Woody Guthrie
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 14: Kris Kristofferson performs during 'This Land Is Your Land' - The Woody Guthrie Centennial Celebration Concert presented by The GRAMMY Museum at Club Nokia on April 14, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
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I always thought that Woody Guthrie and his life would make for quite a theatrical show ... All the other shows I know about Woody are about the history and the music. There are some about him and his life, but none of them is really a biography. That’s the element that Nick and I decided was the most important to add to our show.
I’m a believer that music is the heartbeat of theater. It’s a personal passion of mine ... The music in ‘Woody Sez’ is a draw, but there’s also the issue of social history, and I think our audience loves that combination: It’s entertainment, but it also deals with larger issues, which is exactly who Woody Guthrie was.
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