“Palm Canyon Theatre, Palm Springs’ longest-lived theatre company, is back and I couldn’t be happier! Rather than opening post-pandemic with a gigantic blockbuster, they decided on You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, a six-character musical that had started rehearsals when the pandemic pulled the plug last year. With so much uncertainty about restrictions, the producers thought that working with a smaller show would be safer and more flexible, and the audiences are the winners in that decision. The show induces smiles from the curtain opening until the final house lights. The Peanuts comic strip is ingrained in most Americans, and this production lets us revisit it with new-but-familiar situations and some great songs and dances…”

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