The Opening Night

In the high-stakes world of New York theater, Robert Chandler is a kingmaker, until a fishing trip turns into a watery grave—or so the world believes. Three months later, the 'deceased' producer resurfaces, not as a mogul, but as a shell of a man, his memory fractured by trauma. He returns to the city only to find his wife, Carol, has already transitioned from grieving widow to the bride of Jimmy Keane, the very man Robert helped elevate to stardom. In a move of staggering, perhaps masochistic, self-sacrifice, Robert chooses to remain dead to the world. He trades his tuxedo for overalls and takes a job as a car washer, living in the shadows of his former life. The film explores the cruel irony of a man who once controlled the spotlight now hiding in the grease and grime, waiting for the inevitable moment when the two worlds collide in a 'small town' version of Manhattan.