A Bad Year for Tomatoes

A Bad Year for Tomatoes
Lionheart Theatre
through May 22, 2022

John Patrick must have quite a sense of humor; for he wrote this crazy opus, which Lionheart has brought to their stage uunder the direction of Marla Krohn. In her notes she says she would love to play every one of these nut cases, and in fact, she did on opening night when one of the actors couldn’t make it.

Myra Marlowe (Nancy Lowery Powell) has had a successful career in Hollywood of more than 20 years; and she’s had it “up to there”. So she takes her leave and moves east to a hick town in New England, Beaver Haven. This is where she is going to settle in, grow her own tomatoes, and write her autobiography.

She may not know that much about some small towns, inhabited by folks who are certainly not so much like her. She meets up with nosy neighbors, gossip mongers, and some who would be considered trailer-trash back in Hollywood. Her agent, Tom (Paul Milliken) settles her in but takes his leave to get back to work. But he has feelings for her and never wants to let her off the hook as a client. Myra is not a fool, but she does come up with a crazy scheme to keep the townies at bay. I can’t tell you how she does it, for she’d kill me if I did.

I can tell you the show is a riot that never stops until the last line. If you are tired of listening to politicians, then this is a great change of pace. Lionheart is located right off the square in Norcross and has easy parking, good seating, and wonderful goodies at intermission.

More info and tickets at LionheartTheatre.org