The Shark Is Broken is a comedic stage play written by British playwrights Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon.
The Shark Is Broken explores the three actors' boredom, arguments, and stories told aboard the boat during the delay.
[1] Throughout the play, Shaw struggles with the USS Indianapolis speech: he finds the material written by Carl Gottlieb unperformable and obtains Spielberg's permission to rewrite it.
Shaw and Murray Scott reprised their roles, with Demetri Goritsas replacing Henderson as Roy Scheider.
[7] On 11 February 2022, lead producer Sonia Friedman announced that the show has recouped its costs and hinted towards future productions.
[8] The Shark Is Broken made its North American premiere at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, Ontario.
[10] The Broadway production of the play opened at the John Golden Theatre in New York on 10 August 2023, with previews beginning on 25 July 2023.
[15] The play was universally praised, sold out its run and extended by four performances at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2019 leading to Sonia Friedman committing to producing it at the Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End in 2021.
In Toronto, the play received a slightly lesser critical response but audiences considered it a popular hit.
He thought that the play was likely influenced by stories from Carl Gottlieb (screenwriter) and Steven Spielberg (director) of the feud, but that they had the wrong impression.