Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach on Bringing ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ to Broadway
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Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach are both making their Broadway debut in a high-stakes adaptation of the beloved 1975 film “Dog Day Afternoon.”
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In the play’s years of development, many actors read for Sonny (including Ortiz). But when Bernthal arrived, at a festival workshop in Ojai, Calif., where he lives, “everybody — women, men, children, even the birds were like, ‘Bernthal! Bernthal!’” Guirgis said. Bernthal, in turn, beckoned Moss-Bachrach. The cast also includes Broadway veterans like Jessica Hecht as the chief bank teller, in an expanded part, as Guirgis aimed for “a real ensemble piece.”
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