Broadway Jones

About the show

Socialite Jackson "Broadway" Jones was born wealthy but has squandered his money through his life as an irresponsible playboy. Now indebted to creditors, he attempts to solve his financial problems by becoming engaged to an older but wealthy widow, Mrs. Girard, whom he does not love. Jones's path is altered after the unexpected death of his grandfather, who leaves Broadway a chewing gum factory in his will. Broadway travels to the factory in Jonestown, Ohio, intending to selling the factory to a chewing gum conglomerate to raise money to pay off his debts. He soon meets the factory's secretary, Josie Richards, who pleads with him not to sell the factory, as its prospective buyers plan to shut the factory after the sale. Broadway falls in love with Josie, and ultimately the play ends with the couple planning to get married and running the factory together as a couple.