NEW YORK – Bruce Springsteen fans were not the only ones at the St. James Theatre on Saturday for the first performance of “Springsteen on Broadway” since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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About three dozen, vocal, anti-vaccine protesters were also outside the theater on Saturday evening. They voiced displeasure that the show is seating only fans who have been vaccinated from the novel coronavirus.
“I think we learned in the ‘60s that segregating people isn’t right,” said a female protester holding a sign that read “Bruce Springsteen is for Segregation on Broadway.” She declined to give her name. “You can’t segregate a crowd for medical choices. Are you going to start separating people who have AIDS or hepatitis?”
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Anti-vaccine protesters outside the St James Theatre in New York City on Saturday, June 26, 2021.
A man in a pink bandana and bullhorn said, “Welcome to Nazi Germany.”
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A similar group of anti-vaxxers protested the Foo Fighters show at Madison Square Garden last Sunday. The show had a similar vaccine requirement for fans.
“Springsteen on Broadway” is scheduled to run through Sept. 4.
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Anti-vaccine protesters outside the St. James Theatre in New York on Saturday, June 26.
“Everybody is entitled to their own opinion,” said Springsteen fan Jenny Tam of New York City as she watched the protesters. “I would think if I’m a performer I would want the audience vaccinated.”
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Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. Contact him at @chrisfhjordan; cjordan@app.com.
This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Bruce Springsteen on Broadway: Anti-vaccine protesters demonstrate outside show
