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The Performance: Directed by Shira Piven. With Maimie McCoy, Robert Carlyle, Jeremy Piven, Steven Berkoff. Harold May is an American Jew and gifted tap dancer. While on tour in Europe, Harold and the rest of his troupe are scouted by a German attaché who leads the troupe to an exclusive performance for Hitler himself.
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- Shira Piven
- 2024-01-07
Oct 8, 2023 · The Performance: Directed by Stephen Wallis. With Nick Mancuso, Sienna Guillory, Graham Greene, Nicholas Campbell. An aging actor revisits the run-down theater that launched his career, preparing for a final, poignant performance while grappling with lifelong regrets and a desire to leave a lasting legacy.
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- Drama
- Stephen Wallis
- 2023-10-08
Hussein learnt to breakdance from a soldier in Iraq as a kid, then chased his American Dream to NYC. Now a choreographer, he mistakes a shot at success for a breakthrough and loses everything, but will do whatever it takes to keep dreaming.
Jan 15, 2024 · Jan 15, 2024 8:26am PT. ‘The Performance’ Review: Jeremy Piven Excels as a Conflicted Jewish American Entertainer in 1936 Berlin. Director Shira Piven’s impressive adaptation and expansion of a...
May 6, 2023 · Overview. Hussein learnt to breakdance from a soldier in Iraq as a kid, then chased his American Dream to NYC. Now a choreographer, he mistakes a shot at success for a breakthrough and loses everything, but will do whatever it takes to keep dreaming. Caterina Clerici. Director, Writer. Alfredo Chiarappa. Director. Alfredo Chiarappa. Writer.
Jeremy Piven and Robert Carlyle topline this tension-filled prewar drama of a dance company confronting a dire choice when unwittingly booked to perform for the Führer. In 1937, Harold May (Piven), an American Jew and virtuoso but penniless tap dancer, tours Europe with his troupe.
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Harold May, an excellent Jewish-American tap dancer, on tour in Europe with his company, receives an offer from a German that is difficult to pass up: a large sum to put on a show in Berlin. The German does not know that Harold is of Jewish origins; the year is 1937 and, once they arrive in Germany, the company discovers that he will have to perform in the presence of Adolf Hitler.