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Production Requirements: A Costume Plot Database
Play Title: Broadway Bound

Title:  Broadway Bound
Playwright:  Simon, Neil  Publisher:  Samuel French, Inc.
Year  1987  Genre:  Comedy
Period:  20thC1940s  Number of Acts/Scenes  2
Passage of time:  Three Months
Basic Plot:  Inside the home of a family in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn we meet a quirky family. The sons, Stan and Eugene, are aspiring comedy writers
Contributor's Name:  Emily Smeraldo
Contributor's Email:  not available
Budget:  non-produced
Producing Organization:  n/a
Cast Size As Written
  Male Actors:  6
  Male Chorus Actors:  0
Total Male Actors:  6
Number of Characters as Written
  Male Characters:  6
  Male Chorus Characters:  0
Total Male Characters:  6
Costume Numbers as Written
  Male Costumes:  16
  Male Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Male Costumes:  16
Actual Cast Size (if produced)
  Male Actors:  0
  Male Chorus Actors:  0
Total Male Actors:  0
Costume Numbers (if produced)
  Male Costumes:  0
  Male Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Male Costumes:  0
  Female Actors:  3
  Female Chorus Actors:  0
Total Female Actors:  3
 
  Female Characters:  3
  Female Chorus Characters:  0
Total Female Characters:  3
 
  Female Costumes:  6
  Female Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Female Costumes:  6

  Female Actors:  0
  Female Chorus Actors:  0
Total Female Actors:  0
 
  Female Costumes:  0
  Female Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Female Costumes:  0
Notes on possible reduction/expansion of characters/costumes:  The costume totals are based on new costumes for each time period. You can repeat the usage of costumes to reduce the number of costumes needed.
Quick Changes:  Kate has 3 pages to change housedresses and 3/4 of a page for an
Specialty/Special effects costumes required:  none
Other important notes:  Two of the male characters and one of the female characters are voiceover parts. Eugene is physically active on stage. Eugene and Stan both dress on stage. Costumes need to be placed within the set for actors to use.

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