Published on: Nov 26, 2014
Sting to Join the Cast of His Broadway Musical
Sting to play Jackie White in his Musical “The Last Ship” Sting will join cast from Dec 9 until Jan 10, 2015, this move should boost seat sales, as the musical had been loosing about $75,000 a week, and only opened to mixed reviews in New York after its out of town production in Chicago. Sting is replacing the actor Jimmy Nail, a British singer-songwriter and a friend, who said he was making way for Sting happily for the good of the show.
In his role as Jackie White, the foreman of a British shipyard whose troubles are a subplot of The Last Ship, Sting will be in about 40 % of the musical and will sing one previously recorded fan favourite Island of Souls and some of the show’s most tuneful original songs like We’ve Got No one Else.
THE LAST SHIP is set in the English seafaring town of Wallsend, a close-knit community where life has always revolved around the local shipyard and the hardworking men who construct magnificent vessels with tremendous pride. But Gideon Fletcher dreams of a different future. He sets out to travel the world, leaving his life and his love behind. When Gideon returns home 15 years later, he finds the shipyard’s future in grave danger and his childhood sweetheart engaged to someone else. As the men of Wallsend take their future into their own hands and build a towering representation of the shared dream that defines their existence, Gideon realizes that he left behind more than he could have ever imagined.
Sting Performs Live: “What Have We Got?” from The Last Ship
