Through far more circuitous means the two women are spending their "Nurse Jackie" hiatus working on Ms. Flahive's new piece, "The Madrid," which is in previews and opens on Feb. 26.
That soulful human teddy bear, Mark Ruffalo, is Donna's oh-so-sincere sweetheart, Ted, a law school dropout from Cleveland whom she meets while he's on hiatus working for the shore patrol at Lake Havasu.
Despondent over the roles she was and was not being offered, she resumed her dance training, after a decade's hiatus, working now with the choreographer Tamar Rogoff, who was the mother of her friend Ariel Flavin, "to learn her body" as a grownup.
Taking a hiatus worked wonders: "Wild" was a big bestseller and will be a feature film starring Reese Witherspoon.
After being extricated from that "interesting" adventure by Governor Richardson, Early has continued in aviation, except for a short hiatus working with the Department of Military Affairs and the New Mexico National Guard.
When Colm Tóibín returned after a long hiatus to work on his most recent novel, Nora Webster, he hadn't planned on writing another work in its entirety.
Her reaction to Samantha Cameron's hiatus from work to hit the campaign trail?
He had been on Seventh Avenue for decades before taking a 15-year hiatus to work as an artist.
"There's a natural tension between Diane and Alicia, who took a long hiatus from work for her family and kids," Ms. King said.
"It was a nice break for me while Jay was sick," said Ms. von Gal, who was on hiatus from work to care for her husband, who had prostate cancer.
