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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.

A failed Broadway singer who now works as a production manager must save opening night on his new production by wrangling his eccentric cast and crew.

Taking place entirely during the opening night of a high school's production of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, OPENING NIGHT chronicles the on stage disasters and off-stage drama of a group of students, their drama teacher and a visiting B-list TV star.

A teenage boy navigates the final minutes before his first theater stage performance, which includes experiencing his first kiss. Despite his rising anxiety, he shares a romantic moment with a classmate.

This short film satirizes theatrical opening nights.

Aspiring child actress Nanoka (Nanoka Hara) hopes to follow in her late mother's footsteps and become an actress. She is more talented and pretty than her rivals, but she finds it difficult to land parts. One day, she hears that a play, which her mother performed, will be staged again. She takes part in the audition to play the lead role which her mother also played.

A poster announcing the opening night of an opera. A crowd of snobs, so called »music lovers« rushes in. The tenor, well aware of his magnificence, has some troubles in his wardrobe with his button refusing to fit in his collar.

Tensions mount on the off-Broadway opening of JFK: The Musical, when Aaron, the actor playing JFK, and Simone, the assistant stage manager find the corpse of a cast member in a storage closet and the two clash over if the show should go on or not.

A philosophical tragicomedy based on the quarrel of a director and a producer while they are sitting at their own movie premiere.

This Argentinian dramedy gives us elements of Woody Allen’s nervous comedy and Cassavetes’ melodramatic roller coaster in a storm of egos that takes place on one decisive weekend in the lives of Juana, a popular actress about to star in an important theater production, and her husband Roman, a director suffering from writer’s block. The couple’s daughter, Lila, serves as a mirror reflecting her parents’ frustrations and joys. The long takes, atmospheric music, and stellar performances, give a poignant, sometimes hilarious portrayal of a family as they attempt to negotiate their egos with their marriage and artistic lives.

Look within. Then dance it out. A man reflects on formative conflicts from his past with optimism, humor, gratitude... and a musical twist.

Cubby Bear sneaks into the Roxy Opera House on its opening night and ends up conducting an epic, animal-enacted version of Faust.

An explosion and exploration of the moment — the breath taken — before the first note of an opening night performance is sung.

On the opening night of his sold-out one man show, star actor Gary Baker-Hall and his young protégé understudy Edward go on a drug-fueled bender minutes before curtains rise.

Chris is the drama director for a high school production of The Dark Knight: The Musical, and the show is falling apart. In order to heighten the drama between his leads, Chris begins a series of manipulations to pit them against each other. The thirst for a standing ovation leads him down a dark path on a violent night the audience will never forget.

And a voice said: "Hope comes in many forms, but for tonight, you're on your own." (16mm blown up to 35mm)

A young cast celebrates a successful opening only to realize there is a nefarious scheme in the works.

The story is about an actress who ran away from the premiere of her own film. A short story about the love of cinema.

Cable TV Special. Rodney Auditions for an adult movie and finds out all men are not created equal. Get ready for a wild time at Rodney's Place, with special guests Jeff Foxworthy, Tim Allen and Sam Kinison.

The reunion of a young couple, recently split, stirs up intense emotion as they relive their relationship's troubled past during a theatre afterparty. The deeper they delve into their past, the harder it becomes to resurface back into reality.

Wildly optimistic chatterbox Eva Lovelace is a would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage. She attracts the interest of a paternal actor, a philandering producer, and an earnest playwright. Is she destined for stardom, or will she fade like a morning glory after its brief blooming?