The Last Ship 2014
Opened: October 26, 2014Closing: January 24, 2015
The Last Ship - 2014 Broadway History , Info & More
Neil Simon Theatre (Broadway)
250 W. 52nd St. New York, NY 10019
THE LAST SHIP is a new musical with an original score by 16-time Grammy Award winner Sting. This Broadway premiere features direction by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello (Wicked), a book by Tony Award winner John Logan (Red) and Pulitzer Prize winner Brian Yorkey (Next to Normal), and choreography by Olivier Award winner Steven Hoggett (Once).
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.
THE LAST SHIP is a portrait of a community so bound together by passion, faith and tradition, they'll stop at nothing to preserve the only life they've ever known.
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Broadway Review: Sting’s ‘The Last Ship’
7 / 10
Sting lives up to his nickname, 'the King of Pain,' with 'The Last Ship.' Melancholy tones of sorrow and regret saturate this highly personal and intensely felt musical play, which is set in Wallsend, the industrial town in the north of England where the singer-songwriter grew up. The somber book by John Logan and Brian Yorkey takes place in 2007, the year the historic shipyard closed and the town lost its purpose and identity. The lyrical language of Sting's mournful score gives poetic voice to the distressed shipbuilders, but depicting their story as a heroic allegory is regrettably alienating.
The Last Ship review – Sting musical takes inspiration from the shipyard
6 / 10
But if the structure is slack, the book indifferent, the love story lopsided, and the gender politics unreconstructed, Sting's folk-inflected songs, with their bright percussion and yearning strings, are a pleasure and they are performed here with vigour and swagger and joy. As the working men sing in the show's most rousing song, 'We've got nowt else.' Well, that's plenty. Underneath all the metaphors and self-consciousness and strange earnestness, there's a seaworthy show.
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The Last Ship - 2014 Broadway Awards and Nominations
Note: Award winners will appear on a background
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Steven Hoggett |
| 2015 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Sting |
| 2015 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Rob Mathes |
| 2015 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Brian Ronan |
| 2015 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical | The Last Ship |
| 2015 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Musical | The Last Ship |
| 2015 | Theatre World Awards | Theatre World Award | Collin Kelly-Sordelet |
| 2015 | Tony Awards | Best Orchestrations | Rob Mathes |
| 2015 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Sting |
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