You're A Good Man Charlie Brown Qs...

I always feel stupid making posts like this but I'm gonna suck it up and do it anyway...

What can anyone tell me about choosing "You're A Good Man Charlie Brown" as a local theater production?

I went to the website and ordered the perusal material to look into it more but I've got a few questions specifically I can't find the answers to... [in my opinion the script company did a poor job of explaining the details of the show on their site].

How many people total are in the cast? Is there any room to add chorus memebers [and is something like that allowed?]

How good of singers [and how many good singers] are needed to make the show a success?

How easy/difficult is the show overall and could beginners pull it off?

Okay... that's all... thank you much!

[feel free to share anything and everything you know about the show!]

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americanboy just answered all of your questions perfectly. Especially about the Sally and Snoopy thing.

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Hey! I just finished a summerstock job as Charlie. And everyone has already answered everything, but I'll just add my two cents.

6 people 2 girls and 4 boys.
You can order either version but I prefer the revival! Andrew Lippa is a God!

I agree with LuPonatic that everyone says not to add characters but it IS done all the time because YAGMCB is such a small show, but it is small for a reason. But lots of audience memebers actually wanted to see the Little Red Haired girl...so you could get away with it...lots of people wanted to see Woodstock too. But I don't know how you could add people to the Kite scene...unless they are flying kites too, but you couldn't add them vocally.

It's a great small show for a smaller theater.

Lucy is very vocally demanding but I think Sally is as well.

Good luck!!

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If you can choose which version to do, please choose the original. The revival makes a travesty of the score and has almost no charm whatsoever.

It doesn't really answer your question except perhaps to give you an idea of a type, but in the original Off-Broadway production, Charlie Brown was played by Gary Burghoff (famous as Cpl. Radar O'Reilly on M*A*S*H.)

You may add a chorus, but it is ILLEGAL to add "characters" - that is, to give names to ensemble members and give them lines of dialogue or solo lines in songs.

There are SIX CHARACTERS in the show. There is no Woodstock, no Pigpen, no Marcy, no Peppermint Patty(who is different than "Patty") no Frieda, no Shermy, etc.

I saw a production where the glee club rehearsal and several other numbers had added characters (like Pig Pen). It was fun.

I saw another production where they took dialogue and songs away from the core characters and gave them to Violet, Pig Pen, Frieda, and other characters not in the script. BAD idea.

I also think Charlie Brown is one of the most dificult characters to cast. Avoid shoving your least talented boy in the role. It really does require someone who can act un-dynamic while being dynamic.
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