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Sting Taking Lead Role In Broadway Show The Last Ship

11/25/2014
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(Radio.com) Sting made his debut as a Broadway composer earlier this year when The Last Ship opened on the Great White Way on Oct. 26. Now he's going to hit the boards, joining the cast in an acting capacity.

According to Sting's official website, the former Police-man will take the lead role of Jackie White (previously played by Jimmy Nail) on Dec. 9 for four weeks through Jan. 10. After his four weeks with the show, Nail will return to take the lead.

The New York Times reports that the $15 million production has been losing $75,000 a week since opening. The Times also notes that sales for the Green Day musical American Idiot exploded when the band's frontman Billie Joe Armstrong joined the cast (which he did for three different stretches), but would drop immediately after he left.

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