Chris Jones of the Chicago Tribune reflects back on his top 10 shows of 2009. Blackbird came in at No.5. 5 “Blackbird,” Victory Gardens: The gusty William Petersen and Mattie Hawkinson together raised the summer heat at the Victory Gardens to fever-pitch. Dennis Zacek’s superb new production of David Harrower’s gripping two-character drama about a…
Posts Tagged ‘Blackbird’
Jeff Awards & Various Articles
- on October 26th, 2009
- in Billy News , WPAP Fan Projects
Firstly, thank you for all the messages and mentions on twitter over the past week, as well as all the emails much appreciated. Still going through them, but wanted to update the main site beforehand. The big news of the past week is that Billy won the Jeff Award for his performance in Blackbird…
New Victory Gardens Magazine
- on September 8th, 2009
- in Billy News
VGT have issued their new magazine online, lots of photos of Billy from Opening Night of Blackbird and the August 10th ’special evening’ he and Dennis Zacek put on to raise funds for the theater. Download the latest magazine at Victory Gardens website here.
Fan Reviews & Jeff Award Nomination
- on August 30th, 2009
- in Billy News , WPAP Fan Projects , WPAP Site Updates
The last batch of Fan Reviews for Blackbird have now been uploaded. Once again, thank you to everyone who has shared their experiences with us and we look forward to sharing fan reviews for Endgame next year. Both Billy and Mattie Hawkinson have been nominated for their roles in Blackbird for the upcoming Jeff…
Fan Reviews
- on August 24th, 2009
- in WPAP Fan Projects
Thank you to everyone who has submitted a Fan Review for Blackbird. The last batch we have received will be placed on the site in the next couple of days.
Fan Reviews, Theater News, Articles
- on August 17th, 2009
- in Billy News , WPAP Site Updates
3 more great Blackbird Fan Reviews have been added, be sure to check those out here. Broadway World and the Rock River Times have also reviewed Blackbird. From the Chicago Tribune (article does contain brief spoilers for the upcoming season of CSI) ‘CSI’ changes afoot: Could Grissom return? What’s up with Langston’s clothes? “We’re hoping…
Fan Reviews and Gallery Update
- on August 9th, 2009
- in WPAP Site Updates
Many thanks to Tara for scanning a copy of the Blackbird review from a magazine called ‘This Week’. This scan is available to view in The Gallery. Couple more Fan Reviews for Blackbird have also added. With one week remaining of the Blackbird production, we will be accepting fan reviews up until August 23rd.
Fan Reviews, Multimedia, Interviews and VG Book
- on August 5th, 2009
- in WPAP Site Updates
Billy was interviewed on WGN Radio a couple of weeks back. Many thanks to H for passing the info on. For your downloading pleasure you can download the mp3 and the video clip of the interview in our media section. The last few seconds of the video file, the sound goes, but that comes from the original…
Fan Reviews
- on August 3rd, 2009
- in WPAP Site Updates
Couple more Fan Reviews for Blackbird. Thank you as always to those of you sending in your reviews, that page is getting a lot of site visits at the moment.
Gallery, Multimedia & Article
- on July 30th, 2009
- in WPAP Site Updates
The Gallery has been updated with scans from the 2009 “For your Consideration” Emmy DVD, featuring both Billy and Laurence Fishburne. Thanks for the scan PB! We have also updated our Multimedia section with another clip from French television, when Billy was back in Cannes earlier this year. Many thanks to Ninizik for the clip, much…
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