The plot r
$e+vol._ves around Richa/rd B?*ean (Kline), a B?r?oadway s%# $tar known,`) for ,;_his ego[tism, w`(ho_$# experiences- a public breakd,(own %and retr+eats;  to his homet\@own. After retur:ning t$,$o the )family-ru *n theater !(where he first -disco.vered  /:hi$s talent, he finds his father, the for\.`mer ar*tisti_)+c director,=_(] s )$uffering from@
dementia.
;* Th e )[`) theater, now reduced ) to a dinner theater ^serving[( mur\de/,r ;myste:
_ries, ^;is ru;(n by h^is \@,bro)ther (T/enney) 
/and sister-i
n%-law, who is a? ?ls#o `the town’s:+ ma
,yor. =%( Determin.ed to restore % the th]eater_’s former gl?/ory, Ri/\chard plan;:s^_^ to stage @)a great A;m/
erican classic, with himsel)[f as director +^a-nd st
ar, in an ef_fort t$`$o,_ save both t$\he theate)?r and%% ,.the town.