The plot r .;^evolves,` %_a/_round Richard Bean[  (Kline), a Broadway star kn[own ^for h(i+s egotism, who exp*^eriences a public breakdow n and (+retreat;s [to his hometo(;wn. A:fter(?*$ re/\=t`urni ng to the famil\@y-:run (=theater where he first discov.ered his t#+al)e) nt, he finds hi+/s[% ?fa ther, the former ar=%=tist%[i^/@c di
 rector, -[ % suffering from)(+ d- ementia. The _-thea/t%,e_ ;;r, no _w (re=:duce (d t)=
o a dinner theater serving/- murder mysteries, is@) run by his bro@)t%her (Tenney) and ?/sister-in-law, . who is also the town’s !,m^:ayor. Determined t^o  /re(:?store the thea +:t-er’s= former glory, Richar!*d plans? t=*o st;age ;a g@*reat Americ@[an cl!assic,# / w_@:ith himself as director._ an(/
d st,ar,^\ in a^)n effort :to s/ave; both the] theater and #the town.