The Last Ship

First Preview: Sep 11, 2014

Opening Date: Sep 11, 2014

Closing Date: Jan 24, 2015

Running Time: 02:35

http://www.thelastship.com/

Playing @

Neil Simon Theatre

250 W 52nd St, New York, NY 10019

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THE LAST SHIP is a new musical with an original score by 16-time Grammy Award® winner Sting.

Inspired by Sting’s own childhood experiences, this World Premiere production 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 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 shipyard’s workers decide to take their fate into their own hands and build a towering representation of the shared dream that has defined their existence.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
TUESDAY & THURSDAY @ 7 PM
WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 8 PM
WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY @ 2 PM
SUNDAY @ 3 PM

Broadway Musical Play - Drama Family

Show Notes: 1 Intermission

Age Guidance: 13

Audience Advisory: STING joins the cast from December 9th to January 24th

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Full-price tickets:

$60.00 - $145.00

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Lottery & Rush

A limited number of $30 tickets will be sold through the ticket lottery for each performance. Beginning two-and-a-half hours before the performance, theatregoers are invited to enter the lottery, and winners will be drawn two hours before each performance. Limit one entry per person and two tickets max per winner. Cash only.

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Reviews

They are calling it a new Broadway musical. But that is a misnomer. Sting’s “The Last Ship,” which received its much-anticipated world premiere in Chicago on Wednesday night, is an old-fashioned grand opera of the most eloquent sort — awash in both turbulent emotions and intimate dramatic gestures.

A true masterwork, it keens a ravishing dirge for a lost way of life, and for the indomitable spirit of the working class as it continues to stagger through this post-industrial age.

----Chicago SunTimes

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To use shipbuilding as an analogy for crafting musicals, the songs are the hull—the most visible part of the thing, taking up the most space. But you won’t sail far without a strong, even keel, the beam around which the hull is constructed—the book, in other words. With The Last Ship, a fervent, rollicking and often glorious new musical scored by Sting and inspired by the town of his youth, the hull is magnificent...

----TimeOut NY

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This is a grown-up musical the way Sting is a grown-up musician — offering literate, haunting ballads and well-crafted, pop-folky barnburners.

----New York Daily News

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They are calling it a new Broadway musical. But that is a misnomer. Sting’s “The Last Ship,” which received its much-anticipated world premiere in Chicago on Wednesday night, is an old-fashioned grand opera of the most eloquent sort — awash in both turbulent emotions and intimate dramatic gestures.

A true masterwork, it keens a ravishing dirge for a lost way of life, and for the indomitable spirit of the working class as it continues to stagger through this post-industrial age.

----Chicago SunTimes

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Accessibility

Wheelchair Info

One location at extreme side of orchestra. Patron purchases aisle seat and adjacent seat. Transfer optional.
Elevator/Escalator

There are no elevators or escalators at this theatre.
Curb Ramps

SW corner of 52nd St. & Broadway; SE corner of 52nd Street & 8th Ave.
Entrance

Double doors in series: 1st set (each 29.5") to outer lobby; slope down to 2nd set (each 30") to inner lobby. Incline (1:10) to orchestra level.
Box Office

Outer lobby. Counter 46.5"
Restroom

One wheelchair-accessible restroom on the orchestra level (house left)
Water Fountain

Lower lounge, in restrooms
Assisted Listening System

Infrared headsets for sound augmentation are available at the theatre, free of charge. Photo identification is required as a deposit. For patrons with a tele coil, this theatre is equipped with an induction loop.

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