SPRINGSTEEN plans Broadway residency

Bruce Springsteen will reportedly stage an intimate Broadway residency this fall, as the rocker will perform eight weeks of solo concerts at New York's Walter Kerr Theatre.

The Walter Kerr Theatre, which seats 975 people, has been unoccupied since the Broadway production of “Amelie” closed in May. Rather than let the venue sit empty, the Kerr's owner Jujamcyn Theaters offered Springsteen the theatre rent-free. Springsteen will receive ticket revenues while the Kerr Theatre will get the profits from drink sales.

Springsteen has been off the road since his tour celebrating his 1980 LP “The River” concluded in February. Since then, the rock icon has appeared onstage alongside Steven Van Zandt as the E Street guitarist promotes his new solo album. In April, Springsteen sat down for an intimate conversation with Tom Hanks for the Tribeca Film Festival.

Source: Rolling Stone