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B.D, Wong (M Butterf l y, Father of
the Bride) is Linus, the philosopher
of the bunch, with an unnatural
dependence on his security blanket.
liana Levine ( The Last Night of
Ballyhoo, Seinfeld) tackles the role of
the scheming Lucy, famous dis-
penser of psychoanalysis for a nickel.
Kristen. Chenowith takes on
the role of Sally, Charlie
Brown's jump-roping, valen-
tine-collecting younger sister.
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Working for "Peanuts":
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Kristin Chenowith,
Michael Mayer, Anthony
Rapp, Roger Bart and
Stanley Wayne Mathis
bring "You're a Good Alan,
Charlie Brown" to Detroit
in a pre-Broadway run.
Former Oak Parker
Andrew Lippa is musical
supervisor and vocal and
dance arranger for the
production.
Anthony Rapp (Rent, Six
Degrees of Separation) plays
Charlie Brown, the lovable,
round-headed kid who just can't
win at baseball, football or kite-
flying.
Roger Bart (Triumph of Love,
Hercules) portrays Snoopy, the
high-flying beagle with a dream.
Stanley Wayne Mathis (The
Lion King, St. Louis Ionian) is
the Beethoven-loVing, Lucyj.
deflecting Schroeder. -
Director Michael Mayer worked
with 'Peanuts" creator Charles M.
Schulz to incorporate new material
stepfather. "The film is about what
[the nephew] learns to appreciate about
life and how he grows up during this
one summer."
The Broadway role she had just
before being cast as Lucy also touched
feelings related to her heritage. She
appeared in Alfred Uhry's play about
Jews in Atlanta — The Last Night of
Ballyhoo.
"It was so moving to me to be able to
play a totally Jewish character who lived
in the 1940s," says Levine, who has trav-
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play] spoke to everyone as it specifically
spoke to the Jewish culture in the South.
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our Oct. 17, 1997, issue, is the
show's musical supervisor and
vocal and dance arranger.
The production at the Fisher
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Jan. 23, 1999, on Broadway,
where opening night is sched-
uled for mid-February.
will be my first musical, and I feel like
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"I've learned how to sing and breathe
at the same time."
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