It has been announced today that the smash-hit play The Shark is Broken will premiere on Broadway this summer at the Golden Theatre. The new behind-the-scenes comedy about the making of the iconic film Jaws comes to Broadway after critically-acclaimed runs at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and on London’s West End.
Directed by Guy Masterson, The Shark is Broken begins performances on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, and will officially open on Thursday, August 10, 2023, for a strictly limited 16-week engagement.
A new Olivier Award-nominated comedy by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon, The Shark is Broken imagines what happened on board “The Orca” when the cameras stopped rolling during the filming of Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster, Jaws. Co-writer Ian Shaw (War Horse) will also star in The Shark is Broken, making his Broadway debut in the role he created in Edinburgh and on the West End, portraying his father Robert Shaw who played “Quint” in Jaws.
FADE IN: The open ocean, 1974. Production on Jaws is delayed…again. The film’s lead actors—theatre veteran Robert Shaw and young Hollywood hotshots, Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider—are crammed into a too-small boat, entirely at the mercy of foul weather and a faulty mechanical co-star. Alcohol flows, egos collide, and tempers flare on a chaotic voyage that just might lead to cinematic magic…if it doesn’t sink them all.
Casting for the roles of Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss will be announced at a later date. Tickets are now on sale.
