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Piven Avoids Penalty for Broadway Absence

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 26, 2009 9:54 PM CST

(Newser) – Jeremy Piven has escaped punishment—at least for now—for bailing on the Broadway play Speed-the-Plow, reports Playbill. Piven insists he had to leave because of mercury poisoning, but the producers aren't buying it. The actor appeared before representatives of the Actors' Equity Association and the Broadway League at a grievance hearing today, and the panel failed to reach a unanimous vote needed for punishment. The producers can move ahead with an arbitration hearing, but they haven't said whether they will.

Actors Susan Sarandon, left, and Jeremy Piven arrive at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009, in Los Angeles.
Actors Susan Sarandon, left, and Jeremy Piven arrive at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009, in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Jeremy Piven attends a screening of the film RocknRolla during the Toronto International Film Festival last year in Toronto.
Jeremy Piven attends a screening of the film "RocknRolla" during the Toronto International Film Festival last year in Toronto.   (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)
Jeremy Piven arrives at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009, in Los Angeles.
Jeremy Piven arrives at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009, in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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