THE SHARK IS BROKEN Previews
THE SHARK IS BROKEN Previews
THE SHARK IS BROKEN Previews#1
Posted: 7/24/23 at 12:00am
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in a theater…
The behind-the-scenes drama The Shark is Broken is currently slated to begin previews at the John Golden Theatre tomorrow (July 25), before an August 10 opening night. The three-person show — about the making of the 1975 movie “Jaws” — stars Alex Brightman, Colin Donnell, and Ian Shaw. The Shark is Broken is co-written by Shaw and Joseph Nixon and directed by Guy Masterson; it will play a limited run through November 19.
“Fade in: the open ocean, 1974. Filming is delayed… again. The 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.”
Who’s getting their feet wet?
THE SHARK IS BROKEN Previews#3
Posted: 7/25/23 at 3:13pm
EW has cast images:
https://ew.com/theater/the-shark-is-broken-broadway-jaws-first-look/
THE SHARK IS BROKEN Previews#4
Posted: 7/25/23 at 3:39pm
WHOA — Alex looks completely unrecognizable here! (He's on the right in this picture.)
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
THE SHARK IS BROKEN Previews#5
Posted: 7/25/23 at 3:58pm
The don't have the Roy Scheider wig right. Somethings off there. Also why is he smoking in the EW image? It's 2023 and not appropriate.
THE SHARK IS BROKEN Previews#6
Posted: 7/25/23 at 4:10pm
Tag said: "The don't have theRoy Scheider wig right. Somethings off there. Also why is he smoking in the EW image? It's 2023 and not appropriate."
Perhaps because the show takes place in 1974, and smoking WAS "appropriate"?
Broadway Star Joined: 5/19/20
THE SHARK IS BROKEN Previews#7
Posted: 7/25/23 at 4:17pm
Tag said: "The don't have theRoy Scheider wig right. Somethings off there. Also why is he smoking in the EW image? It's 2023 and not appropriate."
Smoking is inappropriate now? Better tell the European tourists outside the Edison and the working stagehands outside the stage doors...
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
THE SHARK IS BROKEN Previews#8
Posted: 7/25/23 at 4:24pm
Tag said: "The don't have theRoy Scheider wig right. Somethings off there. Also why is he smoking in the EW image? It's 2023 and not appropriate."
The fuq? Where and when do you think this takes place?
THE SHARK IS BROKEN Previews#9
Posted: 7/25/23 at 4:40pm
What an odd thing to clutch pearls over.
Smoking is completely appropriate for this plays setting, and the real people.it portrays.
Also considering the popularity of vaping, and smoking pot being legal in many places (and common place regardless of legality) I don't really see smoking as any less popular in 2023 anyway. Just because it's not tabacco doesn't mean there aren't issues with these alternatives.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
THE SHARK IS BROKEN Previews#10
Posted: 7/25/23 at 4:48pm
The character doesn't smoke in the play (or didn't at least in London or Toronto), so why put it into marketing material? It's irresponsible.
THE SHARK IS BROKEN Previews#11
Posted: 7/25/23 at 4:58pm
Tag said: "The character doesn't smoke in the play (or didn't at least in London or Toronto), so why put it into marketing material? It's irresponsible."
Probably because Scheider with a cigarette in his mouth is one of the most iconic reaction shots in cinema history.
Regardless of if the character smokes in the play, re-creating that image in marketing will hammer home to even causal audiences what the play is.
THE SHARK IS BROKEN Previews#12
Posted: 7/25/23 at 5:13pm
Tag said: "The character doesn't smoke in the play (or didn't at least in London or Toronto), so why put it into marketing material? It's irresponsible."
Irresponsible??
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
THE SHARK IS BROKEN Previews#13
Posted: 7/25/23 at 5:17pm
Think of the children that will never see that and be unduly influenced!
THE SHARK IS BROKEN Previews#14
Posted: 7/25/23 at 5:18pm
Tag said: "The character doesn't smoke in the play (or didn't at least in London or Toronto), so why put it into marketing material? It's irresponsible."
Really? You're going to "double down" on a bizarre comment?
THE SHARK IS BROKEN Previews#16
Posted: 7/25/23 at 6:45pm
Really, someone calling out the smoking? Oh give me a break. What a ridiculous comment.
Broadway Star Joined: 5/19/20
THE SHARK IS BROKEN Previews#17
Posted: 7/25/23 at 7:02pm
This photo just made me pick up and light a cigarette!
THE SHARK IS BROKEN Previews#18
Posted: 7/25/23 at 7:55pm
The only irresponsible thing about that photo is the photoshop job on the cigarette.
THE SHARK IS BROKEN Previews#19
Posted: 7/25/23 at 8:35pm
Cool... now that that's settled...
Anyone attending first preview today? Ive been excited about this one for a while now.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
THE SHARK IS BROKEN Previews#20
Posted: 7/25/23 at 10:16pm
Tag said: "The character doesn't smoke in the play (or didn't at least in London or Toronto), so why put it into marketing material? It's irresponsible."
LOL. Him smoking is the very first thing you see in the play, and he continues to have a cigarette in his mouth for almost the entire show.
THE SHARK IS BROKEN Previews#21
Posted: 7/25/23 at 10:37pm
How was tonight’s first preview?
Listed running time is 90 minutes, no intermission.
THE SHARK IS BROKEN Previews#22
Posted: 7/25/23 at 10:46pm
EDSOSLO858 said: "How was tonight’s first preview?
Listed running time is 90 minutes, no intermission."
Eh
I was there tonight. A few amusing anecdotes. Quite a lot on the conflict between Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss but I don't feel like I learned anything I didn't know reading a few articles.
Oh, Roy does smoke in the show
THE SHARK IS BROKEN Previews#23
Posted: 7/25/23 at 11:10pm
JustAnotherNewYorker said: "
Oh, Roy does smoke in the show"
The HORROR!!!
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
THE SHARK IS BROKEN Previews#24
Posted: 7/26/23 at 12:36am
JustAnotherNewYorker said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "How was tonight’s first preview?
Listed running time is 90 minutes, no intermission."
Eh
I was there tonight. A few amusing anecdotes. Quite a lot on the conflict between Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss but I don't feel like I learned anything I didn't know reading a few articles.
Oh, Roy does smoke in the show"
Sounds like it remains the same mediocre production.
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