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