`PEANUTS' REVIVAL; `CHARLIE BROWN' PLAY OPENS.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer PALMDALE - Charles M. Schulz Noun 1. Charles M. Schulz - United States cartoonist whose comic strip included the beagle Snoopy (1922-2000) Charles Munroe Schulz, Charles Schulz, Schulz gets a retirement sendoff send·off n. 1. A demonstration of affection and good wishes for the beginning of a new undertaking. 2. A farewell: gave our guests a hearty sendoff at the airport. from the Palmdale Repertory Theater. The group opens tonight ``You're a Good Man Charlie Brown,'' the hit musical derived from Schulz's ``Peanuts'' comic strip comic strip, combination of cartoon with a story line, laid out in a series of pictorial panels across a page and concerning a continuous character or set of characters, whose thoughts and dialogues are indicated by means of "balloons" containing written speech. in the 1960s. They began working on the show before Schulz, 77, announced in December that he was retiring after being diagnosed with colon cancer colon cancer, cancer of any part of the colon (often called the large intestine). Colon cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosed in the United States. , director Martha Tarlton said. The last ``Peanuts'' comic strip runs on Feb. 13. ``This is not something we put on because of him or for him, but it fits,'' said Tarlton, who is making her directorial debut after filling other rolls in some 30 theater productions. First produced in 1967 ofroadway with Charlie Brown played by Gary Burghoff Gary Burghoff (born May 24, 1943 in Bristol, Connecticut) is an American actor, best known for playing the character Corporal Walter Eugene "Radar" O'Reilly in the M*A*S*H series and Charlie Brown in the 1967 off-Broadway musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. - who later played ``Radar'' O'Reilly in the ``MASH'' television series - ``You're a Good Man Charlie Brown'' is a musical built around skits familiar to Peanuts readers of the 1960s: Charlie Brown trying to fly a kite (Com.) to raise money on commercial notes. See also: Fly , Lucy dispensing psychiatric advice, Snoopy Snoopy world’s most famous beagle. [Comics: “Peanuts” in Horn, 542] See : Dogs Snoopy imaginative dog. [Comics: “Peanuts” in Horn, 542–543] See : Illusion celebrating suppertime. ``It's like a whole string of cartoon strips between songs,'' said Tarlton. The cast is small, just five characters from early in the Peanuts strip: Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Schroeder, Snoopy and a girl named Patty - not Peppermint Patty. The Palmdale Repertory production adds two more characters - Doggie Dancers who accompany Snoopy in a song about suppertime. ``Just before Snoopy does his number, Charlie Brown says, `Now don't make a production out of it.' We took the liberty and made a production out of it,'' Tarlton said. The essential them of the show is ``no matter who you are, what you are, you can feel good about yourself,'' Tarlton said. ``It's just a cute, feel-good-about-yourself show.'' ``You're a Good Man Charlie Brown'' opens at 8 p.m. tonight at the Palmdale Playhouse, 38334 10th St. E. Other shows are at 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, 8 p.m. Feb. 4, 8 p.m. Feb. 5 and 2 p.m. Feb. 6. Tickets are $14 for adults and $13 for children, students, military personnel and senior citizens. Tickets can be purchased by phone at (661) 267-5685. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) First produced ofroadway in 1967, ``You're a Good Man Charlie Brown'' features situations familiar to Peanuts readers. (2 -- color) Palmdale Repertory actors Nathan Fogde and Kellie Eggett will play Charlie Brown and Lucy in the musical production (3 -- color) Actor Nick Williams plays the Charlie's beagle beagle, breed of dog beagle, breed of small, compact hound developed over centuries in England and introduced into the United States in the 1870s. It stands between 10 and 15 in. (25.4–38.1 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs between 20 and 40 lb (9. , Snoopy, in the musical based on Charles M. Schulz's popular comic strip Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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