According to Sting's official website, the former Police-man will take the lead role of Jackie White (previously played by Jimmy Nail) on Dec. 9 for four weeks through Jan. 10. After his four weeks with the show, Nail will return to take the lead.

The New York Times reports that the $15 million production has been losing $75,000 a week since opening. The Times also notes that sales for the Green Day musical American Idiot exploded when the band's frontman Billie Joe Armstrong joined the cast (which he did for three different stretches), but would drop immediately after he left.