Sting to Join Cast of His Own Broadway Show

Hoping to boost a floundering box office, Sting is going to step into a role in the $15 million Broadway show for which he’s supplied the score, The Last Ship.

“I’ve been working on this show for five years and been at every rehearsal, every performance, so it’s not like I’ve flown in from Planet Rock Star to save the day,” the musician, 63, told The New York Times on Sunday, adding that he’d display his rear end “in Macy’s if it will help our show.”

“I know all the lines and lyrics after all these years,” he added with a laugh.

His appearance, notes The Times‘s Broadway correspondent Patrick Healy, is strictly a limited engagement, but raises the question of how ticket sales will survive after his departure. Sting steps into the show Dec. 9 and is scheduled to remain until Jan. 10.

The Last Ship opened at the Neil Simon Theatre on Oct. 26. The show, about British shipbuilders, was inspired by Sting’s childhood in England. Reviews ranged from mixed to poor.

Current cast member, British singer-actor Jimmy Nail, told The Times that he has “happily” given Sting his blessing to assume his role.

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