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'Springsteen on Broadway': A rock-star confessional with heart

NEW YORK - The question hanging over Bruce Springsteen's Broadway debut was whether the show was going to be a concert relocated to accommodate a rock star's aging vocal cords and fan base or a genuine theatrical offering somewhere between a trumped-up cabaret and a stripped-down musical.

Having now experienced "Springsteen on Broadway" at the Walter Kerr Theatre, where the show is making "Hamilton" suddenly seem like a box-office slowpoke with its runaway ticket prices, I am still not sure how to categorize this intimate, dreamlike encounter with a music legend accustomed to selling out football stadiums.

A special event if ever there was one, "Springsteen on Broadway," which had its official opening Thursday, slips out

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