Broadway Bound
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Broadway Bound is a semi-autobiographical stage comedy by Neil Simon that follows two brothers pursuing careers in show business while navigating the tensions within their Jewish family in postwar Brooklyn.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Broadway Bound canonical | 2 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedy play
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semi-autobiographical work ⓘ stage play ⓘ |
| author | Neil Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Neil Simon's early life experiences ⓘ |
| character |
Ben Epstein
NERFINISHED
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Jack Jerome NERFINISHED ⓘ Kate Jerome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Neil Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | three-act play ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | family-centered narrative ⓘ |
| featuresEthnicBackground | Jewish-American family GENERATED ⓘ |
| follows |
Biloxi Blues
NERFINISHED
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Brighton Beach Memoirs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| hasAutobiographicalElements | true ⓘ |
| hasTone |
bittersweet
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dramatic ⓘ humorous ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult theatre audiences ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Eugene Jerome
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stanley Jerome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | two brothers pursuing careers in show business ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | Eugene Jerome as narrator ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Eugene trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorCareer | later work of Neil Simon ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Brooklyn, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime |
late 1940s
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post-World War II era ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Jewish family life
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aspiration ⓘ coming of age ⓘ family conflict ⓘ marital problems ⓘ show business careers ⓘ |
| theme |
Jewish-American identity
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changing family dynamics ⓘ generational conflict ⓘ pursuit of artistic ambition ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.