The Last Ship
Neil Simon Theatre
Previews Began: September 29, 2014
Opening Night: October 26, 2014
Closing Night: January 24, 2015
Music: Sting
Lyrics: Sting
Book: John Logan
Jack Plotnick
Brian Yorkey
Gideon Fletcher grows up in a town called Wallsend in northeastern England where proud, hardworking men build ships at the local shipyard – the center of the town’s history and economy. Gideon dreams of doing more with his life, though, and leaves his home and the girl he loves to travel the world. When he returns after 15 years, he finds that everything has changed dramatically, spurring him to join the town in a monumental effort to fight for their collective future.
Musical Numbers
Act One
Island of Souls……….Jackie White, Young Gideon,
Peggy White, Father O’Brien,
Young Meg, Company
All This Time…………….Gideon Fletcher, Company
August Winds……………..Meg Dawson, Young Meg
Shipyard………………Jackie White, Billy Thompson,
Peggy White, Father O’Brien,
Tom Dawson, Company
If You Ever See Me Talking to a
Sailor……………………………….Meg Dawson, Women
Dead Man’s Boots…Gideon Fletcher, Joe Fletcher,
Young Gideon
The Last Ship (Part One)…………….Father O’Brien
Sail Away……………………………………….Peggy White
The Last Ship (Part Two)……………….Jackie White,
Father O’Brien,
Company
What Say You, Meg?Arthur Millburn
We’ve Got Now’t Else……………………Jackie White,
Tom Dawson,
Shipyard Men
When We Dance…Gideon Fletcher, Meg Dawson,
Arthur Millburn
The Last Ship (Reprise)…………….Gideon Fletcher,
Jackie White,
Father O’Brien,
Company
Act Two
Mrs. Dees’ Rant……………………Mrs. Dees, Women
The Night the Pugilist Learned How to
Dance…………………Gideon Fletcher, Tom Dawson
We’ve Got Now’t Else (Reprise)……..Jackie White,
Gideon Fletcher,
Company
So to Speak………Father O’Brien, Gideon Fletcher
Hymn…………………………………………………Company
Show Some Respect………………………Peggy White,
Gideon Fletcher,
Jackie White,
Meg Dawson,
Company
Island of Souls (Reprise)………………..Meg Dawson,
Young Gideon,
Young Meg,
Gideon Fletcher
It’s Not the Same Moon……………Gideon Fletcher,
Meg Dawson
Underground River…..Jackie White, Tom Dawson,
Company
Ghost Story…………Gideon Fletcher, Tom Dawson
August Winds (Reprise)……………Gideon Fletcher,
Tom Dawson
The Last Ship (Finale)………………………….Company