The Boss comes to Broadway this fall
It’s showtime.
Bruce Springsteen will make his Broadway debut in Springsteen on Broadway, which begins Oct. 3 at the Walter Kerr Theatre with an official opening Oct. 12, according to a news release from the theater and Springsteen’s so- cial media sites. There will be five shows a week through Nov. 26.
Tickets, $75 to $850, go on sale at 10 a.m. ET Aug. 30 through Ticketmaster Verified Fan. Registration began Wednesday and runs through Aug. 27. Verified fans will be notified Aug. 29. ( Visit brucespringsteen.net/broadway for more information.)
It’s going to be a solo performance with spoken interludes.
“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,” Springsteen said in a statement.
Heather Wolensky, art director for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, is the scenic designer, multiple Tony Award winner Natasha Katz is the lighting designer and Brian Ronan, also a Tony winner, is the sound designer.
The last time Springsteen and the E Street Band played a theater was at the onset of the Wrecking Ball Tour in 2013 at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, which holds 1,500. The Ghost of Tom Joad solo tour from 1995 to 1997 was primarily in theaters, and the 2005 Devils & Dust Tour played in some smaller-than-arena venues. The Walter Kerr seats 960.