There's no denying the soaring magnificence of the score Sting has penned for The Last Ship, his Broadway-bound, operatic tale of a prodigal shipbuilder's son and a dying shipyard. There's also no denying the emotional core of the show or how deeply it cuts in portraying the hard times and transcendent joys of the sort of working class folk who rarely see their lives reflected in the usual glossy, Broadway musical. …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 09:04PM on June 28, 2014