Peanuts

Peanuts is a popular comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz. It ran in newspapers from October 2, 1950 until Febuary 13, 2000. The comic has spawned many television specials, four animated feature films, two stage musicals, and two television series (The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show and This is America, Charlie Brown).

Connections
Several performers and crew members have worked on Peanuts adaptations, as well as with the Muppets.


 * Roger Bart played Snoopy in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1999, Broadway revival)
 * Kristin Chenoweth played Sally in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1999, Broadway revival)
 * Clark Gesner, author of the original You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, produced framing segments and inserts for the early production pilots and test episodes of Sesame Street. Although the framing segments were abandoned, some of the inserts were kept.
 * Larry Grossman composed the songs for Snoopy: The Musical (1975, stage)
 * Jeremy Miller voiced Linus in Happy New Year, Charlie Brown (1986, TV), Snoopy: The Musical (1988, TV), and one episode of This is America, Charlie Brown (1988, TV)
 * Joe Raposo was the musical supervisor, arranger, and composed additional music for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1971, Broadway debut)
 * Judy Sladky plays the costumed Snoopy in various live appearances
 * Frank Welker voiced various historical characters in This is America, Charlie Brown (1988-1989, TV)