Mixed Reviews for 'Dog Day Afternoon' Broadway Adaptation Starring Jon Bernthal
The Broadway production of 'Dog Day Afternoon,' starring Jon Bernthal in the Al Pacino role, has opened to mixed reviews, with some critics praising its stagecraft but finding it unable to rival the original film's power, while others deemed it a 'disastrous adaptation.'
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‘Dog Day Afternoon’ Broadway Review: Jon Bernthal Takes the Al Pacino Role in a Canny Piece of Stagecraft That Can’t Rival the Movie’s Haunting Power
As a piece of stagecraft, "Dog Day Afternoon," directed by Mauk Kaufman, does a canny job of translating the film’s action, keeping the flow taut and exciting. But it also does something that’s very Broadway. The movie had moments of discordant comedy, but Sidney Lumet staged it in his hair-trigger fluorescent vérité style. You felt like you were there, in that bank, with those beleaguered slovenly '70s people. On stage, the comedy gets ratcheted up, especially when Sonny is dueling with Coll...
By Owen Gleiberman
Read full article →‘Dog Day Afternoon’ Theater Review: Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach Lead a Disastrous Adaptation of a Cinema Classic
Jon Ortiz and Jessica Hecht also star in director Rupert Goold’s misguided Broadway production based on the 1975 Sidney Lumet film.
By Richard Lawson
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