Springsteen on Broadway
| Tour by Bruce Springsteen | |
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| Start date | October 3, 2017 (preview performance) October 12, 2017 (official opening) |
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| End date | February 3, 2018 |
| No. of shows | 79 |
| Bruce Springsteen concert chronology | |
Springsteen on Broadway is an upcoming solo run on Broadway in New York City by Bruce Springsteen that will be held at the Walter Kerr Theatre in New York City. The run will consist of Springsteen performing five shows a week, Tuesday through Saturday, with a preview performance on October 3, 2017 and an official opening on October 12, 2017. The run was originally expected to conclude on November 26, 2017 however due to high demand for tickets and issues with scalpers, additional dates were announced with the run now ending on February 3, 2018.
The shows will feature Springsteen performing his music, reading excerpts from his 2016 autobiography, Born to Run, and performing other spoken reminiscences written for the show.
On June 16, 2017 information leaked that Springsteen would be performing an eight-week run on Broadway in New York City at the 960 seat Walter Kerr Theatre in the fall of 2017. On August 9, 2017, the performances were made official by Springsteen's website. “Bruce has had this specific idea in mind since last December. It came into focus slowly and then all at once last January,” Springsteen's manager Jon Landau said in a statement.
Springsteen said of the performances “I wanted to do some shows that were as personal and as intimate as possible. I chose Broadway for this project because it has the beautiful old theaters which seemed like the right setting for what I have in mind. In fact, with one or two exceptions, the 960 seats of the Walter Kerr Theatre is probably the smallest venue I’ve played in the last 40 years. My show is just me, the guitar, the piano and the words and music. Some of the show is spoken, some of it is sung. It loosely follows the arc of my life and my work. All of it together is in pursuit of my constant goal to provide an entertaining evening and to communicate something of value,” says Springsteen.
The creative team for “Springsteen on Broadway” includes Heather Wolensky (scenic design), Natasha Katz (lighting design) and Brian Ronan (sound design).
On September 19, 2017, Springsteen performed a rehearsal show at Monmouth University that was invitation only and attended by around 200 family and close friends.
In response to major issues with scalping and resales as seen on previous Springsteen tours, tickets will be made available exclusively through Ticketmaster Verified Fan, a system put into place by Ticketmaster in February 2017 that levels the playing field to combat bots and get real tickets into the hands of the fans who intend to go to the event. Tickets for "Springsteen on Broadway" will go on sale at 10am ET on August 30. Registration for tickets opened on August 9 and will close on August 27. Verified fans will be notified on August 29 for the August 30 onsale date. Ticket prices range from $75-$850.
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