How long does it take to read Broadway Bound?
Broadway Bound by Neil Simon takes about 2 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 10 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1987. 118 pages, about 32,450 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 36 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 21 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Neil Simon continues the semiautobiographical trilogy begun with Brighton Beach Memoirs and Biloxi Blues. Broadway Bound begins with the efforts of Eugene Jerome and his older brother to launch a career as a comedy writing team.
Subjects: Drama, Broadhurst Theatre (New York), Radio comedy writers, Dysfunctional families, American drama
