Idaho State University Magazine have a great article regarding Billy in their Spring/Summer 2010 Edition.
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It’s quite the resumé for a man who never intended to be an actor. He thought he might try politics or college football—until he spent a year at Idaho State University 37 years ago.
He lived in a small apartment across the street from a muffler warehouse. His favorite watering hole was the Syndicate Lounge, and he remembers streaking across the Quad with his buddies, tailed by campus police.
You can read the full article by Chris Gabettas on the ISU Website. (Many thanks to Sarah for passing the link along).
Billy recently visited UIC to speak with students of the University’s Theater Program. You can read more about the evening on the UIC website by following this link.
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From the Sun Times by Michael Sneed
A tale of two great actors, the human factor, and a humdinger twist.
Case in point: An incident at Trattoria Gianni in Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre district Wednesday night involving actors William “CSI” Petersen and John Malkovich.
• The scene: A young woman in a red hat quietly walks into the Trattoria bar for a nightcap and spots a table occupied by Petersen, who’s appearing in Steppenwolf’s “Endgame,” and Malkovich, a Petersen pal who is a leading member of the august Steppenwolf ensemble.
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After a rather long delay ‘To Live & Die in LA’ has finally been released on Blu Ray this week and is available to purchase from Amazon.com by clicking on the link below.
In other news, Billy was quoted in a recent Chicago Tribune article regarding the new Richard Christiansen Theater at Victory Gardens.
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Once again New City Stage have announced their list of Chicago talent who have influenced the Chicago Theater Scene for the past year. Billy is listed at #5. (Last Year he was listed at #4).
Other noteworthy ‘players’ on this year’s list are Amy Morton (#19), Stephen Louis Grush (#26) and Dennis Zacek (#28). Check out the full list at the New City Stage website.
5. William Petersen - Actor
While Chicago stages are blessed with many actors boasting varying degrees of Hollywood success, only one works the kind of box-office magic that’s driving Broadway’s biggest shows these days. Billy Petersen famously left the lead role of top-rated television drama “CSI,” which he still produces, to return to Chicago theater in 2008. Though he joined the Steppenwolf ensemble (where he’ll appear in “Endgame” this season), it was his role in the two-hander “Blackbird” at Victory Gardens last summer that really showed his market power, when the critically acclaimed production sold out every show that the theater could cram into its schedule, and became its biggest hit ever. Petersen’s not just a pretty face, though—his performances on Chicago stages, dating back to the late seventies, are legendary.
