Dog Day Afternoon, Sidney Lumet’s hit 1975 film about a Brooklyn bank robbery and hostage situation, has been adapted — and seemingly reimagined — for the Broadway stage. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis penned the adaptation, which opened Monday night at the August Wilson Theatre to dismal reviews.
Jon Bernthal plays Sonny, the role brought to life in the film by Al Pacino. Starring opposite Bernthal is his The Bear colleague Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Sal (played in the film by John Cazale). The two characters are at the center of the story, as their attempt to rob a bank (for reasons eventually revealed during the course of the show) goes awry.
