Peanuts Wiki
Register
Advertisement
Peanuts Wiki

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is a musical comedy consisting of songs with music and lyrics by Clark Gesner. It was the first stage musical based on the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz. The first stage performance of You're a Good Man Charlie Brown was in 1967, it was revived on Broadway in 1999. It was adapted for television in 1973 and 1985 and has been performed numerous times by amateur companies.

Performance history[]

Ten of Clark Gesner's songs for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown were originally featured on a concept album.

The first stage performance of the musical took place Off-Broadway on March 12, 1967. It ran for one thousand five hundred and ninety-seven performances. The book was credited to John Gordon, although Clark Gesner said that "John Gordon" was not a real person but was instead a collective pen-name that covered himself, the cast and the production staff, all of them having contributed to the script.

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown was revived on London's West End in 1968.

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown was also revived on Broadway on June 1, 1971 at the John Golden Theater with an entirely new cast. However, it closed after only fifteen previews and thirty-two regular performances.

In addition to the Broadway production, the success of the off-Broadway production spawned nine United States touring companies, playing in such cities as Chicago, Los Angeles, Altoona, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. A 1970 U.S. tour lasted 202 performances on the road.

A second Broadway revival came in 1999. The character of Patty from the original 1967 performance was replaced by Sally Brown. New dialogue was added by Michael Mayer and additional songs and orchestration by Andrew Lippa. The 1999 Broadway revival was nominated for four Tony Awards, winning two.

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown has been adapted for television twice, as a Hallmark Hall of Fame episode which first aired on NBC on February 3, 1973 and as an animated television special which was first shown on CBS on November 6, 1985. The character of Patty was replaced by Sally Brown in the 1985 animated cartoon, as in the later Broadway revival.

A US tour to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Peanuts comic strip was planned for 2020, although it was later postponed.

Songs (1967 off-Broadway / 1971 Original Broadway / West End / 1970 U.S. Tour)[]

Act I[]

Act II[]

The Song "Glee Club Rehearsal" which is featured in Act II was not included in the original 1967 Off-Broadway cast recording.

Songs (1999 Broadway revival / 2016 Off-Broadway revival / 1998 U.S. Tour)[]

Act I[]

Act II[]

Cast[]

Concept album[]

Original 1967 Off-Broadway production[]

West End production[]

1968 U.S. Tour[]

1969 U.S. Tour[]

1970 U.S. Tour[]

1971 Broadway production[]

1999 Broadway revival[]

2016 Off-Broadway revival[]

External links[]

Advertisement