You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
The Practical Details
Lotteries & Rush
The Theatre
Track Your Lotteries
Stage Door
Full guide →When to go. Head straight out at curtain call. Two-show days are the worst bet at both performances — the cast rests through the matinee and is spent by the evening. A Sunday matinee is the best single bet, because it is a one-show day. In bad weather the barricades sometimes never go up at all.
Who comes out. Anywhere from nobody to most of the cast. Nobody can tell you in advance which three — not us, not the theatre. Treat any list that claims otherwise with suspicion.
What to bring. Tonight’s Playbill and a fine-tip Sharpie, held open to the page you want signed. Ask before you photograph anyone, and keep the pavement clear — it is a working door, not a red carpet.
Where to Buy Tickets
The Lowdown
Good grief, this cast. Encores! is putting on You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown at New York City Center next winter, and the lineup reads like somebody's dream fantasy draft: David Hyde Pierce as Charlie Brown, Danielle Brooks as Lucy, Ayo Edebiri as Snoopy and Jin Ha as Linus.
Clark Gesner wrote the book, music and lyrics, turning Charles Schulz's comic strip into a string of small, sweet scenes from one ordinary day in the life of the Peanuts gang. Kites get eaten by trees. Lucy dispenses psychiatric help for a nickel. Snoopy has opinions about supper time. Somebody, somewhere, is still waiting for the little red-haired girl to notice him.
Sam Pinkleton, who directs, won a Tony for Oh, Mary!, so expect the silliness to be very much on purpose. More casting is still to come.
The run is short, as Encores! runs always are: February 3 to 14, 2027, about two weeks in the big City Center house on West 55th Street. If you have ever wanted to hear Danielle Brooks tell somebody they are crabby, put this on the calendar now and thank us later.
Reviews
Our verdict
Our full verdict on You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is coming soon. Reader lottery reports below have the on-the-ground intel in the meantime.
Reader Lottery Reports
No lottery reports yet
Won a seat to You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown for the price of a deli lunch? Struck out a dozen times trying? Either way, the next New Yorker hitting refresh on the lottery wants to hear about it. Be the first on the board.
Enter your review → Hide the form
Add your review
You must be logged in to post a review.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.