Guthrie in the outdoors
Harvard University announced today that it will host a live outdoor simulcast of the American Repertory Theater’s (A.R.T.) production of “Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie” on May 17. The show, which is believed to be the first live outdoor simulcast of a theater production outside of New York, will be presented in collaboration with the University’s Common Spaces Initiative and the A.R.T. The screening will take place in the plaza next to the Science Center. It will be preceded by a live performance at 6:30 p.m. by Sarah Lee Guthrie, Woody Guthrie’s granddaughter, programmed by the famous Club Passim. The simulcast from the Loeb Drama Center will begin at 7:30 p.m. After the show, performers will join the simulcast audience in the plaza for a celebration of the centennial of Woody Guthrie’s birth, including a cake and a hootenanny. Audience members are encouraged to bring their own instruments...