Youre a Good Man, Charlie Brown by Clark Gesner

Youre a Good Man, Charlie Brown Reviews

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  Shawn Deal

  This original play has its whimsy and was good. This play was a workshop piece and you get that feel. The creators of this play went in with a subject but no real script and just put some scenes together. Where most scenes work the overall play does not tell a cohesive story and you come out of it feeling that it was fragmented in a way. The broadway musical that is based on this play it’s much better, in fact it goes up at least a full star for me. There are additions to the script, in scenes, in characters, in songs all bringing a much fuller experience to this play, which needed it.
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  Meltha

  I have to admit, my experience with this is prior to the 1995 re-write that added Sally to the script (and I think subtracted Patty?), but it's Charlie Brown, for pity's sake. If Snoopy doesn't make you grin, you've got serious problems.
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  Brian Hutzell

  Some charming songs arranged for intermediate level piano. Note: Not all songs from the show are included here. Also note: This is the original version, which does NOT include the very popular "My New Philosophy."
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  Sarah

  this was great to read
  
  i read it only when i was home alone so i could loudly sing the songs
  
  it's weird the differences because this is the old version
  
  AND THERE IS NO SALLY WHY IS IT PATTY I BARELY KNEW SHE EXISTED WHY IS SHE A MAIN CHARACTER
  
  i miss the musical
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  Leah

  I read the script not the vocal score, but the script isn't on good reads so....
  
  It's cute.
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  Ruth

  Good fun!
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  Nathan

  Enjoyable.
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  Michael P.

  Charming, but in small ways dated musical based on the comic strip PEANUTS still works on me 45 years after seeing the first production. The version staged now is somewhat revised and a bit tainted by modern musical clichés, but this paperback preserves the original script. Reading this through the same night I saw the show, I find there are a number of excellent jokes that are gone and replaced by some that are not as funny or as true to the characters. You can’t tell me that Snoopy saying, “I feel so neglected. Charlie Brown never brings me coffee in the morning,” does not work today. It probably has more resonance in our Starbucks’s world than it did it 1967.
  
  Though there are a few dated bits, this script is charming, delightful, and does what ought to be impossible: put a four panel a day comic strip on the musical stage and make it work. The script is very much worth reading.
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  Nicolas

  This is such a fun show. It captures the Peanuts so well.
  
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  Tayler

  i love charlie brown my sister introuded me to all his books and movies i love the comics and oh and most of all snoopy!!!!
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  Owen Geronimo

  My first book when I was a kid.
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  Andrew

  There is so much heart and love in this Libretto.
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  Dave

  I was in it once, directed it once and produced it once. It is a fun musical and I would work on it again.
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  Liz

  Really choppy script, but lots of fun characters and dialogue.
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  Caleb H

  I didn't read the book but I read the play and did a monologue on this in drama class am did really bad
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  Alli Lubin

  I am really looking forward to putting this musical up next spring! Delightful humor, heartwarming characters, timeless philosophy!
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  Lauren ❤︎

  I'm snoopy in this play rn lol :)
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  Flintinterpreter

  ok