Broadway Bound

1.	Name of Play and Playwright: Broadway Bound by Neil Simon 2.	Comedy, drama, one act or full length:  Drama full length 3.	Basic Plot of Play: Refer to handout. If initiating incident and minor climax present include them. Short answers below! a.	Exposition XX b.	Rising Action  XX c.	Conflict  XX d.	Climax  XX e.	Resolution  XX 4.	Main characters (add more if you need them, but not over 4) a.	Eugene b.	Stan c.	Kate d.	Ben 5.	Main conflict: Discuss in greater detail (please explain) 6.	+’s or –‘s to producing this play: (Think in terms of a school or is it better suited to another venue, i.e. small theatre, in the round, traditional proscenium)  Traditional proscenium. Reason being is that there needs to be room for this play, and there’s also two floors for the set. 7.	Age appropriateness (give it a target audience):   High school and beyond. This play is mostly serious, so old people wouldn’t have heart attacks while watching the play. 8.	Comments (this should be one-half to one page): I’ll be honest and say that when typing this out I was confused whether this play is a comedy or a drama. It started off funny, then it escalated into more serious business when Kate and Jack’s marriage was falling apart. There are still funny material in here, like Eugene and Stan’s comedy show on the radio, but I feel that the genre it’s targeting at is toward drama. Nonetheless, Neil Simon is still a superb writer. I know that this one is the last of the Eugene trilogy, but it’s one of those written/watchable things where you don’t have to read or watch the previous ones to know what’s going on. It follows its own storyline. There are some parts where it mentions Eugene being in the army (Bilboxi Blues), but it doesn’t have a constant flow in the sequels.