Performances in N.Y.C. Ian Shaw plays his father, Robert Shaw, in “The Shark Is Broken,” a comedy based on the troubled production of the 1975 film “Jaws.” “You still have to have the ...

Next month, actor Ian Shaw’s play about the making of Jaws heads to London’s Ambassadors Theatre. The twist? He will also be playing his father, the late Robert Shaw, who starred in the film.

‘By playing Robert Shaw, I felt closer to him’ – actor Ian Shaw on playing his Oscar-nominated dad in The Shark is Broken. Actor Ian Shaw talks about his memories of his beloved film star ...

The son of actor Robert Shaw, known for playing the grizzled shark hunter Quint in the iconic film Jaws, thought it would be "career suicide" to play his father onstage.