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Part concert, part career retrospective, part confession and an entirely new way to experience the storytelling prowess of one of the world’s most familiar rock stars, “Springsteen on Broadway” is an enjoyable though not entirely successful recasting of the 68-year-old singer-composer. On Tuesday night, two days before the official opening, the 975-seat Walter Kerr Theatre here hosted Mr. Springsteen’s gathering, the topic of which was family, country, faith and music’s magic.