Opening Night
The Show Must Go On…
Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging. One night a car kills one of Myrtle's fans who is chasing her limousine in an attempt to get the star's attention. Myrtle internalizes the accident and goes on a spiritual quest, but fails to finds the answers she is after. As opening night inches closer and closer, fragile Myrtle must find a way to make the show go on.
Trailer
Cast
John Finnegan
Bobby
Fred Draper
Leo
Katherine Cassavetes
Vivian
Eleanor Zee
Sylvia Stein
James Karen
Bellboy
Naomi Stevens
Crying Mourner (uncredited)
Seymour Cassel
Self (uncredited)
Sherry Bain
Barmaid
Angelo Grisanti
Charlie Spikes
Ben Gazzara
Manny Victor
Patrick Labyorteaux
Child Actor Playing Vito (uncredited)
Peter Bogdanovich
Self (uncredited)
Paul Stewart
David Samuels
David Rowlands
Doorman
Peter Falk
Self (uncredited)
Gena Rowlands
Myrtle Gordon
Zohra Lampert
Dorothy Victor
Lady Rowlands
Melva Drake
John Cassavetes
Maurice Aarons
Joan Blondell
Sarah Goode
Laura Johnson
Nancy Stein