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‘The Shark Is Broken’ review: ‘Jaws’ riff gets swallowed by Broadway

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during the making of “Jaws,” frequently asks whether Steven Spielberg’s seminal blockbuster is art or entertainment.History has determined that it’s both — a monster movie, yes, but one overflowing with cinematic innovation and panache that amounted to a well-deserved Best Picture Oscar nomination and enduring worldwide fame.

1 hour and 30 minutes with no intermission. At the Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th St.But Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon’s wishy-washy play, which opened Thursday at the Golden Theatre, struggles to be either as it depicts actors Robert Shaw (Ian Shaw), Roy Scheider (Colin Donnell) and Richard Dreyfuss (Alex Brightman) going at each other’s throats off-camera.

They fight, fight again and then fight some more.The concept is a fun one, to be sure. We drop in on the 1974 production of “Jaws” as it’s already $2 million over budget, and the trio of hot-tempered actors have day after day of downtime on set in Martha’s Vineyard because the animatronic shark (nicknamed Bruce) keeps malfunctioning.

All of that really happened — and caused “Jaws” to take a grueling five months to film.So, the fed-up actors drink, read aloud the newspaper, play old British pub games, puke and brawl aboard the Orca to pass the time.The effect of their macho antics, however, is much the same as listening to your drunken friends argue about capitalism at 2 a.m.

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