Bernthal’s Broadway Dog Day Afternoon Marred by Tone and Tempo
TL;DR
A Broadway adaptation of Dog Day Afternoon, led by Jon Bernthal and directed by Rupert Goold with a script by Stephen Adly Guirgis, is criticized for turning the film’s tense, human-centered bank heist story into a broad, misfired farce. While Bernthal shows occasional humanity, the production is described as a “garish disaster” of tone and tempo, with miscast performances, clunky direction, and a crowd-chant Attica moment that undercuts Lumet’s original energy.
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