlessly repeating the dance music at the right tempo, your Choreographer will be able to work out dance-step combinations with ease and precision.

    Sent with Rehearsal Set if ordered.

    		 $95.00

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