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Broadway Play "The Shark Is Broken" In New England For 50th Anniversary Of "Jaws"
Portraying the real people who starred in the first-ever summer blockbuster is a welcome challenge for the trio of actors on stage.
Updated on: April 29, 2025
There's something for "Jaws" fans coming to The North Shore Music Theater in Beverly. The play, "The Shark is Broken," gives an inside look at the relationship between the three main actors during the production of the 1975 film.
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Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider, and Robert Shaw spent hours out on the open water while film crews tried fixing the mechanical shark. Guy Masterson directed the Broadway production and is now back in the captain's chair for the Beverly production.
He says the actors "were getting rather frustrated and desperate, and three very different guys in a very, very small environment, and it makes for good comedy."
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