SPRINGSTEEN SHOW HEADING TO NETFLIX

On the last night Bruce Springsteen plays Broadway—12/15—Netflix will start streaming a film of the Tony-honored show. Shows with an invited audience, one on Tuesday and another tonight, are being filmed for the video.

“The purpose of the film is to bring this incredibly intimate show to Bruce’s entire audience intact and complete,” said Springsteen manager Jon Landau. “In addition to its many other virtues, Netflix has provided for a simultaneous worldwide release which is particularly important for our massive international audience.”

When he wraps, Springsteen will have performed 236 sold-out shows at Jujamcyn’s Walter Kerr Theatre. The HITS editors who have seen it loved it.

“We are thrilled to bring Bruce Springsteen—a master storyteller, humanitarian and voice of the everyman— to Netflix,” said Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer at Netflix. “This groundbreaking experience defies the boundaries of theater, concerts and film and will give our global audience an intimate look at one of the biggest cultural icons of our time.”

Might Columbia be interested in issuing a soundtrack? Fingers crossed.