Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix
Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix
#1Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix
Posted: 7/18/18 at 1:32pm
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Bruce-Springsteens-Historic-One-Man-Show-SPRINGSTEEN-ON-BROADWAY-Will-Debut-On-Netflix-Later-this-Year-20180718
Excellent news! Now I don't have to feel bad for missing it, and I don't have to pay $800+. I'm sure it's much better live, but at those prices, I'm perfectly happy sticking with Netflix.
#2Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix
Posted: 7/18/18 at 1:53pm
Regardless of how you feel about Springsteen's music, he (and his team) did everything right with this show. Picked a smaller house, marketed it well, extended it, cracked down on scalpers, and now released it to Netflix for those who can't spend $700 on tickets.
He earned that Special Tony Award for good business sense alone.
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#3Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix
Posted: 7/18/18 at 1:58pm
Are they streaming it? or Filming/editing it? (I didn't see it in the article, but could have missed it.)
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#4Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix
Posted: 7/18/18 at 2:04pm
Not the best of moves when people paid so much a ticket, when they could get it cheap on Netflix? I would feel ripped off.
#5Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix
Posted: 7/18/18 at 2:05pm
dramamama611 said: "Are they streaming it? or Filming/editing it? (I didn't see it in the article, but could have missed it.)"
As far as I'm aware, Netflix doesn't livestream. All of their content is filmed/edited. Also, the way they phrase it is that the day they are releasing it is "also" the closing day. They don't say that the final performance itself is being recorded.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#6Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix
Posted: 7/18/18 at 2:06pm
If you're going to feel ripped off for spending those prices, you likely couldn't afford it to begin with. No way will seeing it on Netflix be the same energy as being in the theater.
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JSquared2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
#7Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix
Posted: 7/18/18 at 2:08pm
(Insert Clever Name) said: "Not the best of moves when people paid so much a ticket, when they could get it cheap on Netflix? I would feel ripped off."
(Sigh) Of course you would. There's literally nothing that could ever happen that would not have someone bitch and moan about it.
#8Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix
Posted: 7/18/18 at 2:21pm
(Insert Clever Name) said: "Not the best of moves when people paid so much a ticket, when they could get it cheap on Netflix? I would feel ripped off."
Not sure a streaming video and live event are the same experience. That said, as I was not 100% committed to going, never got picked to buy tickets, and keep losing the lottery, this news does make me less concerned about entering the lottery moving forward. I'm not a huge Bruce fan, so I can wait... so, lottery people, your odds just became X-1 to 1!!!
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#9Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix
Posted: 7/18/18 at 3:06pm
Are they streaming it? or Filming/editing it? (I didn't see it in the article, but could have missed it.)
Netflix does not stream 'live' events. They professionally film the show and then make it available at a later date to watch/stream on Netflix. Barbra Streisand's recent concert is an example of how/what Netflix does.
#10Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix
Posted: 7/18/18 at 3:08pm
Ado Annie D'Ysquith said: "
He earned that Special Tony Award for good business sense alone."
That is certainly clear, indeed.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#11Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix
Posted: 7/18/18 at 3:09pm
I'll be happy to see it on Netflix! I did attend the live show and it was exciting, but for my $75 I was WAY up in the balcony. Seeing it again from up close will be fun.
Jakeevan942
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#12Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix
Posted: 7/18/18 at 3:09pm
I saw on another site that they are doing 2 invite only shows for the Netflix cameras, last night and tonight.
JBC3
Broadway Star Joined: 4/9/17
#13Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix
Posted: 7/18/18 at 3:36pm(Insert Clever Name) said: "Not the best of moves when people paid so much a ticket, when they could get it cheap on Netflix? I would feel ripped off."
Damned when they don't and damned when they do.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#14Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix
Posted: 7/18/18 at 3:38pm
Thanks for the answers to my question! (I hadn't heard of Netflix having live stream, but I'm fairly stupid when it comes to these things.)
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#15Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix
Posted: 7/18/18 at 3:53pm
(Insert Clever Name) said: "Not the best of moves when people paid so much a ticket, when they could get it cheap on Netflix? I would feel ripped off."
Seriously, did anyone buying a ticket NOT think this would be filmed and released in some digital format at some point?
#16Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix
Posted: 7/18/18 at 5:15pmI hope this and their oh hello broadcast is Netflix testing the waters for more broadway shows.
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#17Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix
Posted: 7/18/18 at 5:23pm
Is it going to be an hour-long monologue or will he actually sing in this one?
Caption: Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.
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#18Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix
Posted: 7/18/18 at 5:24pm
(Insert Clever Name) said: "Not the best of moves when people paid so much a ticket, when they could get it cheap on Netflix? I would feel ripped off."
Did anyone think that they weren't going to film it?
And musicians have been filming their concerts for decades. I doubt anyone who has seen it wool fell that they were ripped-off.
