Blue Moon

On the evening of March 31, 1943, legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart confronts his shattered self-confidence in Sardi’s bar as his former collaborator, Richard Rodgers, celebrates the opening night of his ground-breaking hit musical, “Oklahoma!”

Cast

Ethan Hawke

as Lorenz Hart

Bobby Cannavale

as Eddie

Andrew Scott

as Richard Rodgers

Margaret Qualley

as Elizabeth Weiland

Patrick Kennedy

as E.B. 'Andy' White

Jonah Lees

as Morty Rifkin

Simon Delaney

as Oscar Hammerstein

Giles Surridge

as Sven

Cillian Sullivan

as Stephen Sondheim

Michael James Ford

as Lawrence Langner

Reviews

CinemaSerf

If this doesn’t get Ethan Hawke some statuettes this coming winter, then I don’t know what will. He is on great form delivering a pithy series of monologues as if he really were the renowned lyricist Larry Hart. Most of this is told by way of his chat with his favourite barman “Eddie” (Bobby Cannava...

Brent Marchant

Lyricist Lorenz “Larry” Hart (1895-1943) may not be a household name to many, but his voluminous catalog of works written with composer Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) – a bona fide compendium of American musical standards – reads like a laundry list of this country’s most beloved favorites, including “...

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