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Rick Kogan&#8217;s Sidewalks







January 12, 2012















In the old days, before they were famous and busy and spread across the country, it might have been possible to see a gathering of actors Dennis Farina, Dennis Franz, Joe Mantegna, William Petersen and Gary Sinise in some local tavern, perhaps at such bygone theaterfolk hangouts as the Gaslight or Joel&#8217;s.
But getting that gang together now would seem be an impossible task, complicated by agents, lawyers, schedules and egos.
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<p>In the old days, before they were famous and busy and spread across the country, it might have been possible to see a gathering of actors Dennis Farina, Dennis Franz, Joe Mantegna, William Petersen and Gary Sinise in some local tavern, perhaps at such bygone theaterfolk hangouts as the Gaslight or Joel&#8217;s.</p>
<p>But getting that gang together now would seem be an impossible task, complicated by agents, lawyers, schedules and egos.</p>
<p>Yet for the last week or so these actors have been appearing in a public service ad running on local television stations and, in the coming weeks, will appear on billboards around town.</p>
<p>The man who put the whole thing in motion was Joe Ahern, for many years the president and general manager of WLS-Ch. 7 and, later and controversially, WBBM-Ch. 2. Since November 2010 he has been the executive director of the 100 Club, that laudable 45-year-old not-for-profit organization that helps fund the college educations of dependent children of police officers, firefighters and emergency medical personnel killed in the line of duty.</p>
<p>Last year, he put the arm on his old friend Farina to appear in a successful public service announcement and, never a man of small ambitions (he was a high-profile senior adviser to the city&#8217;s 2016 Olympic bid committee), Ahern this year decided to up the stakes and increase the star power. &#8220;I just want to increase awareness of the 100 Club,&#8221; he says.</p>
<p>So, he called Tom Dreesen, another old pal.</p>
<p>&#8220;I was sitting a barber chair when Joe called and told me his idea and who he wanted to try to get,&#8221; says Dreesen, proud son of suburban Harvey, former opening act for Frank Sinatra, terrific comic, lovely guy and legendary soft touch. &#8220;I thought it was great but tough to pull off. So I made some calls and, even I was amazed, had all yeses within hours. No agents. No lawyers.&#8221;</p>
<p>And so, on Dec. 12 on the Los Angeles soundstage of the CBS show &#8220;Criminal Minds,&#8221; in which Mantegna stars, the actors (three flying in from other cities) came together. The taping lasted nine hours and, according to all there, it was a blast.</p>
<p>&#8220;Of course, all of these guys know each other and have for a long time, but that doesn&#8217;t mean they see each other on any regular basis,&#8221; says Ahern. &#8220;It was a great time, and all of them just love Tommy.&#8221;</p>
<p>All of the actors, Dreesen, as well as the crew and the creative team of Jim Schmidt, managing partner of Chicago&#8217;s Downtown Partners, and local marketing consultant Mark Mitten donated their time and services.</p>
<p>&#8220;It was like some sort of divine intervention. (The 100 Club has) no money to pull off something like this,&#8221; says Ahern, who adds that he was pinching pennies so tightly that he bunked at Dreesen&#8217;s LA house for a couple of days during the shoot.</p>
<p>The organization may not have a lot of dough, but last year the 100 Club provided more than $400,000 in college funds for 22 young men and women; another 43 kids are due to become eligible in the coming years.</p>
<p>Farina was a Chicago cop, and most of other actors have played cops. They are all successful now but they have never forgotten where they came from. They may not remember long nights at the Gaslight or Joel&#8217;s, but they know who protects the streets.</p>
<p>Listen to Julie Ma, board president of the Chinese Fine Arts Society, podcaster Margaret Larkin and the Tribune&#8217;s <a href="http://bio.tribune.com/KevinPang">Kevin Pang</a> on &#8220;The Sunday Papers With <a href="http://bio.tribune.com/RickKogan">Rick Kogan</a>,&#8221; 6:30-9 a.m. Sunday on WGN-AM 720.</p>
<p><em><a href="mailto:rkogan@tribune.com">rkogan@tribune.com</a></em></p>
<p>Sourse: www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ae-0115-kogan-sidewalks-20120112,0,1767155.column</p></div>
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		<title>Kaye&#8217;s Detachment, Starring Adrien Brody, Announced As Closing Night Film</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Woodstock, NY, September 19, 2011
The 2011 Woodstock Film Festival has announced its 2011 Maverick Award recipient and Closing Night film. The fest&#8217;s closer is DETACHMENT, starring Adrien Brody, directed by Tony Kaye (American History X), who will be the 2011 recipient of the HONORARY MAVERICK AWARD.
&#8220;Detachment&#8221; will screen Sunday, Sept. 25, 6:45pm, at the Woodstock Playhouse.
The Maverick Award Gala will take place, Saturday evening at Backstage Studio Productions in Kingston, NY.
&#8220;WFF is really thrilled to announce Tony Kaye as the 2011 Maverick recipient, and to be able to screen &#8216;Detachment&#8217; ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Woodstock, NY</strong>, September 19, 2011</p>
<p>The 2011 <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1585962&amp;msgid=907905&amp;act=63XO&amp;c=143430&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.woodstockfilmfestival.com%2F">Woodstock Film Festival</a> has announced its 2011 Maverick Award recipient and Closing Night film. The fest&#8217;s closer is DETACHMENT, starring Adrien Brody, directed by Tony Kaye (American History X), who will be the 2011 recipient of the HONORARY MAVERICK AWARD.</p>
<p>&#8220;Detachment&#8221; will screen Sunday, Sept. 25, 6:45pm, at the Woodstock Playhouse.<br />
The Maverick Award Gala will take place, Saturday evening at Backstage Studio Productions in Kingston, NY.</p>
<p>&#8220;WFF is really thrilled to announce Tony Kaye as the 2011 Maverick recipient, and to be able to screen &#8216;Detachment&#8217; as our closing night film, &#8221; said Meira Blaustein WFF co-founder and executive director. &#8220;This is an incredible film by a singular and visionary talent, and he joins a long line of exceptional filmmakers who have graced the festival&#8217;s awards stage.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Honorary Maverick Award is given each year to an individual whose life and work is based on creativity, independent vision, and social activism. Previous recipients include Kevin Smith, Christine Vachon, Barbara Kopple, Tim Robbins, Les Blank, D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, Woody Harrelson, Mira Nair, Steve Buscemi, and Bruce Beresford.</p>
<p>Detachment features Academy Award® winner Brody as Henry Barthes, an educator with a true talent to connect with his students. Yet Henry has chosen to bury his gift. By spending his days as a substitute teacher, he conveniently avoids any emotional connections by never staying anywhere long enough to form an attachment to either students or colleagues. When a new assignment places him at a public school where a frustrated, burned-out administration has created an apathetic student body, Henry soon becomes a role model to the disaffected youth. In finding an unlikely emotional connection to the students, teachers, and a runaway teen he takes in from the streets, Henry realizes that he&#8217;s not alone in his life and death struggle to find beauty in a seemingly vicious and loveless world. Anchored by an award-worthy performance from Brody, Detachment also features memorable roles by Christina Hendricks, Academy Award® nominee James Caan, Academy Award® winner Marcia Gay Harden, Lucy Liu, Blythe Danner, Bryan Cranston, William Petersen and Tim Blake Nelson (who is attending the festival).</p>
<p>Kaye said, &#8220;I made America my home in 1991 for one reason only, to work with the great American actors and actresses of this era and to find new ones—to go deeper, to help them go deeper and find the truth within the spectacle. I am praying that this cool honor from Woodstock will give me an opportunity to just work more, to be able to help with what I have learned from my blessed journey so far.&#8221;</p>
<p>Tony Kaye&#8217;s feature film debut was American History X (1998), a drama about racism starring Edward Norton and Edward Furlong. Norton was later nominated for the Academy Award® for Best Actor for his performance in the film. Kaye made the documentary Lake of Fire on the abortion debate in the United States, which opened in Toronto to astounding reviews in September 2006. Lake of Fire made the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences short-list for Best Documentary Film. It was also nominated for Best Documentary Film at the Independent Spirit Awards, Chicago Film Critic Association Awards, and the Satellite Awards.</p>
<p>Kaye is also a singer, songwriter and painter who has made several iconic music videos, including the video for Runaway Train by Soul Asylum, which won a Grammy Award; Dani California by Red Hot Chili Peppers; What God Wants by Roger Waters; and Help Me and God&#8217;s Gonna Cut You Down by Johnny Cash. Kaye is a six time Grammy nominated music video director. He won a Grammy in 2006 for the famous Johnny Cash video God&#8217;s Gonna Cut You Down with cameo appearances by Bono, Johnny Depp, Kanye West, Patti Smith, Terrence Howard, Iggy Pop, The Dixie Chicks, Brian Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Keith Richards, Chris Martin, Sharon Stone, Lisa Marie Presley, Flea, Chris Rock, Justin Timberlake, Kate Moss, Sir Peter Blake, Sheryl Crow, Dennis Hopper, Mick Jones, and Jay-Z. He also has a book of his artwork called Epicomedy being published by Phaidon Press.</p>
<p>&#8220;Detachment&#8221; will be released in 2012 by Tribeca Film. The film is produced by Paper Street Films&#8217; Austin Stark, Benji Kohn, Chris Papavasiliou and Bingo Gubelmann, Kingsgate Films&#8217; Greg Shapiro, and Carl Lund. It is executive produced by Brody, Peter Sterling and Andre Laport. Marco Frigeri is co-executive producer.</p>
<p>Rave reviews for DETACHMENT:</p>
<p>&#8220;Brody delivers his finest performance since &#8216;The Pianist&#8217;… an award-caliber turn.&#8221;– The Hollywood Reporter</p>
<p>&#8220;A wrenching and powerful achievement… tremendous cast … I was swept along by the spectacular visual journey.&#8221;– Salon.com</p>
<p><strong>About the <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1585962&amp;msgid=907905&amp;act=63XO&amp;c=143430&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.woodstockfilmfestival.com%2F">Woodstock Film Festival</a></strong><br />
Hailed by Indiewire as &#8220;A true American Maverick Among Fests&#8221; and praised by actor Ethan Hawke as &#8220;among the finest of a dying breed: a festival that isn&#8217;t trying to sell you anything, but simply and beautifully celebrating the art &amp; craft of filmmaking&#8221;, the <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1585962&amp;msgid=907905&amp;act=63XO&amp;c=143430&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.woodstockfilmfestival.com%2F">Woodstock Film Festival</a> premiers exceptional films, hosts the most talented emerging and established professionals in the movie industry; presents A-list concerts, panels and parties, and creates stimulating, innovative programming year-round.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1585962&amp;msgid=907905&amp;act=63XO&amp;c=143430&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.woodstockfilmfestival.com%2F">Woodstock Film Festival</a> is a non-profit, 501 (C)(3) with a mission to present an annual program and year-round schedule of film, music and art-related activities that promote artists, culture, inspired learning and diversity.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1585962&amp;msgid=907905&amp;act=63XO&amp;c=143430&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.woodstockfilmfestival.com%2F">Woodstock Film Festival</a> celebrates its 12th Annual Festival September 21- 25, 2011, with an extraordinary line-up of fiercely independent films, panels, concerts and special events in Woodstock and the neighboring towns of Rhinebeck, Kingston and Rosendale.</p>
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I’ve never written or even spoken about this before, but some people know the whole story, some know parts and, well, some know pieces and think they know it. But with all the news out of Toronto over the last weeks—as well as other news that dovetailed into it all &#8212; well, I figured this was my one and only chance to do it with any relevance.
To begin: 20 years ago this week, I had a picture picked not just for the Toronto Film Festival (the largest ...]]></description>
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<p>I’ve never written or even spoken about this before, but some people know the whole story, some know parts and, well, some know pieces and think they know it. But with all the news out of Toronto over the last weeks—as well as other news that dovetailed into it all &#8212; well, I figured this was my one and only chance to do it with any relevance.</p>
<p>To begin: 20 years ago this week, I had a picture picked not just for the Toronto Film Festival (the largest and, internationally, at least, the most important in terms of the industry) but selected as the Closing Night Gala Premiere. Sort of like saying you won Sundance or Cannes &#8212; in those days Toronto (then called the “Festival of Festivals” because, as the largest festival in the world, it brought together at the start of the Award season, the best of the world’s fests) wasn’t yet the showcase it has become.</p>
<p>That alone would be nice, but interestingly, I read Monday in the New York Times how Columbia Pictures had turned Toronto into its personal “bitch” (sorry for the language) to promote its upcoming line of dramas. Similarly, later in the week, I had to read a Times story about Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello’s old producer, and his new album. I don’t know what it’s called. It was his first album, “Pure Pop for Now People” that changed my life, literally.</p>
<p>Here’s the story: When I got out of school in the ’70s, I had a high-school girlfriend who I had, with some breaks, been going out with throughout college. Unfortunately, she thought that when we graduated we’d get married and live happily ever after. Unfortunately, without getting into details, I had other plans &#8212; and they didn’t include (as Sinatra sang) “first comes, love, then marriage, then a baby carriage&#8230;”</p>
<p>No, having come from a small orchard community in upstate New York, thanks to college I’d been exposed to a bigger world … and never would I look back. That didn’t mean I didn’t love my high-school girlfriend; it just meant that I wasn’t ready for kids. Whoever really is?</p>
<p>By Peter McAlevey at <a href="http://thewrap.com/" target="_blank">TheWrap</a></p>
<p>Anyway, we break up, I get a job at Newsweek in New York and, three years later, get a wedding invitation from my old girlfriend to one of my high school friends. Now, since college, I’d moved so many times that, who knows with all the crossed out forwarding addresses, it probably took that invite six weeks to get to me through the mail. Anyway, turns out they were getting married that Saturday &#8212; so I told my bosses at Newsweek, ran down to rent a car from Avis in the Newsweek Building at 49th and Madison in Manhattan and start driving upstate.</p>
<p>As in the movie, I didn’t get there in time to stop it, but I did get there in time for a dance. And as I left ti druve back to the city, the last song I heard the band play was that song from Lowe’s “Pure Pop” album, “I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll).”</p>
<p>Now, I told that story a lot and one day I told it to the legendary William Morris agent Joan Hyler. She told me it would make a great movie, and knew just who would love it. Her name, Joan told me, was Cindy Chvatal, a young producer from Chicago who was partnered with William L. Petersen (the then-young star of “To Live and Die in L.A.”).  Joan arranged a meeting, I pitched it to Cindy and, well, one thing led to another and not only did we decide to hook up on the project but, well, we hooked up.</p>
<p>(Actually, it wasn’t that simple &#8212; my first marriage had just broken up and I wasn’t ready for a new one so I spent a lot of time sleeping on Cindy’s couch … to the point where another actor friend from Chicago, Gary Sinise, now of “CSI: New York,” used to tease her about “that guy sleeping on your couch?”)</p>
<p>Cindy, to her credit, managed to survive with me for three years, through my waning days as an exec at Disney and then as a producer for Michael Douglas’ Stonebridge Entertainment. For whom we finally made the movie.</p>
<p>I was reminded of all this recently not just because it’s the 20th anniversary of producing the closing night gala of the festival, but for some personal reasons. Cindy and I broke up during the production of “Hard Promises,” as the film starring Petersen came to be known. We broke up because, even at that point, I wasn’t yet ready to have children, which she, a former Playboy Bunny, desperately wanted.</p>
<p>Ironically, as we finished the film, I met another woman, a young Canadian ex-model/commercial producer. Making movies together is tough, and I ended up moving on to a relationship with the Canadian girl. Then Columbia told us we’d been picked as the closing night gala at Toronto.</p>
<p>In those days, of course, film festivals played less of a role in marketing a movie, so we didn’t have much backing from Columbia. They wouldn’t fly Cindy or Billy up, so I was the sole Columbia rep there. I had to do all the press; as well as introduce the film on the final nite before the big gala dinner.</p>
<p>That wasn’t so bad, but it turns out that was also the month that I found out that my ex-Canadian girlfriend back in L.A. was pregnant. Unlike Cindy, she didn’t ask &#8212; it just happened. (Ironically, her brother also turned out to be the art director of the Festival, so I’ve got a lot of posters reminding me of all this.) Suffice it to say that, after three years and two movies (we had another project together), Cindy was pissed—and actually hasn’t talked civilly to me since.</p>
<p>Still, she stuck by her older boyfriend, Petersen, until she got him the lead in Jerry Bruckheimer’s first big TV franchise, “CSI.” The rest, as they say, is history &#8212; the last time I saw her, Cindy still wasn’t talking to me, but had a couple of munchkins in tow (she’d apparently married a film editor), Billy, who I’d believed in enough to give him the best story of my life, went on to become the highest-paid actor in television, earning a reported $500,000 per week for his final seasons on “CSI.”</p>
<p>Of which Cindy gets her substantial cut, along with a producer fee &#8212; as my wife likes to remind me, if I’d wanted to be rich, I’d just have stuck with her. But that’s not me &#8212; and I didn’t work out with the Canadian, either, though I did get two beautiful young boys out of the marriage before it cratered, one of whom went back last year to play football for the University of Toronto … exactly two decades after he was conceived.</p>
<p>The month of the Toronto Film Festival.</p>
<p>Twenty years ago.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Die erfolgreichen Bruckheimer-Krimiserien lösen das bisherige Freitags-Line-Up des Senders ab. Zu sehen gibt es aber nur Wiederholungen. 
Überraschung aus Köln: Zur neuen TV-Saison kehrt die erfolgreiche amerikanische Krimiserie «CSI: Den Tätern auf der Spur», die fünf Staffeln lang bei VOX als deutsche Erstausstrahlung lief, zu ihrer Heimat zurück; allerdings nur mit Wiederholungen. VOX wird die ersten Staffeln der Serie mit William Petersen immer freitags ab 22.10 Uhr zeigen – auf diesem Sendeplatz wiederholt der Kanal aktuell mit relativ großem Erfolg die Krimisendung «Law &#038; Order: SVU». Los geht es am ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Die erfolgreichen Bruckheimer-Krimiserien lösen das bisherige Freitags-Line-Up des Senders ab. Zu sehen gibt es aber nur Wiederholungen. </p>
<p>Überraschung aus Köln: Zur neuen TV-Saison kehrt die erfolgreiche amerikanische Krimiserie «CSI: Den Tätern auf der Spur», die fünf Staffeln lang bei VOX als deutsche Erstausstrahlung lief, zu ihrer Heimat zurück; allerdings nur mit Wiederholungen. VOX wird die ersten Staffeln der Serie mit William Petersen immer freitags ab 22.10 Uhr zeigen – auf diesem Sendeplatz wiederholt der Kanal aktuell mit relativ großem Erfolg die Krimisendung «Law &#038; Order: SVU». Los geht es am 9. September 2011. </p>
<p>Freitags gibt es immer zwei Episoden zu sehen, am Donnerstagabend zeigt RTL bereits eine Erstausstrahlung eine Wiederholung ab 22.10 Uhr. Auch «CSI: Miami» kehrt im September zu seinen Ursprüngen zurück. Der Ableger mit David Caruso in der Hauptrolle lief in Deutschland erstmals ebenfalls bei VOX. Ab dem 9. September 2011 löst «CSI: Miami» freitags um 20.15 Uhr die Wiederholungen von «CSI: NY» ab. </p>
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		<description><![CDATA[William Petersen soll angeblich für eine Episode in der zwölften Staffel an seine alte «CSI»-Wirkungsstätte zurückkehren. Bereits in Staffel elf hatte er einen Kurzauftritt. 
Der Schauspieler William Petersen wird wahrscheinlich erneut in die Rolle seiner «CSI»-Figur Gil Grissom schlüpfen: Produzent George Eads sprach davon, dass Petersen in der kommenden zwölften Staffel für eine Episode dabei sein wird, wenn Marg Helgenberger aus der Serie aussteigt. 
Helgenberger steht für die kommende Season nur für zwölf Episoden unter Vertrag und wird «CSI» danach verlassen. Für ihre letzte Folge, in der laut Produzentin Carol ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>William Petersen soll angeblich für eine Episode in der zwölften Staffel an seine alte «CSI»-Wirkungsstätte zurückkehren. Bereits in Staffel elf hatte er einen Kurzauftritt. </p>
<p>Der Schauspieler William Petersen wird wahrscheinlich erneut in die Rolle seiner «CSI»-Figur Gil Grissom schlüpfen: Produzent George Eads sprach davon, dass Petersen in der kommenden zwölften Staffel für eine Episode dabei sein wird, wenn Marg Helgenberger aus der Serie aussteigt. </p>
<p>Helgenberger steht für die kommende Season nur für zwölf Episoden unter Vertrag und wird «CSI» danach verlassen. Für ihre letzte Folge, in der laut Produzentin Carol Mendelsohn die geliebten Menschen ihrer Serienrolle in Gefahr gebracht werden, wird Petersen ans Set zurückkehren. </p>
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		<title>William Petersen wird wieder Vater</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Da diese Meldung seriös zu seien scheint, poste ich sie hier. 
William Petersen Welcomes Twins Via Surrogate
It&#8217;s a boy and a girl for William Petersen.
The CSI actor, 58, and wife Gina Cirone welcomed twins via surrogate on July 5 in Los Angeles, PEOPLE confirms.
The pair were born prematurely, Petersen&#8217;s rep says, but are steadily improving.
&#8220;The babies are doing great and are improving every day and we can&#8217;t wait for them to come home,&#8221; the couple, who married in July 2003, tell PEOPLE.
Petersen is already dad to daughter Maite, 36, who ...]]></description>
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<p><strong>William Petersen Welcomes Twins Via Surrogate</strong></p>
<p>It&#8217;s a boy and a girl for William Petersen.<br />
The CSI actor, 58, and wife Gina Cirone welcomed twins via surrogate on July 5 in Los Angeles, PEOPLE confirms.<br />
The pair were born prematurely, Petersen&#8217;s rep says, but are steadily improving.<br />
&#8220;The babies are doing great and are improving every day and we can&#8217;t wait for them to come home,&#8221; the couple, who married in July 2003, tell PEOPLE.<br />
Petersen is already dad to daughter Maite, 36, who has two young sons of her own. </p>
<p>Source: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20522211,00.html</p>
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		<title>William Petersen im Interview &#124; kurier.at &#8211; 2006</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[William Petersen im Interview &#124; kurier.at 
C.S.I.-Darsteller William Petersen über die Erfolgsserie, seine
Theaterengagements und die Gefühle als Schauspieler in beiden Sparten.
 „A Dublin Carol“ ist eine Charakterstudie eines einsamen, bitteren Alkoholiker,
der plötzlich zu Weihnachten mit dem Tod konfrontiert wird. 
„Am Theater erzählen wir unsere Geschichten zwar nur vor 300 Leuten jeden Tag
und nicht vor 22 Millionen, aber wir erzählen die besseren Geschichten.“ Der
Mann, der hier mit Überzeugung und Leidenschaft eine Lanze für die Bühne bricht,
wurde durchs Fernsehen weltberühmt. William Petersen löst zwar als „Gil Grissom“
allwöchentlich bei C.S.I. Las Vegas die ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>William Petersen im Interview | kurier.at </strong></p>
<p>C.S.I.-Darsteller William Petersen über die Erfolgsserie, seine<br />
Theaterengagements und die Gefühle als Schauspieler in beiden Sparten.<br />
 „A Dublin Carol“ ist eine Charakterstudie eines einsamen, bitteren Alkoholiker,<br />
der plötzlich zu Weihnachten mit dem Tod konfrontiert wird. </p>
<p>„Am Theater erzählen wir unsere Geschichten zwar nur vor 300 Leuten jeden Tag<br />
und nicht vor 22 Millionen, aber wir erzählen die besseren Geschichten.“ Der<br />
Mann, der hier mit Überzeugung und Leidenschaft eine Lanze für die Bühne bricht,<br />
wurde durchs Fernsehen weltberühmt. William Petersen löst zwar als „Gil Grissom“<br />
allwöchentlich bei C.S.I. Las Vegas die unlösbar scheinenden Fälle, doch sein<br />
Herz gehört dem Theater. Dort hat er seine Schauspielkarriere begonnen, dort<br />
steht er derzeit – während die Arbeit rund um C.S.I. während der Feiertage ruht<br />
– an fünf Tagen für sieben ausverkaufte Vorstellungen in der Woche auf der Bühne<br />
eines kleinen, feinen Theaters in Providence, Rhode Island. Fans aus ganz<br />
Amerika und selbst aus Europa kommen in die Stadt, um live zu sehen, um wie viel<br />
aufregender die Magie des Theaters gegenüber dem Fernsehen ist. </p>
<p><strong>Alkoholiker zu Weihnachten &#8211; A Dublin Carol</strong><br />
Das Stück selbst ist keine leichte Kost: Der irisch-stämmige Autor Conor<br />
McPherson lieferte mit „A Dublin Carol“ die autobiografische Charakterstudie<br />
eines einsamen, bitteren Alkoholikers ab, der plötzlich zu Weihnachten mit dem<br />
Tod konfrontiert wird.<br />
Petersen kommt nach der Vorstellung in eine kleine italienische Bar gegenüber<br />
des Theaters, wo ihn Theaterbesucher in guter neu-englischer Tradition in Ruhe<br />
lassen – anders als in Italien, wo er sich wie ein Rattenfänger vorkam, mit Fans<br />
an den Fersen, wo immer er gemeinsam mit seiner italienisch-stämmigen Ehefrau<br />
auftauchte. „Hier gibt es diesen Münchner Fan: Sie kommt in jede Vorstellung.<br />
Das ist fast ein wenig erschreckend.“ </p>
<p><strong>Weihnachten mit Problemen</strong><br />
Er erklärt die Wahl des Stücks mit: „Weihnachten ist doch selbst für glückliche<br />
Familien, die keine Probleme haben, immer mit Stress verbunden. Es ist daher<br />
umso wichtiger, uns daran zu erinnern, wie schwer es für andere sein kann.<br />
Leichte Theaterkost wie etwa &#8220;A Christmas Carol&#8221; hat natürlich ihren Wert – aber<br />
von Zeit zu Zeit ist es wichtig, auch die andere Seite zu sehen, die dunklere,<br />
die schwierigere Seite. Ich denke, mit unserem Stück beschäftigt man sich auch<br />
noch am nächsten Tag und am Tag darauf, und das ist hoffentlich eine Art von<br />
Befreiung.“ </p>
<p><strong>Zurück auf die Bühne</strong><br />
Für Petersen ist die Arbeit auf der Bühne seines ehemaligen Protegés Curt<br />
Columbus sicher eine Art Befreiung. Nach 152 Folgen C.S.I. und fast sieben<br />
Jahren ausschließlich vor TV-Kameras, gesteht er, „ich musste einfach zurück zur<br />
Bühne. Es ist hart, aber ich wusste, wenn ich es nicht bald mache, wird es noch<br />
härter. Ich habe diese Muskeln schon zu lange nicht mehr gebraucht.“ Da nützte<br />
auch das Vertrauen von Regisseurin Amy Morton, ebenfalls eine alte Freundin aus<br />
Petersens Chicagoer Anfängen und derzeit beim Steppenwolf-Theater in Chicago,<br />
nicht wirklich. Sie meinte, schauspielern sei wie Radfahren. Petersens Antwort:<br />
„Es ist eher wie einen Felsblock aufs Matterhorn zu rollen.“ </p>
<p><strong>Konfrontation mit dem Tod</strong><br />
Kein Wunder, steht er doch für die gesamten 80 Minuten der Vorstellung auf der<br />
Bühne, sein Part verlangt irischen Akzent ebenso wie die Ticks und Manierismen<br />
des schwer kranken Alkoholikers John Plunkett. Der Leichenbestatter wird zu<br />
Weihnachten mit den ganz persönlichen Tragödien des Todes konfrontiert: Sein<br />
Freund und Boss liegt im Krankenhaus, seine Frau, die er jahrzehntelang nicht<br />
gesehen hatte, stirbt an Krebs. „Beim Erarbeiten des Textes war ich schon so<br />
weit, weglaufen zu wollen, wie Plunkett es sein Leben lang getan hat. Auf nach<br />
Kanada und verschwinden. Jetzt ist es leichter, jetzt befreie ich mich jeden<br />
Abend auf der Bühne. Es geht nichts über die Bühne, das ist immer noch die<br />
großartigste Möglichkeit, eine Geschichte zu erzählen. Sie hat eine Reinheit und<br />
Unschuld und Vorstellungskraft, die in Hollywood aus dir herausgeprügelt werden.<br />
Man wird zwar nicht reich damit – ich mach’ schließlich nicht Riverdance – aber<br />
in Hollywood zählt nur der Erfolg. The bottom line IS the bottom line. Man hat<br />
keine Möglichkeit, irgendetwas zu ändern, ist man erst einmal in einer<br />
Erfolgs-Serie.“ </p>
<p><strong>C.S.I.-Vertrag läuft aus – das Ende?</strong><br />
Petersens Vertrag mit C.S.I.-Produzent Jerry Bruckheimer läuft nach sieben<br />
Jahren gerade aus. Nach anfänglichen Versuchen, als Co-Produzent auf Inhalt und<br />
Qualität der Show mehr Einfluss zu nehmen, hat Petersen schließlich vor zwei<br />
Jahren nach gesundheitlichen Problemen zurückgesteckt: „Ich war nicht mehr ich.<br />
Ich war 14 Stunden lang Grissom, den Rest habe ich geschlafen. Es war nicht<br />
fair. Die Probleme sind mir nicht bekommen, ich wurde zornig. Ich wurde zornig<br />
und dann wurde ich krank. Also musste ich ein bisschen erwachsen werden und<br />
loslassen. Das ist der Grund, warum sie dir in Hollywood so viel zahlen. Sie<br />
kaufen deine Zeit und glauben, damit dich kaufen zu können.“ </p>
<p>Zu<strong>kunft im Theater</strong><br />
Nicht dass William Petersen sich so leicht kaufen lassen würde. Mit dem<br />
Auslaufen seines Vertrages streckt er seine Fühler auch nach weiteren<br />
Theater-Verpflichtungen aus. Sein Ziel ist es, in seiner Heimatstadt Chicago<br />
wieder Theater zu spielen. Dabei ist er sich mehr als nur bewusst, wie viel von<br />
seinem möglichen Weggang von C.S.I. auch für die Kollegen, die Crew abhängt.<br />
„Ich werde Gil Grissom nicht vermissen, aber die Freunde, die ich gewonnen habe.<br />
Wenn ich also die Show verlassen sollte, werde ich auch einen großen Teil meines<br />
Lebens verlassen, eine große Familie, meine Familie.“ </p>
<p><strong>Trennung und Schmerzen</strong><br />
Und er wird wieder darunter leiden, bis hin zu körperlichen Beschwerden. „Ich<br />
war nie jemand, der einen Job länger als drei Monate hatte. Daher kommen mir<br />
Filme und das Theater so entgegen. Nach drei Monaten machst du etwas Neues. Aber dadurch wird man mit ständigen Trennungen konfrontiert. Es ist viel Liebe im Theater – und damit kommt auch der Schmerz, es ist physisch, metaphysisch – aber<br />
davon kommt auch die Magie. Mit jedem beendeten Engagement muss ich mich von den Emotionen, die damit verbunden waren, befreien. Es ist fast wie eine schwere Grippe. Wie die Astronauten, die vom Mond zurückkommen – und einfach nur<br />
dasitzen und eine Woche lang werden Tests mit ihnen gemacht. Man dekomprimiert.“ </p>
<p>Aber genau das, diese Emotionen, will er auch jungen Schauspielern weitergeben.<br />
„Das Theater war mein einziger Lehrer – alles, was ich bin, alles, was ich fühle<br />
und was ich denke und wie ich bin, wurde mir durch das Theater beigebracht.<br />
Jetzt versuche ich, junge Schauspieler zu ermutigen, Mut zu haben. Wenn du mit<br />
25 weißt, dass du mit 45 auch auf einer Parkbank mit einer Flasche Schnaps im<br />
Sackerl enden kannst, und trotzdem die Schauspielerei für dich die richtige<br />
Entscheidung ist, dann kannst du auch Nein sagen.“ </p>
<p>So wie er vermutlich Nein zu einer Vertragsverlängerung sagen wird? Petersen:<br />
„TV ist zweidimensional, eine Konserve, die Leute können dabei im Bett sein, im<br />
Bad. Theater ist dreidimensional. Die Menschen sind DA. Die Reaktionen sind da.<br />
Das ist Theater. Gestern hatten wir eine Vorstellung, in der die Leute<br />
durchgehend gelacht haben. Das Stück ist auch witzig. Heute haben die Zuschauer<br />
geglaubt, nicht lachen zu können. Theater bewegt sich, es ist lebendig. Wenn<br />
jemand auf der Bühne schwitzt, ist der Schweiß echt. Wenn er im Fernsehen<br />
schwitzt, wurde er wahrscheinlich mit Wasser besprüht.“<br />
Ingrid Gabriel</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Geffen Playhouse Superior Opening Night Photos
by LA STAGE ALLIANCE  &#124;  June 9, 2011
The stars turned out for opening night of the Los Angeles premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts’ Superior Donuts at the Geffen Playhouse including Dana Delany, Arye Gross, Marin Hinkle, Mary McDonnell, Rob Morrow, Mike O’Malley and William Peterson. All were treated to a Chicago-style after party featuring deep dish pizza, hot dogs, gelato cones and of course — superior donuts.
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by LA STAGE ALLIANCE  |  June 9, 2011<br />
The stars turned out for opening night of the Los Angeles premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts’ Superior Donuts at the Geffen Playhouse including Dana Delany, Arye Gross, Marin Hinkle, Mary McDonnell, Rob Morrow, Mike O’Malley and William Peterson. All were treated to a Chicago-style after party featuring deep dish pizza, hot dogs, gelato cones and of course — superior donuts.</p>

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		<description><![CDATA[April 5 – June 10, 2012
The March
Based on the novel by E. L. Doctorow
Adapted for the stage and directed by ensemble member Frank Galati
Featuring ensemble members Alana Arenas, Ian Barford, Tim Hopper, Martha Lavey, Mariann Mayberry, James Vincent Meredith, William Petersen, Yasen Peyankov and Alan Wilder with Will Allan, Patrick Clear, Stephen Louis Grush, Michael Mahler and Shannon Matesky
In the Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre
Galati is adapting and directing E.L. Doctorow&#8217;s 2005 novel The March. Set in the Civil War era, the PEN/Faulkner Award winner follows General William Tecumsheh Sherman&#8217;s scorched-earth campaign ...]]></description>
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The March</strong></p>
<p>Based on the novel by E. L. Doctorow<br />
Adapted for the stage and directed by ensemble member Frank Galati<br />
Featuring ensemble members Alana Arenas, Ian Barford, Tim Hopper, Martha Lavey, Mariann Mayberry, James Vincent Meredith, William Petersen, Yasen Peyankov and Alan Wilder with Will Allan, Patrick Clear, Stephen Louis Grush, Michael Mahler and Shannon Matesky<br />
In the Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre</p>
<p>Galati is adapting and directing E.L. Doctorow&#8217;s 2005 novel The March. Set in the Civil War era, the PEN/Faulkner Award winner follows General William Tecumsheh Sherman&#8217;s scorched-earth campaign through Georgia. Galati&#8217;s large-cast epic (Lavey indicated a recent workshop version of the script called for 27 actors) will be rife with Steppenwolf regulars—nine ensemble members are currently attached as cast members. Adding Machine and A Minister&#8217;s Wife composer Josh Schmidt will contribute both original music and new arrangements of period music.</p>
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