Sting rocks sold-out 'Last Ship' crowd in Salt Lake City
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Sting makes some comments after Pioneer Theatre Company's performance of "The Last Ship,
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Sting makes some comments after Pioneer Theatre Company's performance of "The Last Ship," Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.
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Sting makes some comments after Pioneer Theatre Company's performance of "The Last Ship,Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune
Sting makes some comments after Pioneer Theatre Company's performance of "The Last Ship,Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune
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Sting hugs Karen Azenberg, director of "The Last Ship," on stage during the curtainRick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune
Sting makes some comments after Pioneer Theatre Company's performance of "The Last Ship,Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune
Sting makes some comments after Pioneer Theatre Company's performance of "The Last Ship,Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune
Sting joins the cast for the curtain call after the Pioneer Theatre Company performance of &Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune
Sting makes some comments after Pioneer Theatre Company's performance of "The Last Ship,Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune
Sting makes some comments after Pioneer Theatre Company's performance of "The Last Ship,Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune
Sting makes some comments after Pioneer Theatre Company's performance of "The Last Ship,Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune
Sting makes some comments after Pioneer Theatre Company's performance of "The Last Ship,Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune
Sting makes some comments after Pioneer Theatre Company's performance of "The Last Ship,Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune
Sting makes some comments after Pioneer Theatre Company's performance of "The Last Ship,
Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune
Sting makes some comments after Pioneer Theatre Company's performance of "The Last Ship," Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune
Sting makes some comments after Pioneer Theatre Company's performance of "The Last Ship," Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune
Sting joins the cast for the curtain call after the Pioneer Theatre Company performance of "The Last Ship," Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune
Sting hugs Karen Azenberg, director of "The Last Ship," on stage during the curtain call, at Pioneer Theatre Company, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune
Sting makes some comments after Pioneer Theatre Company's performance of "The Last Ship," Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune
Sting makes some comments after Pioneer Theatre Company's performance of "The Last Ship," Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune
Sting joins the cast for the curtain call after the Pioneer Theatre Company performance of "The Last Ship," Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune
Sting makes some comments after Pioneer Theatre Company's performance of "The Last Ship," Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune
Sting makes some comments after Pioneer Theatre Company's performance of "The Last Ship," Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune
Sting makes some comments after Pioneer Theatre Company's performance of "The Last Ship," Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune
Sting makes some comments after Pioneer Theatre Company's performance of "The Last Ship," Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune
Sting makes some comments after Pioneer Theatre Company's performance of "The Last Ship," Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune
Sting makes some comments after Pioneer Theatre Company's performance of "The Last Ship," Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.
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Sting joined the cast Thursday night at the curtain of Pioneer Theatre's performance of his inaugural musical "The Last Ship," making its regional premiere in Salt Lake City in the first production after its Broadway run.
To a standing ovation, the 16-Grammy-winning rock star thanked the "amazing cast" and said it was "surreal" to see the story of his English shipbuilding home transported to the middle of Utah.
"I loved the reaction," he said. "I loved sitting among you all and hearing you laugh and hearing you cry."
