Blue Moon at the Commodore Theatre

Commodore Theatre

Largely set on March 31, 1943, the opening night of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, Richard Rodgers’s former creative partner Lorenz Hart struggles with alcoholism and depression. Most of the plot takes place at the bar of the New York Theater District restaurant Sardi’s. Slipping out of Oklahoma’s opening night, the semi-closeted Hart arrives at Sardi’s ahead of the afterparty to get drunk and complain about his former creative partner’s new hit musical. The barman lends an ear while trying not to serve Hart liquor.

Screenplay: Robert Kaplow
Producers: Richard Linklater, John Sloss, Mike Blizzard
Running time: 1h 40m
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Classics, Sony Pictures