NEW YORK—Sting will be going down with his ship.
Producer Jeffrey Seller said Tuesday that the Grammy Award-winning songwriter’s Broadway musical “The Last Ship” will close when his stint in the show ends Jan. 24 at the Neil Simon Theatre.
Sting, who wrote the songs, jumped into the musical in early December, playing a shipyard foreman who had been portrayed by Jimmy Nail. While that improved sales, they didn’t skyrocket and the future looked bleak without him.
The $15 million show has struggled at the box office, attributable in part to its challenging topic and mixed reviews.
