
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.
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Cast

John Cassavetes
Maurice Aarons

Ben Gazzara
Manny Victor

Laura Johnson
Nancy Stein

Fred Draper
Leo

Lady Rowlands
Melva Drake

Sherry Bain
Barmaid

Angelo Grisanti
Charlie Spikes

Patrick Labyorteaux
Child Actor Playing Vito (uncredited)

Seymour Cassel
Self (uncredited)

David Rowlands
Doorman

Eleanor Zee
Sylvia Stein

Gena Rowlands
Myrtle Gordon

Joan Blondell
Sarah Goode

Paul Stewart
David Samuels

Zohra Lampert
Dorothy Victor

John Finnegan
Bobby

Katherine Cassavetes
Vivian

James Karen
Bellboy

Naomi Stevens
Crying Mourner (uncredited)

Peter Falk
Self (uncredited)

Peter Bogdanovich
Self (uncredited)