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Bruce Springsteen rehearses Broadway show at Monmouth University
Broadway lights lit up the Jersey Shore, but you had to be invited to see it.
Bruce Springsteen performed his upcoming Broadway show in front of an invited audience at a closed Pollak Theatre on the campus of Monmouth University in West Long Branch on Tuesday, Sept. 19.
A spokesman for Monmouth University would neither confirm nor deny the show.
“Great show last nite at Monmouth,” posted Michael Scialfa, Springsteen’s brother-in-law. “It’s easy sometimes to forget what true genius is, until its right in front of you.”
“Springsteen on Broadway” will feature the Freehold native in a two-hour solo performance with spoken interludes at the 960-seat Walter Kerr Theatre. Previews begin on Tuesday, Oct. 3 and the show runs through February.
“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,” said Springsteen previously in a statement.
The Pollak holds about 700. He performed for about 200 family and close friends on Tuesday. He was interviewed by Bob Santelli on the Pollak stage for “A Conversation with Bruce Springsteen” in January.
The Boss had previously performed at Monmouth in the ‘70s. The location is not far from the bungalow in the West End section of Long Branch where he wrote “Born to Run.”
The new Springsteen Archives promotes and preserves the legacy of the Boss as well as music icons like Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, Hank Williams and Frank Sinatra
Chris Jordan: cjordan@app.com