面臨過氣危機的舞台名伶，因為極度的不安全感，在排戲過程中惹惱所有工作人員，難搞至極。然而當一名忠實戲迷意外喪生，讓她的生活陷入更誇張的混亂，首演當晚，她終於在揭幕前酩酊大醉、徹底崩潰…。卡薩維蒂與吉娜羅蘭在片中飾演對戲的演員，兩人台前幕後的親密關係，使得演出層次更加迷離曖昧，堪稱表演魅力滿載的經典之作。A young woman gets killed in an accident trying to meet her favorite actress Myrtle Gordon after a play. Then Myrtle Gordon felt responsible for the killing leading her down to an emotional crisis that interferes with her professional work as an actress.