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‘Woody Sez’ an endearing musical portrait of an American original

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David Finch, left, David M. Lutken, Helen J. Russell and Darcie Deaville make up the first-rate quartet of musician/actors starring in Northlight Theatre's "Woody Sez."

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Singer/guitarist David M. Lutken stars as the iconic American folk singer Woody Guthrie in the heartfelt bio-musical revue "Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie," running through Oct. 21 at Northlight Theatre.

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Helen J. Russell plays Woody Guthrie's mother and David M. Lutken plays young Guthrie, the folk-music icon who learned to love music through her, in Northlight Theatre's production of the bio-musical "Woody Sez."

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"The only story I tried to write down is you." Seminal folk artist Woody Guthrie utters those words in "Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie," the toe-tapping, heartstring-tugging bio-revue currently playing at Skokie's Northlight Theatre. Indeed, long before the Occupy Movement introduced the term "99-percenter," their existence was chronicled in his music. Coming as it does during the centennial of Guthrie's birth, "Woody Sez" is as entertaining as it is timely.