SNEAK PEEK : `GUTHRIE' BOUND FOR GLORY AT GEER THEATRICUM.Calling Woody Guthrie Noun 1. Woody Guthrie - United States folk singer and songwriter (1912-1967) Guthrie, Woodrow Wilson Guthrie a songwriter is a bit like calling Andrew Wyeth an illustrator. Or Walker Evans
Guthrie's medium was catchy tunes, but his real mission was storytelling. Though constructed of plain, even sparse language In computational complexity theory, a sparse language is a formal language (a set of strings) such that the number of strings of length n in the language is bounded by a polynomial function of n. , his dust bowl ballads were eloquent narratives about America's natural beauty and its changing people. Fired by a passionate political conscience, some of Guthrie's songs have the dramatic pull of short fiction. That's one reason why his life and music were such natural material for the popular stage show, ``Woody Guthrie's American Song.'' Now, as the summer repertory season wraps up at Topanga's Will Geer Will Geer (born 9 March 1902 in Frankfort, Indiana – died 22 April 1978 in Los Angeles) was an American actor. Geer's real name was William Auge Ghere. He is best known for his portrayal of the character Grandpa Walton, in the popular 1970s TV series Theatricum Botanicum The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, named for the English botanist John Parkinson's herbal, Theatrum Botanicum (1640), is an open-air theater founded in Topanga Canyon, near Santa Monica, California by Will Geer in 1973. , the theater is reviving ``The Woody Guthrie Show,'' a tribute to the songwriter/folklorist not performed since Will Geer's death in 1978. Guthrie and Geer met in the late 1930s, and their shared political convictions led them to perform together at some of the same union rallies and immigrant camps. Guthrie lived some of his last years on the Theatricum property, in what today remains known as ``Woody's Shack.'' ``The Woody Guthrie Show'' will be performed at 5 p.m. Sept. 21. The Theatricum Botanicum is at 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., six miles south of the Ventura Freeway (101) and eight miles from Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Coast Highway may refer to:
Great outdoors The Burbank Civic Light Opera closes its 1997 summer season this weekend with two performances of Frank Loesser's ``Guys & Dolls.'' Gates to the Starlight Bowl outdoor amphitheater will open at 6:30 p.m. today and Saturday. Performances begin at 8:15 p.m. Tickets are $18 for adults, $15 for seniors and students, and $9 for children 12 and under. Set in the Burbank foothills, the amphitheater is at the top of Walnut Avenue at 1249 Lockheed View Drive. To order tickets, call (818) 380-3444. One for the `Angels' ``Angels in America'' author Tony Kushner will host an evening of commentary and drama at 7 p.m. Sept. 9 at the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission . USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. School of Theatre dean Robert R. Scales will moderate a discussion between Kushner and audience members, and students from USC's theater school will perform scenes from Kushner's work. The discussion will begin a multicultural entertainment series hosted by USC Spectrum, a program of the USC Division of Student Affairs. Admission is $10 for the general public, $5 for USC faculty and staff and free to USC students. For information, call (213) 740-2167. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum is reviving a tribute to folklorist Woody Guthrie. |
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