WESTPORT — It was the fish tale that made dipping a toe into the usually placid waves at Compo Beach feel a bit risky.

Still, 50 years after the movie “Jaws” was released, its tagline — “You’ll never go in the water again” — resonates.

So, Steven Spielberg’s cinematic classic about a great white shark terrorizing unsuspecting beachgoers, is getting a two-part tribute at the Westport Country Playhouse.

“Jaws,” a huge box-office success after it premiered in June 1975, will be screened at 7 p.m. Monday, June 2, at the playhouse, 25 Powers Court.

Mark Shanahan, the playhouse’s artistic director, will discuss behind-the-scenes anecdotes before the screening, and afterward the conversation will continue about how the movie became one of the biggest summertime blockbusters in cinema history.

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“The Shark Is Broken,” a play about the making of “Jaws,” will be staged as a play-reading performance at 7 p.m. Monday, June 9, at the playhouse.

The play was co-written by by Ian Shaw, son of actor Robert Shaw, one the “Jaws” stars, and Joseph Nixon.

The narrative focuses on the movie’s three lead actors — Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider — during periods when filming halted and they were forced to wait until the mechanical shark worked properly.

The play explores “tense, hilarious snd unexpectedly heartfelt moments when the camera wasn’t rolling,” according to the theater’s publicity.

To reserve tickets in advance online, click here.

For questions, call the Westport Country Playhouse box office at 203-227-4177 or visit the theater’s website.