{"id":28296,"date":"2021-06-28T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=28296"},"modified":"2021-06-27T19:21:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T02:21:23","slug":"bloggers-note-broadway-review-and-vacation-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/28\/bloggers-note-broadway-review-and-vacation-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogger&#8217;s Note: Broadway Review and Vacation Notice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Has it really been almost a year since my last miscellaneous update?<\/p>\n<p>Apparently it has, and boy has a lot happened since then.<\/p>\n<p>I hope things are gradually getting back to normal for you and yours, as they are for me and mine. I suppose that&#8217;s the theme of this update: getting back to normal.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with my report\/review from this past Saturday night&#8217;s reopening of Springsteen on Broadway. While certainly anything\u00a0<em>but<\/em> a normal event (even without the big protest out front), it marked the beginning of a new beginning, and I was thrilled and honored to be a part of it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_QcgmwnzDJM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Backstreets was kind enough to publish my full review yesterday&#8211;if you haven&#8217;t read it and you&#8217;re so inclined, you can read it <a href=\"https:\/\/backstreets.com\/news.html#July26\">here<\/a>, but beware: spoilers abound!<\/p>\n<p>You can also see brief clips from the show below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W7Zh9FCAerE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Next, the news I&#8217;ve been dreading but knew I&#8217;d someday have to face:<\/p>\n<p>On July 1, after 1,273 consecutive days of twice-daily publishing, I&#8217;m taking a vacation. And not just a little vacation, mind you, but a month-long break so I can recharge my batteries for the next part of this ride.<\/p>\n<p>Of course for me, &#8220;vacation&#8221; means that during the month of July, I&#8217;ll only be posting one article each day instead of two.<\/p>\n<p><em>Kingdom of Days<\/em> will continue without interruption, as those posts are largely pre-written and are just lightly refreshed each year. (I&#8217;ve been sneaking in some treats lately, though, with my favorite one coming tomorrow.) All of July&#8217;s posts are already in the can.<\/p>\n<p><i>Roll of the Dice<\/i>, however, will go on hiatus after this Wednesday&#8217;s post; <em>Cover Me<\/em> goes on break after tomorrow; and <em>Meeting Across the River<\/em> is already on pause after yesterday&#8217;s entry. All three series will resume in August.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, I&#8217;ll be taking an honest-to-goodness tropical vacation for the first part of July, with very spotty (at best) wi-fi. So my apologies in advance to those of you who rely on my social media posts for these daily updates, as I may be Facebook- and Twitter-challenged for a bit. (This might be a good time to subscribe to the\u00a0 blog for auto-updates via e-mail.)<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll actually be blogging like a fiend for the second half of July, so I can build up a solid month&#8217;s queue of content before resuming publishing in August. (Once upon a time, I wrote on a one-month lead, and blogging life was stress-free. Over the past year, though, my buffer has slowly whittled down to nothing, and I&#8217;ve been flying by the seat of my pants for weeks now.)<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;m confident I&#8217;ll be back right on schedule on August 1st, and publishing twice-daily again from that point forward.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you&#8217;ll still be here when I get back. We&#8217;re getting close to the end of our spelunking expedition through Bruce&#8217;s catalog&#8211;maybe another year or so left&#8211;but there are some very deep caves still ahead of us that I can&#8217;t wait to shine a light into.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, thanks for reading and joining me this far, and I hope you have the opportunity to rest and recharge this summer, too.<\/p>\n<p>Have a great July, and I&#8217;ll see you in August!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My first-hand report from Re-opening Night of Springsteen on Broadway, and my first vacation in over 1,270 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[273],"class_list":["post-28296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-springsteen-on-broadway"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/take-a-vacation.jpg?fit=1800%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-7mo","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":580,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/05\/editors-note-avoiding-springsteen-on-broadway-spoilers\/","url_meta":{"origin":28296,"position":0},"title":"Editor&#8217;s Note: Avoiding Springsteen on Broadway spoilers","author":"Ken","date":"February 5, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"There shall be no Springsteen on Broadway spoilers on this blog.","rel":"","context":"In \"Springsteen on Broadway\"","block_context":{"text":"Springsteen on Broadway","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/tag\/springsteen-on-broadway\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/sob.jpg?fit=305%2C225&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13620,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/28\/matr-bruce-springsteen-and-the-shots-funky-broadway\/","url_meta":{"origin":28296,"position":1},"title":"MatR: Bruce Springsteen and The Shots: Funky Broadway","author":"Ken","date":"October 28, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"One time only: Bruce joins short-lived Stone Pony house band The Shots for a cover of Wilson Pickett's hit, \"Funky Broadway.\"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cover Me&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cover Me","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/cover-me\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/funky.jpg?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":61100,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/12\/kingdom-of-days-october-12-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":28296,"position":2},"title":"Kingdom of Days: October 12","author":"Ken","date":"October 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Bruce is officially a Broadway star when his show opens at long last. 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