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Commentary: Bruce Springsteen’s run for home includes a quest for spirituality

Bruce Springsteen’s one-man show on Broadway, which recently ended its run at the Walter Kerr Theatre and is now available on Netflix, doesn’t depend much on suspense. Devoted fans know his story from reading his autobiography, “Born to Run,” on which the show is based; the rest have glimpsed it in his songs of redemption, of pulling up roots, of breaking free, of a young man’s desire for something more than what the streets of central New Jersey had to offer him.

No Springsteen fan would be surprised that he ended the show with a rousing acoustic rendition of the iconic song “Born to Run.