Broadway star and notorious narcissist Richard Bean suffers a spectacular public meltdown and returns to his hometown and the family-run theater where he first became aware of his own brilliance. When he arrives, he is shocked to discover that his father, the former artistic director, has lost a step and that the once-respected theater, now run by his brother Jon and his wife (now the town's mayor). has become, by necessity, a low-rent dinner theater serving roast beef and murder mysteries. He decides to save the town, the theater and the world by presenting a great American classic on the dinner theater stage, directed by and starring, of course, Richard Bean.

基于Armistead Maupin所著同名系列小说，讲述Mary在为了追求事业而抛夫弃女二十年后，回到现在的旧金山，与女儿和前夫布Brian（保罗·格罗斯饰）重聚。逃离了貌似完美的康州生活所导致的中年危机，玛利·安很快就被拉回Anna、她所选择的家庭，还有巴贝瑞巷28号新一代奇特年轻住户的生活轨道上。

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