Sting attends 'The Last Ship' Pre-Broadway news conference at Cadillac Palace Theatre on May 27, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois.

A Broadway Debut for Sting in "The Last Ship"

The Leonard Lopate Show | Nov 24, 2014

16 Grammy winner Sting tells us about his debut as a Broadway composer in "The Last Ship" a new musical inspired by his own childhood. In a close-knit English seafaring town, life revolves around the local shipyard. But Gideon Fletcher dreams of a different future, and sets out to travel the world. He returns home years later, only to find the shipyard's future in grave danger. Fred Applegate and Rachel Tucker, who star in the show, join us in the studio. The Last Ship is playing at the Neil Simon Theater.

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