Director and writer Shira Piven credits her parents’ Literary Story Theatre with discovering Miller’s story. “They had this idea of taking folk tales and fairy tales and making a play out of them.” “Not for kids necessarily, but like a real play. My mom was always looking for pieces that could be adapted. And she found this short story by Arthur Miller called 'The Performance,' and I thought it would make a great film.”

Deadline’s chief film critic Pete Hammond, who can also be seen on PBS SoCal's Must See Movies, moderates a post-screening Q&A with actor Jeremy Piven and director and writer Shira Piven.

The Performance Q&A

Lauren Jackson is a religion columnist for the New York Times where she is the associate editor and writer for The Morning, the Times's flagship daily newsletter. Over the past year, she has been deeply involved in reporting on belief. Lauren developed 'Believing,' a project that explores how we experience religion and spirituality in contemporary times. Lauren's thought-provoking columns delve into the complexities of faith, spirituality, and society. In this episode of The Leader’s Way, Lauren discusses the powerful transformation that is possible when we turn our attention to the people around us, attending to hyper-local needs, longings, and joys within our own community.

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69: Believing with Lauren Jackson

A listener reports that in and around his hometown of Le Mars, Iowa, the kind of loose-meat  sandwich that others might call a sloppy joe is known as a Tavern or a Tavern sandwich, a name that likely goes back to a restaurant in nearby Sioux City called Ye Olde Tavern. Other names for such sandwiches include Maid-Rite, Big T, Charlie Boy, and Tastee. http://waywordradio.org

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In Newfoundland the word bridge, also spelled brudge, can mean “a deck” or “a porch,” while the word porch refers to an additional room, usually attached at the back of a house, and used as a storage space or  mud room. If a Newfoundlander says it’s duckish out, they’re indicating the skies are dark.. The three daily meals are breakfast, midday dinner,  and evening supper, while any snack outside these is referred to as a lunch, and a bed lunch is a snack eaten just before bed. http://waywordradio.org

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What’s the common bond that links the names Vanessa, Cedric, and Pamela? They’re all names coined by famous authors. Vanessa was invented by Jonathan Swift as a pet name for his lover Esther Van Homrigh.The 16th-century poet Sir Phillp Sidney coined the name Pamela for his pastoral romance, “Arcadia,” possibly from a combination of Greek words meaning “all honey.” And Sir Walter Scott, in his novel Ivanhoe, introduced the character of Cedric the Saxon—either a misunderstanding or an alteration of the much older Anglo-Saxon name Cerdic. http://waywordradio.org

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A woman from Newfoundland notes that in her part of the world, dunch denotes numbness caused by a limited blood circulation, as in how one’s rear end feels after sitting too long. Dumplings made with only flour and water or bread that is heavy or soggy can also be described as dunch. http://waywordradio.org

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Oenophiles are known for their evocative writing about wine, but that’s also true for sophisticated bourbon lovers. Some sensuous tasting notes from bourbon expert Susan Reigler from American Whiskey magazine serve as a case in point. http://waywordradio.org

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Someone bitten by a werewolf becomes a werewolf, but what does a werewolf bitten by a nurse practitioner become? In Quiz Guy John Chaneski's punny puzzle, the first syllable of each answer to a question like this rhymes with the were- in werewolf. http://waywordradio.org

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One means of hazing newbies in the Army: send them to get a hundred feet of chow line. http://waywordradio.org

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20th Anniversary celebration with podcast hosts Krista Tippett, Ira Glass, Hrishikesh Hirway, Kara Swisher, and Jad Abumrad

According to writer-director Scott Cooper ("Crazy Heart"), at its core, the film is the story of a neglected soul repairing himself through music. Bruce was coming off the enormous success of "The River," and from the outside, it looked like everything was going right. But inside, he was quietly unraveling, experiencing a kind of emotional vertigo, the feeling that the life he’d built no longer matched the weight he was carrying. Bruce was also haunted spiritually by his father. Haunted by the fear of success, of no longer being like the people he grew up with in Freehold. Out of that haunted state-of-mind came one of the greatest records of the last 50 years, "Nebraska." Bruce didn’t walk into that recording studio to make a record. He walked in because something deep inside was clawing to get out.

Production on "Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere" began in October 2024, filming primarily on location in and around New Jersey, including Montclair and the Jersey Shore, with additional locations in New York City, Memphis, and Los Angeles.

Immediately following the screening, Deadline’s chief film critic Pete Hammond, who canalso be seen on PBS SoCal's Must See Movies, moderates an in-person Q&A with producers Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Eric Robinson and Scott Stuber.

The Performance Q&A

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