Our summer musical, a revival of You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, opened on Broadway in 1999. It is a fresh approach to the all-time 1967 classic. Sally Brown joins Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Schroeder and Snoopy in this version. Two new songs, Beethoven Day and My New Philosophy, have been added to the twelve wonderful numbers of the original version, such as My Blanket and Me, The Kite, The Baseball Game, Little Known Facts, Suppertime and Happiness. The time of the action is an average day in the life of Charlie Brown. It really is just that, a day made up of little moments picked from all the days of Charlie Brown, from Valentine's Day to the baseball season, from wild optimism to utter despair, all mixed in with the lives of his friends (both human and non-human) and strung together on the string of a single day, from bright uncertain morning to hopeful starlit evening. The 1999 revival of Charlie Brown won two Tony Awards and three Drama Desk Awards. Come have a happy day with the Peanuts gang!

Actors Ensemble of Berkeley is presenting You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown as a celebration of the life of Ralph Miller, an exemplary Bay Area actor and long time board member of Actors Ensemble. Ralph's delight in the theatre will be honored with each performance.

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown will be performed Fridays and Saturdays, July 17th through August 15th, with an extra performance on Thursday, August 13th. All performances begin at 8:00 pm. Buy your tickets here.

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