Billy joined arts advocates in Springfield, IL today to lobby for additional funding for The Arts Alliance Illinois. Check out the photos below. Great to have CSI and @SteppenwolfThtr legend William Petersen join our team of arts advocates in Springfield today to meet with IL representatives about supporting our sector! pic.twitter.com/N4Zxn8TEQR — Arts Alliance Illinois…
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“It’s that moment when I made it personal.”
- on April 3rd, 2019
- in Billy News
As mentioned previously, a new book by Mark Larson will be coming out in August this year, ENSEMBLE: AN ORAL HISTORY OF CHICAGO THEATER. Mark has shared this really interesting clip of when he asked Billy how he got into the role of Jack Henry Abbot, from the play IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST.…
Manhunter : Instagram BTS Photo and Videos
- on April 3rd, 2019
- in Billy News
Michael Mann shared this cool photo from the filming of Manhunter featuring Billy and Dennis Farina. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Michael Mann (@michaelmannofficial) If you missed it in a previous update, Michael also shared these couple of videos too. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Michael Mann…
Friedkin Uncut – Documentary
- on March 24th, 2019
- in Billy News
Billy was interviewed for the William Friedkin documentary, FRIEDKIN UNCUT early in 2018. Filmmaker Francesco Zippel offers an introspective insight into the life and artistic journey of William Friedkin, the director of acclaimed films such as “The French Connection,” “The Exorcist,” and “Sorcerer.” Variety reported that the TaTaTu network bought the rights to show the…
Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater
- on March 24th, 2019
- in Billy News
Image © Lisa Ebright For those of you that follow us on Facebook, you may remember towards the end of 2017 we posted a couple of extracts from a book by Mark Larson called ENSEMBLE: AN ORAL HISTORY OF CHICAGO THEATER, one of which is posted below regarding REMAINS THEATER (the company Billy started). If…
Billy News and Site Updates
- on March 13th, 2019
- in Billy News , WPAP Site Updates
Howdy folks, it’s been a while hasn’t it! Sorry about that, life admin was a bit out of control for a while, but we haven’t forgotten about you all. To start with, a small round up with some Billy updates. Back in September last year, Billy, Marg and David Berman were keen supporters of Katie…
News Round Up – Articles, Interviews & The Minutes
- on January 17th, 2018
- in Billy News , WPAP Site Updates
Happy New Year everyone. Below is a round up of William Petersen news for the last few weeks. Click on the links below to read the full articles. Some very sad news, The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Billy’s co-star from TO LIVE & DIE IN LA, Darlanne Fluegel sadly passed away on December 15th, 2017.…
THE MINUTES – VIDEO NEWS ROUND UP
- on December 10th, 2017
- in Billy News
If you missed the news, THE MINUTES has been extended to January 7th, 2018. You can purchase tickets via the Steppenwolf Website. Steppenwolf Theatre have shared their Audience Response video to THE MINUTES Chicago Critic, Chris Jones shares his views on CBS Chicago in the video below Hank Mendheim has also shared his views with…
The Minutes – More Reviews and extended until Jan 7th, 2018
- on November 24th, 2017
- in Billy News
The Minutes has been extended at Steppenwolf until January 7th, 2018. There have been lots more reviews for play that have been published this past week, check out all the links below: From Third Coast Review : The Minutes at Steppenwolf Is a Satire of Small Town Politics—and a Modern Morality Play From Performink :…
The Reviews are in … The Minutes
- on November 20th, 2017
- in Billy News
THE MINUTES officially opened last night, 19th November at Steppenwolf Theatre. A couple of reviews have been posted. From Variety – click the link below to read the full review: Chicago Theater Review: ‘The Minutes’ by Tracy Letts By Steven Oxman With his new play “The Minutes,” a simmering satire of a small-town city council…
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