{"id":285007,"date":"2021-06-27T07:03:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T04:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bruce-springsteen-reopens-broadway-and-opens-up-about-his-dwi\/"},"modified":"2021-06-27T07:03:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T04:03:46","slug":"bruce-springsteen-reopens-broadway-and-opens-up-about-his-dwi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bruce-springsteen-reopens-broadway-and-opens-up-about-his-dwi\/","title":{"rendered":"#Bruce Springsteen reopens Broadway \u2014 and opens up about his DWI"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Bruce Springsteen reopens Broadway \u2014 and opens up about his DWI<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The 471-day shutdown of Broadway, the longest in its history, ended Saturday night in a way none of us ever expected\u00a0 \u2014 with Bruce Springsteen.<\/p>\n

Leapfrogging the traditional razzle-dazzle musicals like \u201cHamilton,\u201d \u201cWicked\u201d and \u201cThe Lion King,\u201d which will return on Sept. 14, The Boss kicked off a 30-performance limited engagement of his solo show this weekend at the St. James Theatre.<\/p>\n

While the summer stint is sure to help reinvigorate the struggling Times Square neighborhood \u2014 which has suffered from crime, homelessness and stagnation during the pandemic \u2014 Springsteen never uttered the word \u201cBroadway\u201d once on Saturday, despite his historic role in reopening it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s great to be here,\u201d Springsteen said to his excited audience, who had to prove they were vaccinated to take their seats and shout \u201cBruuuuuuuuuce!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo masks, sitting next to each other in one room.\u201d<\/p>\n

The crowd roared.<\/p>\n

Besides us plebeians, also sitting in those freshly dusted theater chairs were rocker Steven van Zandt, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and his husband Chasten, Jujamcyn Theaters President Jordan Roth, Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell and MSNBC journalist Brian Williams.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpringsteen on Broadway\u201d ran at the smaller Walter Kerr Theatre a few blocks away for more than a year back in 2017 and 2018. It was a huge success and was filmed for Netflix. In his latest run, a lot of the \u201cBorn in the USA\u201d singer\u2019s banter is the same, as are his song choices. But he did get candid about his recent scandal.<\/p>\n

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Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa during the return of \u201cSpringsteen on Broadway.\u201d<\/figcaption>
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The Boss greets fans after the show.<\/figcaption>
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Springsteen told us that during the pandemic he released a new album, made a podcast with Barack Obama \u2026 and was very publicly arrested in New Jersey for a DWI (the charges were dropped).<\/p>\n

\u201cI was handcuffed and thrown in jail,\u201d he said. \u201cThat took some doin\u2019 \u2026 I didn\u2019t wake up one morning, get on my motorcycle and say, \u2018I\u2019ll go to jail!\u201d<\/p>\n

Like he was performing a stand-up set instead of a concert, The Boss ended the bit with this zinger: \u201cMy case was, \u2018The United States vs. Bruce Springsteen.\u2019 That\u2019s always comforting to hear \u2014 the entire nation is against you!\u201d<\/p>\n

Springsteen, 71, played and sang like he had never taken a months-long break from live shows, though there was one speck of rust. He flubbed a line in the song \u201c10th Avenue Freeze-Out,\u201d which he duetted on with his wife, Patti Scialfa. He made a joke of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe loves me even when I f\u2013k it up,\u201d he said, with his girl on his arm.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For a consummate performer like Springsteen, the deeply personal show was routine, but damn was it inspiring for me and the rest of the audience. On Saturday, we learned that tourists are back. Everytime Springsteen mentioned a town \u2014 San Francisco, Phoenix, Asbury Park \u2014 there were loud cheers from people who live there. He had to tell the out-of-towners to \u201cshut the f\u2013k up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then, at the end, walking out onto 44th Street was like entering the Land of Oz. Maskless fans mobbed the stage door waiting for their idol to emerge, and Times Square was teeming with life. Two months ago, if someone described such a scene, you\u2019d tell them to sober up and seek treatment.<\/p>\n

The wondrous night was a welcome reminder that Times Square, Broadway theaters and shows are not meant to be shut down. Baby, they are born to run.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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