Waiting for Guffman

Sunday, March 22 - Wednesday, April 1, 2026

SHOWTIMES AT IFC CENTER

Blaine, Missouri, may be small, but Corky St. Clair always dreams big. Determined to get back to the lights of Broadway, he’s created Red, White and Blaine, a musical celebration of the burg’s 150th anniversary.



This Is Spinal Tap and Best in Show co-creator Christopher Guest plays Corky in this acclaimed comedy. Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Parker Posey, Fred Willard and Bob Balaban costar as stagestruck townfolk who pin their hopes of being discovered on Corky’s hilariously hapless theater production…and on reports that big-time talent scout Mort Guffman will be in the audience.

“WAITING FOR GUFFMAN does for regional theater what This is Spinal Tap did for rock ‘n’ roll.” –New York Daily News

Screening as part of Art House Cinema Week New York 2026, in our series Best in Show: The Films of Catherine O’Hara

  • Country USA
  • Year 1997
  • Running Time 84 minutes
  • Format DCP
  • Distributor Warner Brothers
  • Director Christopher Guest
  • Cast Lewis Arquette, Bob Balaban, Christopher Guest, Matt Keeslar, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey
  • Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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