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{{Short description|1967 musical comedy based on Charles Schulz's ''Peanuts''}}
{{About|the stage musical|the 1985 animated television adaptation|You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (TV special)}}
{{Infobox Musical
|name        = You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
|image       = Charlie-brown-off-b'way.JPG
|caption     = 1971 Broadway poster for the [[John Golden Theatre]]
|music       = [[Clark Gesner]]
|lyrics      = Clark Gesner
|book        = John Gordon
|basis       = {{Based on|Comic strip ''[[Peanuts]]''|[[Charles M. Schulz]]}}
|productions = {{Plainlist|
* 1967 [[Off-Broadway]]
* 1968 [[West End theatre|West End]]
* 1968 U.S. Tour
* 1969 U.S. Tour
* 1970 U.S. Tour
* 1971 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]
* 1998 U.S. Tour
* 1999 Broadway [[revival (theatre)|revival]]
* 2016 Off-Broadway revival
}}
<!-- Please do not include production-specific (acting, directing, etc.) awards -->
|awards      = {{Plainlist|
* 1967 [[Outer Critics Circle Award|Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Production]]
* 1999 [[Drama Desk Award|Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical]]
}}
}}

'''''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown''''' is a 1967 musical with music and lyrics by [[Clark Gesner]] and (in a 1999 revision) [[Andrew Lippa]]. It is based on the characters created by cartoonist [[Charles M. Schulz]] in his comic strip ''[[Peanuts]]''. The musical has been a popular choice for [[amateur theatre]] productions because of its small cast and simple staging.<ref>Peter, Thomas. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/145911-Top-10-Lists-Announced-for-Most-Performed-Plays-and-Musicals-in-High-Schools "Top 10 Lists Announced for Most-Performed Plays and Musicals in High Schools"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019005006/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/145911-Top-10-Lists-Announced-for-Most-Performed-Plays-and-Musicals-in-High-Schools |date=2013-10-19 }}. ''[[Playbill]]''.</ref>

== Background ==
John Gordon was credited with the book of the show, but according to Gesner's foreword in the published script, "John Gordon" is a collective pseudonym that covers Gesner, the cast members, and the production staff, all of whom worked together to assemble the script. ''The Guide to Musical Theatre'' notes that "John Gordon is a pseudonym for the staff and cast of the show. The original cast included [[Bob Balaban]], [[Gary Burghoff]], [[Bill Hinnant]], [[Skip Hinnant]], [[Karen Johnson (producer)|Karen Johnson]] and [[Reva Rose]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_y/youre_charlie_brown.htm |title=You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown| work=The Guide to Musical Theatre| access-date=August 19, 2019}}</ref><ref name=dale/><ref>{{cite web|last=Zedella|first=Susan|title=You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown: Another hit for Opera House|url=http://www.encorepub.com/a_a/blogs/blog1.php/2008/08/26/you-re-a-good-man-charlie-brown-another-|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710191703/http://www.encorepub.com/a_a/blogs/blog1.php/2008/08/26/you-re-a-good-man-charlie-brown-another-|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 10, 2011|series=Theatre/Stage|work=Encore Archives|access-date=March 12, 2011|date=August 26, 2008}}</ref>

== History ==
During the early 1960s, Gesner had begun writing songs based on Charles Schulz's '' Peanuts'' characters, but was unable to get permission from [[United Feature Syndicate]] to use the characters in his songs. Eventually Gesner sent Schulz a demo recording of some of the songs and Gesner soon had permission to properly record them, which he did in 1966.<ref name="PR">[http://diglib.princeton.edu/ead/getEad?eadid=C1163#bioghist "Biography of Clark Gesner, Clark Gesner Papers, 1940–2005"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029032718/http://diglib.princeton.edu/ead/getEad?eadid=C1163 |date=2010-10-29 }} Princeton University Library</ref> [[Orson Bean]] sang the role of Charlie Brown, Clark Gesner sang Linus, Barbara Minkus sang Lucy, and [[Bill Hinnant]] sang Snoopy (he reprised his role in the Off-Broadway production).

At the time, Gesner had no plans for a musical based on this pre-production "[[concept album]]". However, producer Arthur Whitelaw, who would later go on to write another musical based on ''Peanuts'' entitled: ''[[Snoopy! The Musical]]'', encouraged Gesner to turn the album into a musical.<ref>[http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/albm73.html "'You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown' Background, History, and Production Notes"] imagi-nation.com</ref>

The stage adaptation of the concept album, titled ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'',<ref>You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown [Original concept Album] (1966) - Clark Gesner, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuKCn9VEN8Y&t=1s</ref> went into rehearsal in New York City on February 10, 1967.<ref name="cb">{{cite web|url=http://www.juglans.demon.co.uk/Tim/Theatre/theatre_part2.txt |title=''Charlie Brown'' |publisher=www.juglans.demon.co.uk |access-date=November 14, 2011 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121075312/http://www.juglans.demon.co.uk/Tim/Theatre/theatre_part2.txt |archive-date=January 21, 2012 }}</ref> Prior to its opening, the musical had no actual [[libretto]]; it was several [[Vignette (literature)|vignettes]] with a musical number for each one.<ref name="cb"/>

==Productions==
===Original New York productions and U.S. tours===
[[File:Clark Gesner.jpg|thumb|[[Clark Gesner]] with director [[Joseph Hardy (director)|Joseph Hardy]] and the original 1967 cast of ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'']]
On March 7, 1967, the musical premiered [[off-Broadway]] at [[Theatre 80]] in the [[East Village, Manhattan|East Village]], featuring [[Gary Burghoff]] as [[Charlie Brown]], [[Skip Hinnant]] as [[Schroeder (Peanuts)|Schroeder]], [[Reva Rose]] as [[Lucy van Pelt|Lucy]], [[Bob Balaban]] as [[Linus van Pelt|Linus]], Karen Johnson as [[Patty (Peanuts)|Patty]] (an early ''Peanuts'' character not to be confused with [[Peppermint Patty]]), and [[Bill Hinnant]] as [[Snoopy]].<ref name="bab">{{cite web|title=You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown|url=http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=1250|work=[[Lortel Archives]]/Internet Off Broadway Database|publisher=Lucille Lortel Foundation|access-date=June 19, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727043135/http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=1250|archive-date=July 27, 2011}}</ref><ref>Viagas, Robert. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/68134-Today-In-Theatre-History-MARCH-7 "Today In Theatre History: March 7"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314150859/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/68134-Today-In-Theatre-History-MARCH-7 |date=2011-03-14 }}. ''playbill.com'', March 7, 2011.</ref> [[Joseph Hardy (director)|Joseph Hardy]] directed and choreographer [[Patricia Birch]] was billed as "Assistant to the Director". [[Joe Raposo]], later of ''[[Sesame Street]]'' fame, was billed as "Music Director" and composer of incidental music for the show. This production of ''You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown'' lasted 1,597 performances, closing on February 14, 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.superheroeslives.com/independents/you%27re_a_good_man_charlie_brown_%281967%29.htm|title=You're a Good Man, Chalire Brown|publisher=Superheroeslives.com|access-date=November 14, 2011|archive-date=October 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004143638/http://superheroeslives.com/independents/you%27re_a_good_man_charlie_brown_%281967%29.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.masterworksbroadway.com/music/youre-a-good-man-charlie-brown "You're A Good Man Charlie Brown"]. ''Masterworks Broadway''.</ref><ref>[[Simonson, Robert]]. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/71118-Clark-Gesner-Composer-of-Youre-a-Good-Man-Charlie-Brown-Dead-at-64 "Clark Gesner, Composer of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Dead at 64"] Playbill.com, July 27, 2002.</ref>

The off-Broadway [[cast recording]], originally released on MGM Records, was later remastered by [[Decca Broadway]]/[[Universal Music Group|Universal Classics]] and re-released on September 31, 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccabroadway.com/product/default.aspx?pid=57042&aid=96944|title=You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Remastered Original 1967 Cast Recording)|publisher=Decca Broadway|date=October 31, 2000|access-date=November 14, 2011}}</ref> A 1970 U.S. tour lasted 202 performances on the road.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/backstage.php?showid=9797|title=1970 US Tour listing|publisher=Broadwayworld.com|date=May 17, 1971|access-date=November 14, 2011}}</ref>

A Broadway production opened at the [[John Golden Theatre]] on June 1, 1971, and closed on June 27, 1971, after 32 performances and 15 previews. Directed by Joseph Hardy and with choreography by Patricia Birch, the new cast consisted of Carter Cole as Schroeder, Grant Cowan as Snoopy, Stephen Fenning as Linus, Liz O'Neal as Lucy, Dean Stolber as Charlie Brown, and Lee Wilson as Patty.<ref>{{cite web|author=The Broadway League|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=3609|title=IBDb listing for 1971 production|publisher=Ibdb.com |access-date=November 14, 2011}}</ref>

===1968 West End premiere===
{{quote frame |align=right |None of the cast is actually six years old. And they don't<br>really look like Charles Schulz' "Peanuts" cartoon <br>characters. But this doesn't seem to make that much <br>difference once we are into the play, because what <br>they are saying to each other is with the openness of <br>that early childhood time, and the obvious fact is that <br>they are all really quite fond of each other. |author=Clark Gesner<ref>{{cite web|title=You're a Good Man Charlie Brown|url=http://www.tams-witmark.com/musicals/charliebrown.html|work=Tams-Witmark|access-date=6 May 2011}}</ref>}}
The musical opened in the West End in London on February 1, 1968, produced by [[Harold Fielding]] and Bernard Delfont,<ref>{{cite book|title=Theater World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g_wrTydssB4C&q=you%27re+a+good+man+charlie+brown+1968+london&pg=PA315|publisher=[[Hal Leonard Corporation]]|author=Willis, John|author2=Hodges, Ben |year=2006|access-date=March 14, 2011|isbn = 9781557836502}}</ref> and directed by original 1967 director Joseph Hardy. It played at the [[Fortune Theatre]] for 116 performances, until closing on May 11, 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/backstage.php?showid=7960 |title=West End production listing |publisher=Broadwayworld.com |date=February 1, 1962 |access-date=November 14, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kenrick|first=John|title=1960s Stage Chronology|url=http://www.musicals101.com/1960s.htm|work=musicals101.com|access-date=March 14, 2011}}</ref> The whole original Toronto cast reprised their roles for West End. Don Potter, who portrayed Snoopy, reprised his role in the original San Francisco cast of ''[[Snoopy! The Musical]]''.

===1985 television special===
{{main|You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (TV special)}}

===1998 U.S. tour and 1999 Broadway revival===
A U.S. tour began on November 18, 1998, in [[Skokie, Illinois]].<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/41679-Cast-Rapp-Bart-Wong-Dates-Pre-Bway-Tour-Finalized-for-Charlie-Brown "Cast (Rapp, Bart & Wong), Dates & Pre-Bway Tour Finalized for Charlie Brown"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629164852/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/41679-Cast-Rapp-Bart-Wong-Dates-Pre-Bway-Tour-Finalized-for-Charlie-Brown |date=2011-06-29 }}. ''Playbill''. Oct 28, 1998.</ref> The tour was expected to become a full-scale revival to open at the [[Longacre Theatre]] on Broadway, but was moved to the [[Ambassador Theatre (New York)|Ambassador Theatre]] after ''[[Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk]]''{{'}}s closing.<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/42264-Bring-In-Da-Peanuts-Charlie-Brown-Switches-to-Ambassador "Bring In `Da Peanuts: Charlie Brown Switches to Ambassador"] playbill.com, November 30, 1998.</ref> After the tour ended on January 17, 1999, the revival opened on February 4, 1999, and closed on June 13, 1999, having played 14 previews and 149 performances.<ref name="add">[http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=5211 "IBDB listing for 1999 production"] ibdb.com</ref> It featured new dialogue by [[Michael Mayer (director)|Michael Mayer]], who also directed, and additional songs and orchestration written by [[Andrew Lippa]]; choreography was by [[Jerry Mitchell]] and sets by [[David Gallo]], Mayer's frequent collaborator.

In this revival, the character of [[Patty (Peanuts)|Patty]] was replaced with [[Sally Brown]], inspired by the same change Schulz made in the animated TV adaptation.<ref name="test">{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800396041/bio|title=Kristin Chenoweth biography|publisher=Movies.yahoo.com|access-date=November 14, 2011}}</ref> The cast featured [[Anthony Rapp]] as Charlie Brown, [[B. D. Wong|B.D. Wong]] as Linus, [[Ilana Levine]] as Lucy, and [[Stanley Wayne Mathis]] as Schroeder. Also featured were [[Kristin Chenoweth]] and [[Roger Bart]] as Sally and Snoopy, with each winning the Tony award in the respective category.<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/production/youre-a-good-man-charlie-brown-ambassador-theatre-vault-0000000976# " ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' Broadway"] Playbill, accessed August 19, 2019</ref> [[Kirsten Wyatt]] was the standby for Lucy and Sally.

The original Broadway revival recording was released by [[RCA Victor]]/[[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]] on March 9, 1999.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gesner|first=Clark|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00000I8B1 |title=You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1999 Broadway Revival Cast): Clark Gesner, Andrew Lippa, Kristin Chenoweth: Music|website=Amazon|year=1999 |access-date=November 14, 2011}}</ref>

The 1999 cast appeared on ''[[The Rosie O'Donnell Show]]'' to promote the show, singing "Beethoven Day."  O'Donnell joined in with the cast to close her show by performing the finale as the credits rolled.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/hPu2pzXJmSg Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200402053941/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPu2pzXJmSg&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPu2pzXJmSg| title = You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown "Beethoven Day" Rosie O'Donnell Show 1999 | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 24 May 2015 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===2008 Manhattan benefit concert===
On December 15, 2008, a one-night-only benefit performance of ''Charlie Brown'' was staged at the [[Gerald W. Lynch|Gerald W. Lynch Theater]] at [[John Jay College]] in [[Manhattan]] for the [[Make-A-Wish Foundation]], directed by David Lefkowich.<ref>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/122584-Deckman-Karr-Crowle-Floyd-Larsen-and-Miller-Cast-in-Charlie-Brown-Benefit-Concert "Deckman, Karr, Crowle, Floyd, Larsen and Miller Cast in Charlie Brown Benefit Concert"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629164909/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/122584-Deckman-Karr-Crowle-Floyd-Larsen-and-Miller-Cast-in-Charlie-Brown-Benefit-Concert |date=2011-06-29 }}, playbill.com, October 21, 2008.</ref> The cast featured Morgan Karr as Charlie Brown, [[David Larsen]] as Schroeder, Tom Deckman as Snoopy, Matt Crowle as Linus, Carmen Ruby Floyd as Lucy, and Kenita R. Miller as Sally.<ref>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/124281-Charlie-Brown-Benefit-Concert-with-Deckman-Karr-Crowle-Floyd-Larsen-Miller-Presented-Dec-15 "Charlie Brown Benefit Concert, with Deckman, Karr, Crowle, Floyd, Larsen, Miller, Presented Dec. 15"] ''Playbill'', December 15, 2008.</ref>

===2016 Off-Broadway revival===
The musical was revived at the Off-Broadway York Theatre Company. The revival used some young actors from Broadway productions. The six-member “Peanuts” gang featured [[Joshua Colley]] as [[Charlie Brown]], Gregory Diaz as [[Schroeder (Peanuts)|Schroeder]], Aidan Gemme as [[Snoopy]], [[Milly Shapiro]] as [[Sally Brown|Sally]], Mavis Simpson-Ernst as [[Lucy Van Pelt|Lucy]], and Jeremy T. Villas as [[Linus van Pelt|Linus]]. Graydon Peter Yosowitz played the role of Charlie Brown from June 1–7. The production ran from May 24 – June 26, 2016.<ref>[https://www.theatermania.com/shows/new-york-city-theater/youre-a-good-man-charlie-brown_313888 ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown''] theatermania.com, accessed August 19, 2019</ref><ref name=dale>Dale, Michael. [https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-Review-York-Theatre-Casts-Broadway-Kids-In-YOURE-A-GOOD-MAN-CHARLIE-BROWN-20160601 "BWW Review: York Theatre Casts Broadway Kids In ''You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown''"] broadwayworld.com, June 1, 2016</ref>

=== 2023 Off-West End revival ===
The London revival opened at [[Upstairs at the Gatehouse]] on December 14, 2023. Produced by Chromolume, it was directed by [[Amanda Noar]] with Isaac Bernier-Doyle as assistant director and Harry Style as musical director. The cast comprised Jordan Broatch as Charlie Brown, Troy Yip as Schroeder, Jacob Cornish as Linus, Oliver Sidney as Snoopy, Eleanor Fransch as Lucy, and Millie Robins as Sally. It closed on January 14, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-18 |title=Upstairs at the Gatehouse to stage You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/upstairs-at-the-gatehouse-to-stage-youre-a-good-man-charlie-brown_1527723/ |access-date=2024-10-10 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-18 |title=You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown revival announces cast |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/youre-a-good-man-charlie-brown-revival-announces-cast_1537858/ |access-date=2024-10-10 |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== 2024 Chinese premiere ===
After closing in London, Chromolume's production transferred to [[Shanghai]] in August, 2024 opening at the FANCL Arts Centre in co-production with iMusical, Hangzhou Grand Theatre, and Singapore ULC Education Group. The creative team and cast remained largely unchanged with Joǎo Almeida taking over as Charlie Brown and Poppy Austen joining as Sally. This marked the show's debut in China.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tossell |first=Shaun |date=2024-07-04 |title=YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN – OFF-WEST END PRODUCTION TRANSFERS TO SHANGHAI |url=https://theatrefan.co.uk/youre-a-good-man-charlie-brown-off-west-end-production-transfers-to-shanghai/ |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=Theatre Fan |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Synopsis==
===Original===
;Act I
Charlie Brown and Linus are together, as his friends give their various opinions of him ("Opening"). Today everyone is calling him a "good man". They state he could be king. Lucy, however says he could be king if he wasn't so wishy-washy ("You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown"). [[Lucy van Pelt|Lucy]] expresses her deep infatuation with [[Schroeder (Peanuts)|Schroeder]] and asks him what he thinks of the idea of marriage. Schroeder is aware of her feelings, but remains aloof as he plays his piano. Lucy then exclaims: "My Aunt Marion was right. Never try to discuss marriage with a musician" ("Schroeder").

Schroeder is walking around in the sun, happy with all the peace and quiet. However, that is soon interrupted by Lucy screaming for a ball. [[Snoopy]]  is lying on top of his [[doghouse]], relaxing vacantly and peacefully. He daydreams that all the children are adoring him, and saying he's “the best dog in the world”. Birds start to poke his stomach, and then he begins to [[daydream]] about being a wild jungle beast. In a few minutes, however, he is back to his peaceful state ("Snoopy").

Linus enters, holding his blanket and sucking his thumb. Lucy and Patty show up and mock him for this habit. Lucy tries to pull away the blanket, but fails. Linus decides to abandon his blanket and move on, only to come running back to it in desperation. After the girls leave, Linus decides to relax with his blanket until he can outgrow it ("My Blanket and Me"). Charlie Brown appears, trying to get his unusually stubborn kite to soar in the air. Eventually, he succeeds in doing this, and he enjoys a few minutes of triumph before the kite plummets to the ground ("The Kite").

After this trauma, Charlie Brown tries to find the right way to give The Little Red-Headed Girl her [[Valentine's Day]] card, but he ends up saying "Merry Christmas", making a fool out of himself. He finds Patty handing out valentines, and she drops a valentine with the initials C.B. Charlie Brown gives it back to Patty, but soon learns it was Craig Bowerman's valentine. He goes to see Lucy, who is at her [[psychiatrist]] booth. He tells her all the things he thinks of himself. Lucy then clears it up by saying that Charlie Brown is unique the way he is, then asks for the five cent price ("The Doctor Is In").

Later, Lucy comes up to Schroeder again and talks about if they got married, and they were so poor that Schroeder had to sell his piano for saucepans, and, again, Schroeder cannot stand it. At noon, Linus, Lucy, Schroeder, and Charlie Brown are working on their [[Peter Rabbit]] book reports, each in his or her own way. Lucy is simply babbling to fit the 100-word requirement, Schroeder is doing a "comparison" between the book and [[Robin Hood]], Linus is doing an overcomplicated psychological analysis, and Charlie Brown hasn't even started out of worry ("The Book Report").

;Act II
Snoopy, in his World War I [[flying ace]] uniform, climbs atop his doghouse. He goes through a scene, with him being a pilot searching for the [[Red Baron]]. In his imagination, he is defeated by the Red Baron and returns to the aerodrome in France ("The Red Baron"). Meanwhile, Charlie Brown returns, and, with his friends, plays the [[Little League Baseball]] Championship. After some mishaps, the team finally manages to make some progress. Charlie Brown steps up to the plate, and despite his valiant efforts, strikes out and loses the game. We learn that this was a [[Flashback (narrative)|flashback]], and Charlie Brown expresses his deep sorrow to his [[pen pal]] ("T-E-A-M (The Baseball Game)").

Later on, Linus and Lucy arrive home. Linus starts to watch TV, but Lucy tells him to switch channels. Lucy tells Linus that what she intends to do when she grows up, she will become a queen. Linus denies, and Lucy decides to cultivate her life for her "natural beauty" ("Queen Lucy"). The next day, at lunchtime, Charlie Brown talks about his bad days. Then he notices the Little Red-Haired Girl approaching and puts a paper bag over his head. It turns out it is Lucy and Patty, chatting together.

At Schroeder's [[Glee club|Glee Club]], Patty is the only one to arrive early. When everyone comes, it's chaos. Unfortunately, a fight ensues between Lucy and Linus over a pencil. Lucy threatens to tell Patty that Linus called her an enigma. The fight spreads, and Charlie Brown decides to leave with his angry friends, leaving Schroeder and Snoopy the only ones singing ("Glee Club Rehearsal"). Later, Charlie Brown comes across Lucy teaching Linus about nature the way she views it, with "facts" such as bugs pulling the grass to make it grow or snow coming out of the ground in [[winter]]. Charlie Brown tries to correct her, but she retaliates with a false explanation, and Charlie Brown bangs his head against a tree in frustration ("[[Little Known Facts]]").

The next morning, Snoopy is puzzled why he has his supper in the red dish, and the water in the blue dish. Meanwhile, Linus and Schroeder are walking to school. Schroeder asks if Linus filled out the form that Ms. Othmar gave them. Linus puts down “[[Dr. Seuss]]“. Snoopy talks about how he hates cats, but he is also scared of them ("Peanuts Potpourri").  That evening, Snoopy complains that he hasn't been fed yet, and begins to overly complicate and dramatize the matter until Charlie Brown shows up with his dinner. Snoopy bursts into song about his craving for supper until Charlie Brown firmly tells him to eat his meal ("Suppertime").

That night, everyone is looking at the stars in wonder. Charlie Brown soon discovers a pencil which has been dropped by the [[Little Red-Haired Girl]] (his perennial crush). As he examines it, he discovers that "there are teeth-marks all over it . . . she ''nibbles'' her pencil . . . ''she's HUMAN!''" With that realization, he concludes that today hasn't been so bad, after all, and he's done a lot of things that make him happy. As Charlie Brown expresses what makes him happy, everyone, touched by his love of life, begin to express what makes them happy as well ("Happiness"). Right then, he realizes being a "good man" means trying your best and making the most of the things you've been given in life. As his other friends leave the stage, Lucy turns to him then tells him, "You're a good man, Charlie Brown."

===Revised===
;Act I
Charlie Brown stands alone as his friends give their various opinions of him ("Opening"). Today everyone is calling him a "good man". Charlie Brown is happy and hopeful as usual, but he nevertheless wonders if he really is what they say. He decides to find out how he can really become a good person ("You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown").

Alone one day, during lunch, Charlie Brown talks about his bad days. Then he notices the [[Little Red-Haired Girl]] and decides to go sit with her. However, he cannot find the courage to do so, and puts a paper bag over his head. It turns out it is Lucy and Sally, chatting together. They draw a dress on the paper bag, while Charlie Brown feels like he has no confidence ("You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" (reprise))

[[Lucy van Pelt|Lucy]] expresses her deep infatuation with [[Schroeder (Peanuts)|Schroeder]] and asks him what he thinks of the idea of marriage. Schroeder is aware of her feelings, but remains aloof as he plays his piano. Lucy then exclaims: "My Aunt Marion was right. Never try to discuss marriage with a musician" ("Schroeder"). Sally is sad because her jump rope tangled up.

[[Snoopy]] is lying on top of his [[doghouse]], relaxing vacantly and peacefully. He begins to [[daydream]] about being a wild jungle beast. In a few minutes, however, he is back to his peaceful state ("Snoopy"). Linus enters, holding his blanket and [[Thumb sucking|sucking his thumb]]. Lucy and Sally show up and mock him for this habit. Linus decides to abandon his blanket and move on, only to come running back to it in desperation. After the girls leave, Linus daydreams of a blanket fantasy where everyone can relax with their blankets ("My Blanket and Me"). Lucy later tells him that she would someday like to be a queen ("Queen Lucy"). However, Linus tells her that she can't and she threatens to punch him. Sally gets a C for her pathetic [[Clothes hanger|coat-hanger]] sculpture.

Charlie Brown appears, trying to get his unusually stubborn kite to soar in the air. Eventually, he succeeds in doing this, and he enjoys a few minutes of triumph before the notorious [[Kite-Eating Tree]] eats it up ("The Kite"). After this trauma, Charlie Brown tries to find the right way to give Lucy a [[Valentine's Day]] card, but he ends up saying "Merry Christmas", making a fool out of himself. He later learns that no one sent him a card, whereas everyone else, including Snoopy, got several. He goes to see Lucy, who is at her [[psychiatrist]] booth. He tells her all the things he thinks of himself. Lucy then clears it up by saying that Charlie Brown is unique the way he is, then asks for the five cent price ("The Doctor Is In"). Later, Charlie Brown sees a happy Schroeder spreading the word of [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s birthday and pulling together a celebration. He and company join Schroeder in the song of jubilation ("Beethoven Day").

The next morning, Sally wakes up Snoopy to go rabbit chasing, and they go into strange places, like the Sahara. At noon, Linus, Lucy, Schroeder, and Charlie Brown are working on their [[Peter Rabbit]] book reports, each in their own way. Lucy is simply babbling to fit the 100-word requirement, Schroeder is doing a "comparison" between the book and [[Robin Hood]], Linus is doing an overcomplicated psychological analysis, and Charlie Brown hasn't even started out of worry, while Sally and Snoopy continue to chase rabbits ("The Book Report").

;Act II
Snoopy, in his World War I [[flying ace]] uniform climbs atop his doghouse. He goes through a scene, with him being a pilot searching for the [[Red Baron]]. In his imagination, he is defeated by the Red Baron and returns to the aerodrome in France ("The Red Baron").

Sally is clearly cross about a D her teacher gave her on her homework assignment. In response, she says, "Oh, yeah? That's what you think!" Schroeder hears and asks why Sally is telling him that. It quickly becomes Sally's new "philosophy", and she bursts into song about her philosophies. Schroeder, after failing to explain to her how philosophies work, leaves in bafflement while Sally continues ("My New Philosophy").

Charlie Brown returns, and, with his friends, plays the [[Little League Baseball]] Championship. After some mishaps, the team finally manages to make some progress. Charlie Brown steps up to the plate, and despite his valiant efforts, strikes out and loses the game. We learn that this was a [[Flashback (narrative)|flashback]], and Charlie Brown expresses his deep sorrow to his [[pen pal]] ("T-E-A-M (The Baseball Game)"). After Schroeder tells her she is a very crabby person, Lucy takes a crabbiness survey of all her friends to determine her crabbiness: Charlie Brown gives a waffling answer, while Sally is more definitive. Upon asking Linus, he refuses to answer until she promises not to punch him; when he gives her a score of ninety-five, though, she punches him anyway. After tallying the score, she realizes that she, in reality, is really very crabby and becomes depressed. Linus cheers her up by reminding her she has a little brother who loves her, remarking as she sobs in his shoulder, "Every now and then I say the right thing!"

Determined not to let what happened at the championship bother him, Charlie Brown decides to join Schroeder's [[Glee club|Glee Club]] and cheer up by singing "[[Home on the Range]]" with his friends. Unfortunately, a fight ensues between Lucy and Linus over a pencil. The fight spreads, and Charlie Brown decides to leave with his angry friends, leaving Schroeder and Snoopy the only ones singing ("Glee Club Rehearsal").

Later, Charlie Brown comes across Lucy teaching Linus about nature the way she views it, with "facts" such as bugs pulling the grass to make it grow or snow growing out of the ground in [[winter]]. Charlie Brown tries to correct her, but she retaliates with a false explanation, and Charlie Brown bangs his head against a tree in frustration ("[[Little Known Facts]]"). That evening, Snoopy complains that he hasn't been fed yet, and begins to overly complicate and dramatize the matter until Charlie Brown shows up with his dinner. Snoopy bursts into song about his craving for supper until Charlie Brown firmly tells him to eat his meal ("Suppertime").

That night, Charlie Brown is still sad that he has not discovered what it means to be a "good man", then he discovers a pencil which has been dropped by the [[Little Red-Haired Girl]] (his perennial crush). As he examines it, he discovers that "there are teeth-marks all over it...she ''nibbles'' her pencil...''she's HUMAN!''" With that realization, he concludes that today hasn't been so bad, after all, and he's done a lot of things that make him happy. As Charlie Brown expresses what makes him happy, everyone, touched by his love of life, begin to express what makes them happy as well ("Happiness"). Right then, he realizes being a "good man" means trying your best and making the most of the things you've been given in life. As his other friends leave the stage, Lucy turns to him and puts out her hand, making him shrink back. As he reaches out, she shakes his hand firmly, then tells him, "You're a good man, Charlie Brown."

A medley of "Happiness" and "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" is performed as the cast comes out for a final curtain call.

==Musical numbers==
;Original
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;Act I
* "Opening" – Company
* "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" – Company
* "Schroeder" – Lucy (sung over [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s "[[Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven)|Moonlight Sonata]]")
* "Snoopy" – Snoopy
* "My Blanket and Me" – Linus
* "The Kite" – Charlie Brown
* "The Doctor is In" (Dr. Lucy) – Lucy and Charlie Brown
* "The Book Report" – Company
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;Act II
* "Opening, Pt. 2" - Company
* "T-E-A-M (The Baseball Game)" – Charlie Brown and Company
* "The Red Baron" – Snoopy
* "Queen Lucy" – Lucy and Linus
* "Glee Club Rehearsal" – Company (sung over "[[Home on the Range (song)|Home on the Range]]")
* "[[Little Known Facts]]" – Lucy with Linus and Charlie Brown
* "Peanuts Potpourri" – Snoopy, Schroeder, and Linus
* "Suppertime" – Snoopy
* "Happiness" – Company
*  Bows – Company (includes a [[reprise]] of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown")
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''Note: "Opening, Pt. 2", "Glee Club Rehearsal", and "Bows" was not included in the original cast recording.''
;Revised
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;Act I
* "Opening" – Company
* "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" – Company
* "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" (reprise) – Charlie Brown, Linus, and Sally
* "Schroeder" – Lucy (sung over [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s "[[Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven)|Moonlight Sonata]]")
* "Snoopy" – Snoopy
* "My Blanket and Me" – Linus and Company
* "Queen Lucy" – Lucy and Linus
* "The Kite" – Charlie Brown (optional company background)
* "The Doctor is In" (Dr. Lucy) – Lucy and Charlie Brown
* "Peanuts Potpourri" – Sally, Linus, Snoopy, Lucy, and Schroeder
* "Beethoven Day" – Schroeder and Company
* "Rabbit Chasing" - Sally and Snoopy
* "The Book Report" – Company
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;Act II
* "The Red Baron" – Snoopy
* "My New Philosophy" – Sally and Schroeder
* "T-E-A-M (The Baseball Game)" – Charlie Brown and Company
* "Glee Club Rehearsal" – Company (sung over "[[Home on the Range (song)|Home on the Range]]")
* "[[Little Known Facts]]" – Lucy with Linus and Charlie Brown
* "Suppertime" – Snoopy
* "Happiness" – Company
* Bows – Company (includes a partial [[reprise]] of "Happiness," and "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown")
{{col-end}}
''Note: The three new songs added to the show ("Beethoven Day", "Rabbit Chasing", and "My New Philosophy") are by Andrew Lippa.  "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Reprise", "Queen Lucy", "Peanuts Potpourri", "Rabbit Chasing", and "The Red Baron" are not included in the 1999 revival Broadway cast recording.''

==Instrumentation==

The instrumentation varies greatly and three kinds exist.

In the original Off-Broadway production, the instrumentation was simply a piano (doubling on [[toy piano]] and [[melodica]]), a bass, and percussion. It can be heard on the original cast recording.

When Tams-Witmark acquired the rights to ''Charlie Brown'', the orchestration was rewritten from the original version. The complete orchestration contained a piano, bass, guitar, percussion, five woodwind parts, two trumpets, horn, trombone, and strings. The piano player can also be doubled on celeste, toy piano, and melodica; the first woodwind plays flute and piccolo; the second is the second flute part; the third and fourth are the first and second clarinet parts respectively; the fifth on bass clarinet and tenor sax. Any guitar, horn, and string parts (excluding bass) were all optional.<ref>[http://www.tamswitmark.com/musicals/charliebrown.html ''Charlie Brown''] tamswitmark.com</ref>

When ''Charlie Brown'' was brought back to Broadway in 1999, the orchestration was deeply revised, containing a five-piece orchestra that consisted of a piano, bass, percussion, a woodwind player, and a violinist. The piano player can double on keyboard synthesizer and kazoo; the bass player doubles on electric and acoustic bass, tenor recorder, and kazoo (in the original Broadway pit the bass player also doubled on acoustic and electric guitar); the woodwind part doubles on piccolo, flute, clarinet, soprano and alto sax, soprano recorder, and kazoo; the violin part also doubles on viola, alto recorder, kazoo, and tambourine. The percussionist primarily plays drum set but doubles on vibraphone, bells, triangle, timpani, and xylophone, with the parts intended to be played with a synthesizer. This version is also available through Tams-Witmark.<ref>[http://www.tamswitmark.com/musicals/cbr.html ''Charlie Brown''] tamswitmark.com</ref>

==Casts==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! width="10%" scope="col"| Character
! width="10%" scope="col"| [[Concept Album]]<br>(1966)
! width="10%" scope="col"| [[Off-Broadway]]<br>(1967)
! width="10%" scope="col"| [[Toronto]] and [[West End theatre|West End]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ovrtur.com/production/2884246|title=''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' (1968 London Production)|access-date=2020-05-25|website=Ovrtur}}</ref><br>(1967/1968)
! width="10%" scope="col"| First US tour<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ovrtur.com/production/2902235|title=''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' (First US Tour)|access-date=2020-05-25|website=Ovrtur}}</ref><br>(1968)
! width="10%" scope="col"| Second US tour<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ovrtur.com/production/2896307|title=''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' (Second US Tour)|access-date=2020-05-25|website=Ovrtur}}</ref><br>(1969)
! width="10%" scope="col"| Third US tour<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ovrtur.com/production/2902235|title=''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' (Bus and Truck Tour)}}</ref><br>(1970)
! width="10%" scope="col"| [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]<br>(1971)
! width="10%" scope="col"| [[List of Hallmark Hall of Fame episodes#Season 22 (1972–73)|TV special]]<br>(1973)
! width="10%" scope="col"| Fourth US tour and Broadway revival<br>(1998/1999)
! width="10%" scope="col"| Off-Broadway revival<br>(2016)
|-
! style="text-align:center;" | [[Charlie Brown]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Orson Bean]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Gary Burghoff]]
| style="text-align:center;" | David Rhys-Anderson
| style="text-align:center;" | Ken Kube
| style="text-align:center;" | Alan Lofft
| style="text-align:center;" | Richard Whelan
| style="text-align:center;" | Dean Stolber
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Wendell Burton]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Anthony Rapp]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Joshua Colley]]
|-
!  style="text-align:center;" | [[Lucy van Pelt]]
|  style="text-align:center;" | Barbara Minkus
|  style="text-align:center;" | [[Reva Rose]]
|  style="text-align:center;" | Boni Enten
|  style="text-align:center;" | Ann Gibbs
|  style="text-align:center;" | Minnie Gaster
|  style="text-align:center;" | Cathy Wallace
|  style="text-align:center;" | Liz O'Neal
|  style="text-align:center;" | Ruby Persson
|  style="text-align:center;" | [[Ilana Levine]]
|  style="text-align:center;" | Mavis Simpson-Ernst
|-
!  style="text-align:center;" | [[Linus van Pelt]]
|  style="text-align:center;" | [[Clark Gesner]]
|  style="text-align:center;" | [[Bob Balaban]]
|  style="text-align:center;" | Gene Kidwell
|  style="text-align:center;" | Joel Kimmel
|  style="text-align:center;" | [[Derek McGrath]]
|  style="text-align:center;" | Vic Vail
|  style="text-align:center;" | Stephen Fenning
|  style="text-align:center;" | [[Barry Livingston]]
|  style="text-align:center;" | [[BD Wong]]
|  style="text-align:center;" | Jeremy T. Villas
|-
! [[Patty (Peanuts)|Patty]]
| style="text-align:center;" | N/A
| style="text-align:center;" | Karen Johnson
| style="text-align:center;" | Courtney Lane
| style="text-align:center;" | Linda Sherwood
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Marylu Moyer
| style="text-align:center;" | Lee Wilson
| style="text-align:center;" | Noelle Matlovsky
| colspan="2" {{n/a}}
|-
! [[Sally Brown]]
| colspan="8" {{n/a}}
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Kristin Chenoweth]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Milly Shapiro]]
|-
! [[Schroeder (Peanuts)|Schroeder]]
| style="text-align:center;" | N/A
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Skip Hinnant]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Gene Scandur
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Jonathan Hadary]]
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Dennis Phillips
| style="text-align:center;" | Carter Cole
| style="text-align:center;" | Mark Montgomery
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Stanley Wayne Mathis]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Gregory Diaz IV|Gregory Diaz]]
|-
! [[Snoopy]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Bill Hinnant]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Bill Hinnant
| style="text-align:center;" | Don Potter
| style="text-align:center;" | T. D. Johnston
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | Grant Cowan
| style="text-align:center;" | Bill Hinnant
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Roger Bart]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Aidan Gemme
|}
'''''Notes''': The character of "Sally" was added in the 1999 revival, replacing "Patty" from the original version. Sally was then used for the 2016 revival as well. <br>The characters of Patty and Schroeder do not appear on the concept album.''<ref name="CastAlbums">[https://castalbums.org/recordings/Youre-a-Good-Man-Charlie-Brown-1966-Concept-Cast/2101/ CastAlbums.org]</ref>

Articles about the 1999 revision while it was in previews noted that the one difference between the original production and the 1999 version was that the latter reflected the increased ethnic diversity of casting over the decades that had passed, with Schroeder being played by an African American actor (Mathis) and Linus by an Asian American (Wong).<ref name="rentorig">Frank Rizzo. "'Rent' Original To Star In New 'Charlie Brown'" ("On Stage" column), ''The Hartford Courant'', October 4, 1998, Arts section, page G4.</ref><ref name="whiteway">Alex Beam. "It's The Great White Way, Charlie Brown" ("TGIF" column), ''Boston Globe'', October 9, 1998, Living section, page D1.</ref><ref name="whynot">Chris Jones. "Good grief: For a way-Off Broadway preview, why not Skokie?" (Theater column), ''Chicago Tribune'', November 22, 1998, Arts & Entertainment section, page 6.</ref>

==Response==
The off-Broadway production was well received, with ''[[The Village Voice]]'' praising the simplistic set and "strikingly talented" cast.<ref>Smith, Michael. "Gary Burghoff, Bob Balaban in Stage Version of 'Peanuts'". ''[[The Village Voice]]'', 1967 Theatre Journal.</ref> [[Walter Kerr]] in ''[[The New York Times]]'' called the show "a miracle", saying, "Almost everything works, because almost everything is effortless."<ref name="brantley">Brantley, Ben. [http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?_r=2&html_title=&tols_title=YOU%92RE%20A%20GOOD%20MAN,%20CHARLIE%20BROWN%20(PLAY)&pdate=19990205&byline=By%20BEN%20BRANTLEY&id=1077011432086&scp=1&sq=%22you%92re%20a%20good%20man,%20charlie%20brown%22%201967&st=cse "THEATER REVIEW; Your Sister's Gutsy, Charlie Brown"] nytimes.com, February 5, 1999.</ref>

In reviewing the 1999 revival, ''[[Playbill]]'''s Steven Suskin found it "overblown and underwhelming. The scenic and musical enhancements were especially harmful, it seemed to me; the unassuming, child-size characters were overwhelmed… Which is not to say that the 1999 music department did a bad job; it's simply that the concept of a big, new 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown' worked against the inherent qualities of the material."<ref>Suskin, Steven. [http://www.playbill.com/features/article/66379-ON-THE-RECORD-Mamma-Elaines-King-Charlie-Brown/pg3 "ON THE RECORD: ''Mamma'', Elaine's ''King'' & ''Charlie Brown''"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629152617/http://www.playbill.com/features/article/66379-ON-THE-RECORD-Mamma-Elaines-King-Charlie-Brown/pg3 |date=2011-06-29 }} playbill.com, November 26, 2000.</ref> In ''The New York Times'', [[Ben Brantley]] wrote a lukewarm review:
{{blockquote|The real problem is a matter of scale… there's an uncomfortable feeling of dead air that the cast must work much too hard to fill… Songs that were created as droll, low-key character portraits have been reconceived as showstoppers, and the frail, winsome little bodies of these numbers just aren't up to the job. When Linus sings a duet with his famous security blanket, which has been wired to dance on its own, the sequence has a flailing, improvised quality that is the stuff of actors' nightmares.<ref name="brantley"/>}}

Brantley did praise some of the cast, saying, "[[Kristin Chenoweth]]'s performance as Sally will be the part that should seal her reputation. This glow cast by a star-in-the-making gives a real Broadway magic to a show that otherwise feels sadly shrunken… And [[Roger Bart]], in the plum role of Snoopy, the charismatic beagle, incorporates some delightful doglike mannerisms."<ref name="brantley"/>

==Awards and nominations==
===Original Off-Broadway Production===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;"
|-
! style="width:5%;"| Year
! style="width:20%;"| Award Ceremony
! style="width:45%;"| Category
! style="width:20%;"| Nominee
! style="width:10%;"| Result
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1967
| rowspan="2"| [[Drama Desk Award]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dramadesk.com/1966_1967dd.html |title=Drama Desk |publisher=Drama Desk |access-date=November 14, 2011 |archive-date=July 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080704130234/http://www.dramadesk.com/1966_1967dd.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| [[Drama Desk Award|Best Performer]]
| [[Bill Hinnant]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical|Outstanding Director of a Musical]]
| [[Joseph Hardy (director)|Joseph Hardy]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Outer Critics Circle Award]]<ref name="bab"/>
| colspan="2"| Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical
| {{won}}
|-
| colspan="2"| [[Theatre World Award]]<ref name="bab"/>
| rowspan="2"| [[Reva Rose]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Clarence Derwent Award]]<ref name="bab"/>
| Most Promising Female
| {{won}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 1968<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metrolyrics.com/1968-grammy-awards.html |title=1968 Grammy Awards|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619042506/http://www.metrolyrics.com/1968-grammy-awards.html|archive-date=2013-06-19|url-status=unfit |publisher=MetroLyrics |date= |accessdate=2014-07-29}}</ref>
| [[Grammy Award]]
| colspan="2"| [[Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album|Best Musical Show Album]]
| {{nom}}
|}

===1999 Broadway Revival===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;"
|-
! style="width:5%;"| Year
! style="width:20%;"| Award Ceremony
! style="width:45%;"| Category
! style="width:20%;"| Nominee
! style="width:10%;"| Result
|-
| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"| 1999
| rowspan="4"| [[Tony Award]]<ref name="cots">[http://www.ibdb.com/awardproduction.asp?id=5211 "IBDB Production Awards"] ibdb.com</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical|Best Revival of a Musical]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical|Best Featured Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Roger Bart]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical|Best Featured Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Kristin Chenoweth]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical|Best Direction of a Musical]]
| [[Michael Mayer (director)|Michael Mayer]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[Drama Desk Award]]<ref name="cots"/>
| colspan="2"| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical|Outstanding Revival of a Musical]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical|Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Roger Bart]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical|Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Kristin Chenoweth]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical|Outstanding Director of a Musical]]
| [[Michael Mayer (director)|Michael Mayer]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design|Outstanding Set Design]]
| [[David Gallo]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2000
| [[Grammy Award]]<ref>[http://www.digitalhit.com/grammy/42/nominees.shtml 42nd Annual Grammy Awards Nominations Coverage<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''digital hit.com''</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album|Best Musical Show Album]]
| {{nom}}
|}

== Adaptations ==
In 1973, the show was adapted for television in a [[Hallmark Hall of Fame]] TV special, broadcast on [[NBC]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0262136/ "Internet Movie Database listing, 1973 television production"] imdb.com</ref> Actors featured in the adaptation included original 1967 cast member [[Bill Hinnant]] as Snoopy.<ref>Hetrick, Adam. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/110274-NYMF-Announces-2007-Partner-Events-Evening-with-Schwartz-New-Musicals-Concert-and-More "NYMF Announces 2007 Partner Events: Evening with Schwartz, New Musicals Concert and More"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629164445/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/110274-NYMF-Announces-2007-Partner-Events-Evening-with-Schwartz-New-Musicals-Concert-and-More |date=2011-06-29 }}, ''[[Playbill]]'', August 13, 2007.</ref> Hinnant was the only member of the original off-Broadway cast to reprise their role in the special.

[[CBS]] aired a new prime-time animated [[You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (TV special)|TV special]] in 1985, based on the original musical.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0153997/ Internet Movie Database listing, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (TV 1985)] imdb.com</ref> This version was the first animated depiction of Snoopy with comprehensible dialogue, voiced by [[Robert Towers]], who previously portrayed the role in the 1967 Los Angeles production alongside Burghoff as Charlie Brown and [[Judy Kaye]] as Lucy.

Original cast albums have been released for all three versions of the stage show, however the 1973  [[Hallmark Hall of Fame]] recording on [[Atlantic Records]] is no longer in print.

==See also==
* ''[[Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead]]''
* ''[[Snoopy! The Musical]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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{{Wikiquote}}

*[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/youre-a-good-man-charlie-brown-5211 ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' 1999] at the [[Internet Broadway Database]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110727043135/http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=1250 ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown''] at the [[Internet Off-Broadway Database]]
*[http://www.tams-witmark.com/musicals/charliebrown.html Tams-Witmark plot synopsis and production information]

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