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Billie Joe to get Connecticut Critics Circle Award on June 23rd


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Connecticut Critics Offer Nominations, Special Awards For Season's Best
Billie Joe Armstromng, Athol Fugard To Receive Special Nods
June 02, 2014|By FRANK RIZZO, frizzo@courant.com, Hartford Courant

Rocker Billie Joe Armstrong, South African playwright Athol Fugard and New Haven’s Broken Umbrella Theatre will be recognized for their special contributions to theater in the state at the Connecticut Critics Circle Awards ceremony this month.

The event will be held at the Westport Country Playhouse on June 23 beginning with a reception at 6:30 p.m. followed by the awards ceremony at 7:30 p.m., hosted by actor Jake Robards.

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The free event is open to the public and has over the last few years become a rare opportunity for theater lovers and leaders to gather together to socialize, reconnect and celebrate work of the past season.

Armstrong, the front man for the rock group Green Day, supplied original Beatle-esque songs for “These Paper Bullets!” at Yale Repertory Theatre.

http://articles.courant.com/2014-06-02/entertainment/hc-connecticut-critics-offer-nominations-special-awards-for-seasons-best-20140602_1_connecticut-repertory-theatre-darko-tresnjak-long-wharf-theatre

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So they just give out awards for shamelessly plagiarizing The Beatles now?

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Anyone up for a field trip to Connecticut

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Damn, I thought it said Coconut Critics.

No free Bounty bars for Billie.

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We should be supportive and say congratulations to our role model Mr. Billie for his all around great work instead of bitching about the award.

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We should be celebrating by now....... It's a pleasure for the entire community .... ,.. a shame.. some people still want to bitch everything that's good... so you all have got this award... ohh sorry .. i forgot... you are the society who do so and it's we the Minority who rebel..........

PS.. don't get mad, don't get too angry....... just an opinion of a crazy fan...!!

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We should be celebrating by now....... It's a pleasure for the entire community .... ,.. a shame.. some people still want to bitch everything that's good... so you all have got this award... ohh sorry .. i forgot... you are the society who do so and it's we the Minority who rebel..........

PS.. don't get mad, don't get too angry....... just an opinion of a crazy fan...!!

Don't worry, love, you're still in the running for the Ellipsis Society Award.

Some people like to take the piss. It's light-hearted fun, that's all. No need to take everything too seriously around here, we all love Green Day.

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So they just give out awards for shamelessly plagiarizing The Beatles now?

Well, it's not plagiarizing, the whole show is supposed to be the story of a band based off the story of the beatles. that's the whole point :P

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1 hour, 46 minutes away.

HmMMmMMmmMmmmm....!

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So they just give out awards for shamelessly plagiarizing The Beatles now?

To be fair I like those Beatles rip-offs more than the Trilogy.

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I'm happy for Billie Joe, he's incredibly creative and diverse :D . Unfortunately, why is this on a Monday? People gotta work. :(

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To be fair I like those Beatles rip-offs more than the Trilogy.

You have me there. :lol:

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Do we know for sure that Billie will actually be attending this event? I guess it's implied but...

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1 hour, 46 minutes away.

HmMMmMMmmMmmmm....!

You should definitely go. We need someone to represent GDC! :)
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Do we know for sure that Billie will actually be attending this event? I guess it's implied but...

That's what I was thinking

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Do we know for sure that Billie will actually be attending this event? I guess it's implied but...

I hope he's attending. (Always love to see new pix! ;) )

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To be fair I like those Beatles rip-offs more than the Trilogy.

I like those Beatles rip-offs more than the Beatles. Which isn't exactly saying much, but whatever.

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If ripping off the Beatles was so easy more people would be doing it. Well done Billie Joe :-)

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I like those Beatles rip-offs more than the Beatles. Which isn't exactly saying much, but whatever.

you are trying to provoke me, :lol: ? But well, everyone on his own.

Actually I am a bit curious what makes you dislike them so much. But I guess this is a wrong place for that.

If ripping off the Beatles was so easy more people would be doing it. Well done Billie Joe :-)

Oasis comes to mind... :P but they are well done and they were internationally very beatlesque so there. B.J did good job i agree

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you are trying to provoke me, :lol: ? But well, everyone on his own.

Actually I am a bit curious what makes you dislike them so much. But I guess this is a wrong place for that.

Oasis comes to mind... :P but they are well done and they were internationally very beatlesque so there. B.J did good job i agree

We can continue the discussion here if you like :)

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Oasis comes to mind... :P but they are well done and they were internationally very beatlesque so there. B.J did good job i agree

Oasis, yeah maybe a few songs, they ripped of the stone roses more though.

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Considering going if transportation isn't too bad.

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Oasis, yeah maybe a few songs, they ripped of the stone roses more though.

I like Oasis though :lol: and to be fair they ripped of nearly everyone... the Stone Roses is a fantastic band though

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I like Oasis though :lol: and to be fair they ripped of nearly everyone... the Stone Roses is a fantastic band though

Agreed :)
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Well even though I don't really care for this congrats I suppose.

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