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Demetri Goritsas, Ian Shaw, and Liam Murray Scott
in The Shark Is Broken
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Broadway is about to jump the shark.
The Shark Is Broken, a new play based on the filming of the blockbuster film
Jaws will make the transatlantic leap from London to New York this summer (after an engagement in Canada). After runs at the Edinburgh Festival and the West End where it was nominated for two Olivier Awards and at the Royal Alexandria Theater in Toronto,
Shark will swim into the John Golden Theater for previews starting July 25 in advance of an Aug. 10 opening. The three-character comedy is written by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon. Shaw will also reprise his role of his father Robert Shaw who played the gruff shark hunter Quint in the 1975 Steven Spielberg original film. Casting for the other roles of Shaw's co-stars Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider will be announced. The action follows the feuding between the three stars as production is held up when the mechanical aquatic monster breaks down.
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Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider, and
Richard Dreyfuss in Jaws.
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