Grammy-Winning Rock Legend Sting Joins the Cast of His Broadway Musical The Last Ship

Welcome aboard! 16-time Grammy winner Sting begins performances in The Last Ship—featuring a score by the rock legend—on December 9. He steps into the role of Jackie White, replacing Jimmy Nail at the Neil Simon Theatre through January 10, 2015. To celebrate, Broadway.com Resident Artist Justin "Squigs" Robertson sketched this gorgeous portrait of the Grammy winner setting sail. Congratulations, Sting!

Featuring a book by John Logan and Brian Yorkey and directed by Joe Mantello, The Last Ship is inspired by Sting’s own childhood experiences and his album of the same name. It is set in an English seafaring town that operates around the local shipyard and follows Gideon Fletcher, a man who left home to see the world and returns fourteen years later to find that the future of the shipyard is in danger.

The cast also includes Broadway favorites Michael Esper and Aaron Lazar, Rachel Tucker, Fred Applegate, Sally Ann Triplett and Collin Kelly-Sordelet.



About the Artist: With a desire to celebrate the magic of live theater and those who create it, and with a deep reverence for such touchstones as the work of Al Hirschfeld and the wall at Sardi’s, Squigs is happy and grateful to be among those carrying on the traditions where theater and caricature meet. He was born and raised in Oregon, lived in Los Angeles for quite a long time and now calls New York City his home.