The Last Ship Closing on Broadway Jan 24 2015
The Last Ship will play its final performance on Broadway on Saturday, January 24, after Four Months at The Neil Simon Theatre its producers said in a statement, adding Sting will continue in the musical until it closes. Sting has been playing Jackie White replacing the Original 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.
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.
