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
Patrick Labyorteaux
Child Actor Playing Vito (uncredited)
Gena Rowlands
Myrtle Gordon
John Cassavetes
Maurice Aarons
Ben Gazzara
Manny Victor
Paul Stewart
David Samuels
Fred Draper
Leo
Katherine Cassavetes
Vivian
Lady Rowlands
Melva Drake
Laura Johnson
Nancy Stein
John Finnegan
Bobby
Eleanor Zee
Sylvia Stein
Sherry Bain
Barmaid
Naomi Stevens
Crying Mourner (uncredited)
Joan Blondell
Sarah Goode
David Rowlands
Doorman
Zohra Lampert
Dorothy Victor
James Karen
Bellboy
Seymour Cassel
Self (uncredited)
Peter Bogdanovich
Self (uncredited)
Angelo Grisanti
Charlie Spikes
Peter Falk
Self (uncredited)