{"id":315338,"date":"2026-08-06T17:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T17:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/315338\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T17:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T17:16:09","slug":"david-hyde-pierce-danielle-brooks-ayo-edebiri-jin-ha-will-star-in-encores-charlie-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/315338\/","title":{"rendered":"David Hyde Pierce, Danielle Brooks, Ayo Edebiri, Jin Ha Will Star in Encores! Charlie Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"

A starry cast will bring Clark Gesner<\/a>‘s\u00a0You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown<\/a> to New York\u00a0City Center Encores! next year, with performances set to run February 3-14, 2027. Tony winner Sam Pinkleton<\/a> (Oh, Mary!<\/a>;\u00a0The Rocky Horror Show<\/a>) is directing.<\/p>\n

Tony winner David Hyde Pierce<\/a> (Pirates!) will lead the cast in the title role, with Danielle Brooks<\/a> (The Piano Lesson<\/a>,\u00a0Orange is the New Black)\u00a0as Lucy, Ayo Edebiri<\/a> (Proof<\/a>)\u00a0as Snoopy, and Jin Ha<\/a> (Here We Are, Proof)\u00a0as Linus. Further casting is to be announced.<\/p>\n

The 1967 musical brings Charles M. Schulz<\/a>‘ beloved\u00a0Peanuts comic strip to the stage, unfolding as a series of mostly unconnected vignettes paired with Gesner’s songs, which include “Happiness,”\u00a0“Little Known Facts,” the title song, and more. The\u00a0Encores! upcoming production will re-stage the musical’s original version, which was a hit Off-Broadway before coming to the Main Stem in 1971. A 1999 Broadway revival featured drastically new arrangements and a handful of wholly new songs contributed by Andrew Lippa.<\/p>\n

The production will feature choreography by Sunny Min-Sook Hitt<\/a> and music direction by Meghann Zervoulis Bate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown will kick off the 2027 Encores! season, which also includes runs of\u00a0Hallelujah, Baby!<\/a> and\u00a0Kiss of the Spider Woman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Encores! subscriptions go on sale August 11 for members, and August 18 for the general public. Single ticket sales will begin October 7 for members, and October 14 for general sales. Visit NYCityCenter.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A starry cast will bring Clark Gesner‘s\u00a0You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown to New York\u00a0City Center Encores! next…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-315338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}