Singer-songwriter Sting's new musical "The Last Ship" has found a nice berth on Broadway.

Producer Jeffrey Seller said Wednesday that the show — inspired by Sting's memories of growing up in a shipbuilding community in northeast England — will start performances Sept. 30 at the Neil Simon Theatre. Opening night will be Oct. 26.

"The words are there. The music is there. It's time to get into the room and make the play Discount Asics Womens Shoes ," said Seller, who has won Tony Awards for "Rent," ''Avenue Q" and "In the Heights." ''We look forward to getting to work."

The story centers on a man from a seafaring town who travels the world for 14 years only to return to find the shipyard's future in grave danger and his sweetheart engaged to someone else. Sting, who was raised in northeast England, has been working on it for four years.

"People ask if it's autobiographical. The only real answer is I think it's emotionally autobiographical but it's not autobiographical. There's no rock singer in 'The Last Ship.' But I certainly think that Sting is inspired by his youth and he's working through a lot of emotions that all of us are working with as we get older," said Seller.

The musical has a story by "Red" playwright John Logan and "Next to Normal" writer Brian Yorkey. It will be directed by Joe Mantello Discount Asics Shoes , who helmed "Wicked" and have choreography by Steven Hoggett, who did the same for "Once."

Before coming to Broadway, "The Last Ship" will make its world premiere next summer at Chicago's Bank of America Theatre.

It will star Michael Esper, who was on Broadway in "American Idiot" and "The Lyons" and Rachel Tucker, an Irish singer and actress who has been in "Wicked" in London. The cast also includes Jimmy Nail, Aaron Lazar Cheap Asics Running Shoes , Sally AnnTriplett, Collin Kelly-Sordelet and Fred Applegate.

The sets and costumes will be by Tony nominee David Zinn, the lighting design will be by Tony winner Christopher Akerlind and the sound design will be by Tony winner Brian Ronan.

Sting, a 16-time Grammy Award winner and former lead singer of The Police, last year released a new CD also called "The Last Ship," which inspired the show. A concert he gave of the songs will be broadcast Feb. 21 on PBS.

"Many of those songs are in the show Cheap Asics Tiger Shoes , some of those songs are not in the show, and he's already written new songs that are in the show that are not on that CD," said Seller. "It's Sting's singular expression of this play but it is not the play."

Sting's foray into musical theater comes amid a surge in singer-songwriters from the world of pop and rock aiming for stages. Sting joins a list that includes Cyndi Lauper, Sheryl Crow, John Mellencamp, Sarah McLachlan Cheap Asics Gel Nimbus Shoes , Dave Stewart, Tori Amos, Edie Brickell, David Byrne, Fatboy Slim, Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello.

It's tricky territory even for the biggest music stars. Elton John was humbled by the failed "Lestat" but found success with "Billy Elliot" and "The Lion King." U2's Bono and The Edge finally got on track with "Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark Cheap Asics Gel Kayano Shoes ," after numerous postponed openings. And Lauper won the Tony last year with "Kinky Boots." But then there's "The Capeman" by Paul Simon, regarded as one of Broadway's biggest flops.

"I have continually been impressed by and rewarded by Sting's depth of musical knowledge," Seller said. "Sting certainly came to this never having written a musical but he has been an extraordinary student of musical theater, he's an extraordinary collaborator and he has been an ideal artist in making this play."

(Agencies)

A flag-raising ceremony is held to celebrate the 18th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland in Macao, south China, Dec. 20 Cheap Asics Womens Shoes , 2017. (XinhuaCheong Kam Ka) A fireworks show is held to celebrate Macao's 18th anniversary of returning to the motherland in Macao, south China, Dec. 20, 2017. (XinhuaCheong Kam Ka)

MACAO, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Tens of thousands of Macao people participated in a series of activities and events to celebrate Macao's 18th anniversary of returning to China and the establishment of Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Wednesday.

The SAR government started a flag-raising ceremony at 8:00 a.m. local time at the Golden Lotus Square, with Macao's leading officials Cheap Asics Shoes , discipline forces and local residents participating in the event.

Two formations of Public Security Forces of Macao took the national flag and the Macao SAR flag to the two flag poles. Then the two flags were hoisted to the national anthem in front of the audience of over 1,000 people and honor guards from Macao's police officers, firefighters and custom officers.

People's Liberation Army Macao Garrison at region also held a flag-raising ceremony in the morning.

Following the ceremonies was a reception event held at Macao Tower Convention and Entertainment Center which was decorated by ribbons of red and yellow, the colors of China's national flag. About 700 representatives from all sectors of society in Macao attended the reception to celebrate the 18th anniversary of establishment of Macao SAR.

SAR Chief Executive Chui Sai On said in his speech that the government was cautiously optimistic about Macao's economic outlook, highlighting that the SAR has a stable economy, healthy public finances and a low unemployment rate.

He also stressed the importance of adhering to the "one country" principle while taking advantage of the benefits offered by the "two systems" model and by the integration of Macao's development with that of the country as a whole.

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