The Last Ship: Theater review
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, t…