Oliver demands that Howard proceed with preparing the after-party as planned in his apartment at The Arconia. Oliver enters the lobby in hysterics, with his assistant Howard Morris (Michael Cyril Creighton) anxiously trying to console him. Opening night of Death Rattle is a certified disaster, with Oliver’s leading man, Ben Glenroy (Paul Rudd), having died in the middle of the show! Amidst a flurry of police activity, Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez) huddles with Charles in the lobby, theorizing that Ben was poisoned since blood was leaking from his mouth when he died. Oliver was so captivated by Loretta’s performance that he was drawn from his seat to the edge of the stage.
Not until today when a much older Loretta Durkin (Meryl Streep) auditioned for Oliver Putnam (Martin Short) in that same exact theater. Loretta was obsessed, and from that day forward, she spent her life preparing for the day when a casting director on Broadway would ask, “Where have you been?” The only problem is that never happened. She was so mesmerized by Diahann Carroll (Rosharra Francis) singing “The Sweetest Sounds” in No Strings that she walked up to the stage to get a better look. “When you’ve finally found your moment in the spotlight, how far would you go to hang onto it?” That question is posed by Charles-Haden Savage (Steve Martin) in the introductory monologue, which introduces us to a blonde child named Loretta Durkin (Willa Dunn), who attended her first Broadway show in 1962 at the Gooseberry Theater. Episode 1: “The Show Must…” – Written by John Hoffman and Sas Goldberg
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