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In the ‘Jaws’ of Creation
By Steven Libowitz   |   February 10, 2026

After the leather-jacketed Fonzie literally leapt over a shark while waterskiing in a famously foolish episode of Happy Days, the absurd scene birthed the phrase (and industry concept) “jumping the shark.” The damning term is applied when a creative endeavor has so run out of gas it wanders untethered into vibrant twaddle wholly divorced from […]

ETC’s Shark Attack
By Steven Libowitz   |   February 3, 2026

Ensemble Theatre Company continues its new policy of presenting a pay-what-you-can performance of each new production as its first preview before the weekend offering. So you can see the company’s much-anticipated West Coast premiere of the hit Broadway play, The Shark is Broken, based on the now well-known technical mishaps and personality clashes that so […]