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Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix

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Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix#1
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.

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Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix#2
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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Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix#3
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.)

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

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Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix#4
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.

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Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix#5
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.

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Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix#6
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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Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix#7
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.

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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!!!

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Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix#9
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.

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Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix#10
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.

"It’s the fractured quality in [Bernadette Peters'] singing voice and line readings that puts across the character as someone for whom resentment is sliding into madness." - NYtimes on Follies (2011).

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Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix#11
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.

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Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix#12
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.

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Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix#13
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.

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Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix#14
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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Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix#15
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?

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Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix#16
Posted: 7/18/18 at 5:15pm

I hope this and their oh hello broadcast is Netflix testing the waters for more broadway shows.

And I remember this musical I remember their brilliance And I might never sleep again...

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Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix#17
Posted: 7/18/18 at 5:23pm

Is it going to be an hour-long monologue or will he actually sing in this one?

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Springsteen on Broadway to be filmed for Netflix#18
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.

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