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Jeremy Piven’s Turn in ‘The Performance’ Was Built On The Belief Of His Whole Family – Contenders Los Angeles
An interview with 'Entourage' alum Jeremy Piven about ‘The Performance,’ about a Jewish American tap dancer set to perform in Germany on the eve of World War II
Appearing together on a panel for The Performance at Deadline’s Contenders Los Angeles event on Saturday, the siblings revealed that the project originated as a notion of their mother, Joyce Hiller Piven, after she read legendary playwright Arthur Miller’s short story about a Jewish American tap dancer tapped to perform in Germany on the eve of World War II. “My mother is a theater artist, director, actress, and loves reading, and she has stacks of The New Yorker in her apartment,” Shira explained. When the financing finally came together after 15 years, in which Piven had time to learn how to tap dance, he was ready to go all-in on his own performance, including a risky sequence that tested his commitment.
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