A live stage production of A Charlie Brown Christmas with actors and a three-piece band playing Vince Guaraldi's music.
A Charlie Brown Christmas: Live on Stage comes to Powell Hall on Sunday, December 27, with two showtimes: 3 PM and 7 PM. It's a live stage adaptation of Charles M. Schulz's Emmy and Peabody Award-winning animated television special, and it puts the story on its feet with actors and a three-piece band playing the music of Vince Guaraldi.
If you've seen the special, you know the plot: Charlie Brown spends the holiday searching for the true meaning of Christmas, with his friends and the rest of the Peanuts gang along for the ride. The stage version follows that same story, and the music is a big part of it. Guaraldi's score is what most people associate with the special, and here it's played live by a small band rather than recorded. The whole thing runs an hour and a half, which includes an intermission, so it's a manageable length for an afternoon or evening out.
One thing to keep in mind before you go: this is presented as a Powell Hall Presents concert, and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra doesn't perform. It's a smaller ensemble on stage—actors and that three-piece band—rather than the full symphony you might expect at the hall. That keeps the focus on the Peanuts gang and the jazz that's so tied to the original special.
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With a matinee at 3 PM and an evening show at 7 PM, you can pick the one that fits your Sunday. Both run an hour and a half, including intermission, and both are at Powell Hall in St. Louis on December 27.
