Jeremy Piven

By tomoneil And two Emmy first-timers also won the comedy series supporting awards. Jon Cryer finally prevailed for "Two and a Half Men" after three losing bids to Jeremy Piven of "Entourage," who was snubbed this year. And Kristin Chenoweth won for the second and final season of "Pushing Daisies," wh...

By tomoneil Jeremy Piven avoided a large payout after an arbitrator ruled Thursday he did not break his contract when he abruptly dropped out of the hit Broadway revival of "Speed-the-Plow" last December. Piven said he left because of fatigue brought on by high levels of mercury in his bloodstream. An...

By tomoneil There's something else fishy about the list of Emmy nominees: the absence of Jeremy Piven! The "Entourage" star has been nominated the last four years as best supporting comedy actor and has won the category the last three. What's important to remember about the Emmys is that these are sho...

By tomoneil While Harris came to fame on TV's "Doogie Howser, M.D." in his teens, he then spent most of his  twenties carving out a niche for himself in the theater. He starred on Broadway and regionally to much success in productions of Tony-winning tuners like "Cabaret" and "Rent." Then four years ago, H...

By tomoneil Six more installments of the cycle would appear on Broadway in the following years and all would earn Tony nominations for best play, but none would win. (Only "Jitney" did not make it to Broadway.)  The first of Wilson's plays to be revived on Broadway was, appropriately enough, "Ma Rainey...

By tomoneil The dynamic Raul Esparza takes on the role of Orsino, a duke who falls in love with a disguised Viola. This versatile actor wowed Broadway earlier this season in the hit production of "Speed-the-Plow" that made the headlines following costar Jeremy Piven's abrupt departure from the show...

By tomoneil Back in 1968, "Hair" transferred to Broadway after an acclaimed Off-Broadway run. Staid theater critics did not know what to make of a show subtitled "the American tribal love rock musical." Though a hit with the public, this original production -- which ran more than four years -- earned o...

By tomoneil Whether this latest chapter in the ongoing saga will affect Piven's long-term award prospects remains open for debate. At January's Golden Globe Awards, he lost his supporting actor bid for "Entourage" though he had taken the award the previous year. Piven has won the last three consecut...

By tomoneil Three-time Emmy Award winner Jeremy Piven ("Entourage") attended an arbitration hearing Thursday to defend himself before the Broadway community. Jeremy Piven was brought up before Actors Equity by the producers of "Speed-the-Plow" to explain why he exited the hit show in mid-Decem...

By tomoneil • New York Magazine's Vultures feast on New York Times theater critic Ben Brantley's re-review of "Speed the Plow": " 'Is it too late to send a thank you note to Jeremy Piven?' he begins. Just a day after his hatchet job on poor Mary-Louise Parker's Hedda Gabler ('one of the worst revivals I ha...