It's been nearly 50 years since Steven Speilberg filmed Jaws on Martha's Vineyard in 1974 followed by the release of the blockbuster movie the next summer.
Three sequels followed, many books, and warehouses of merchandise emblazoned with gnashing shark teeth and "You're going to need a bigger boat" warnings.
Now the movie about a great white shark has made it to the Great White Way – where it's billed as a comedy. The Shark Is Broken opened at the Golden Theater in August and plays through November.
Captain Quint, actor Robert Shaw's character in the movie, is performed by Ian Shaw, Robert Shaw's son and the play's author.
Jesse Green, theater critic at The New York Times, writes:
"In the end, 'The Shark Is Broken" isn't interested in argument and interpretation any more than 'Jaws' was. When Dreyfuss says the movie they're making is about the subconcious, and Scheider posits that it's about responsibility, Shaw, as always, wins by proclamation. 'It's about a shark!' he brays."
Orca-stra seats start at $99.
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