Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical play, Broadway Bound, opened on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theater on December 4, 1986. The two-act dramatic comedy centers on two brothers, good-humored lovable Eugene and business-like Stanley, as they struggle to break into comedy writing while their parents’ relationship falls apart. Broadway Bound is the third play in Simon’s Eugene Trilogy following Brighton Beach Memoirs in 1982 and Biloxi Blues in 1984. The character Eugene, Simon’s alter ego, appears in each of the three plays. A prolific and successful American playwright and screenwriter, Simon has received many prestigious awards, including three Tony Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, a Golden Globe, and the Kennedy Center Honors. Newsday calls Broadway Bound “A lovely play; warm, perceptive and gently humorous.” In 1987, Broadway Bound was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama and nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play as well as a Drama Desk Award for Best Play.
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