A Concert With The Music Of John Cassavetes Opening Night
Date and Time
Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Location
Town Hall
123 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
Artists / Performers
Event Details
John Cassavetes Opening Night is the first stage musical with music lyrics and orchestrations by Rufus Wainwright. It premiered in London at the Gielgud Theater in the spring of 2024. The book and direction were by Ivo van Hove. It is based on the 1977 movie Opening Night by American avant garde director John Cassavetes. It tells the story of an actress Myrtle Gordon played by Cassavetes wife Gena Rowlands who is premiering a play written for her that is about a woman coming to terms with aging. Myrtle Gordon does not come to terms with her own aging and rebels against the play and throws the entire production into jeopardy. A young female fan asking her for an autograph at the stage door gets killed by a car as she runs off onto the street. Myrtle is being haunted by the young girl. On opening night she arrives completely drunk but ultimately does what she does best act and improvise. Part All About Eve Opening Night is the story of an actress who risks madness for her truth. Rufus
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