Charlie Brown Comes to Champaign and an Oud Recital in Urbana

Everybody loves Good Ol’ Charlie Brown, the star of Charles Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip, which ran for nearly fifty years and has been called “the longest story ever told by one human being.” The 1967 musical You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown and its 1999 revival involves six of Schulz’s characters, played by adults. The show is the first production of the season for the Champaign-Urbana Theatre Company, and we’ll hear a live preview on the Tuesday edition of “Live and Local.” I'll also talk with Syrian musician and composer Essam Rafea, who will give a solo oud performance in Urbana on Wednesday.