Dog Day Afternoon’s Broadway adaptation starring Jon Bernthal labeled ‘disastrous’ in savage reviews by Caitlin Hornik

Stage adaptation of 1975 Al Pacino film opened Monday night on Broadway

Video: JOE TURNER'S COME & GONE Takes First Bows on Broadway

Taraji P. Henson and Cedric “The Entertainer” took their first bows on Broadway in August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone at the Barrymore Theatre. The Debbie Allen-directed producti…

Springboard to Design's 2026 Cohort Features Students From Around the World by Andrew Gans

The tuition-free theatrical design mentorship program is led by Tony winners Clint Ramos and David Zinn.

See Who's Singing Cole Porter in NYC Concerts at Jazz at Lincoln Center by Andrew Gans

The Songbook Sundays series will continue with an evening celebrating the work of the composer of Anything Goes and Kiss Me, Kate.

Proof Begins Performances on Broadway March 31 by Margaret Hall

Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle lead the revival of David Auburn's Tony- and Pulitzer-winning play.

Red Norvo: Good Vibrations by Trav S.D.

Born of a March 31: jazz great Red Norvo (Kenneth Norville, 1908-1999), master of the melodic mallet instruments: vibraphone, xylophone, and marimbas. Norvo started in a Chicago band called …

Gianna Harris, Michael Park, Hannah Elless, Jelani Remy Set for Swashbucklers Musical Reading by Andrew Gans

Joshua Turchin, who penned the musical's book and score, will also star.

‘Seagull: True Story’ recasts Chekhov for the Putin era (Off Broadway review) by Thom Geier

Alexander Molochnikov was a rising theater director in Moscow until his outspoken denunciation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 forced him to flee to the United States. In Seagull: …

‘Giant’ Playwright Mark Rosenblatt Signs With CAA by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed Mark Rosenblatt, the Olivier Award-winning theater and film writer and director whose debut play Giant opened last week on Broadway in a critically acclaimed produc…

Photos: DOG DAY AFTERNOON Cast Takes Opening Night Bows

Dog Day Afternoon officially opened on Broadway at the August Wilson Theatre on March 30. Starring Emmy Award Winners Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, the new play is written by Pulitzer…

Talkin' Broadway on Broadway Review: "Dog Day Afternoon" 3/30/26 by Howard Miller

"We come in peace!" Comforting to know when the person who declaims these words is holding you at gunpoint during a poorly planned and even more poorly executed bank robbery that kickstarts …

Review: The Wild Party by JK

Review of the Sunday, March 29, 2026 matinee performance at New York City Center - Main Stage. Starring Jasmine Amy Rogers, Jordan Donica, Adrienne Warren, Tonya Pinkins, Jelani Alladin, Wes…

IT’S GOOD TO BE THE QUEEN

By Peter Filichia Stephen Sondheim’s MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG did it in 1981, and Stephen Schwartz’s THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES followed suit last December. Each musical opened to disappointin…

‘The Book of Mormon’ Is Sorry if You Were Offended for 15 Years by Jesse Green

The taboo-busting, gasp-inducing Broadway musical comedy has been a hit with audiences and critics. But could it be produced today?

Aberdeen Arts Centre Launches Call for ‘Untalented’ Performers for The UnTalent Show by Staff Writer

Aberdeen Arts Centre invites adventurous performers to take part in a uniquely chaotic fundraising event this summer The post Aberdeen Arts Centre Launches Call for ‘Untalented’ Performe…

Glenn Adamson and Lauren Jones to Lead World Premiere of Dark of the Moon at Charing Cross Theatre by Staff Writer

Glenn Adamson and Lauren Jones will lead the world premiere of Dark of the Moon, opening at Charing Cross Theatre on 18 May 2026. The post Glenn Adamson and Lauren Jones to Lead World Premie…

Dog Day Afternoon review – Broadway take on heist can’t match Pacino’s punch by Jesse Hassenger

August Wilson Theatre, New YorkA splashy new production inspired by the real-life 1970s bank robbery stars Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach The story of Dog Day Afternoon is so familiar t…

Siobhán Redmond to Lead New Production of Happy Days at Pitlochry Festival Theatre by Staff Writer

Pitlochry Festival Theatre has announced that acclaimed Scottish stage and screen actor Siobhán Redmond will star in a new production of Happy Days The post Siobhán Redmond to Lead New Pro…

Make Me Smile: A Tribute to Chicago 9/4/26

2026 – Nathan Owens Presents Musical “Extravaganza”

Lowell, Massachusetts

Fuse Bistro

Waco High Performing Arts Center

SKATE the TOWN April

Panara Theater at RIT/NTID

Glory Denied

Hannah Marks // Live Stream 2nd Set

Juneteenth

New Bethel CME Church

RICHARD MARX

Hannah Marks // Live Stream 1st Set

African Cultural Heritage Night

Lean-To

Violet

Pendragon Theatre

Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle Begin Performances in Proof on Broadway Tonight by Sophia Rubino

Proof, the 2001 Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play by David Auburn about a father and daughter who have more similarities than they might realize, begins its Broadway run at the Boot…

Anika Noni Rose Leads The Balusters, Starting Tonight on Broadway by Jonah De Forest

It's time to welcome The Balusters to the neighborhood. The comedy begins Broadway performances on March 31, with opening night on April 21 at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman T…

Dang It, Grandma’s Parkouring Again by Joe Patti

I always enjoy receiving ArtsMidwest’s newsletters. They often feature great ideas to stea..erm…adapt for use in other communities. Recently they posted a call for pitches from residents…

Review Roundup: DOG DAY AFTERNOON, Starring Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach

Dog Day Afternoon has officially arrived on Broadway at the August Wilson Theatre. Starring Emmy Award Winners Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, the new play is written by Pulitzer Prize …

Did Reviewers Scream 'Attica' For Dog Day Afternoon on Broadway? by Diep Tran, Logan Culwell-Block

The play stars Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach.

David Lindsay-Abaire's The Balusters Begins World Premiere on Broadway March 31 by Logan Culwell-Block

Anika Noni Rose, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, and more star in the Manhattan Theatre Club production.

Anna Ziegler’s Antigone (This Play I Read in High School) Reimagines a Classic—But Not Without Fracture by Suzanna Bowling

At the Public Theater, Anna Ziegler’s Antigone (This Play I Read in High School), directed by Tyne Rafaeli, takes on Sophocles’ enduring tragedy with ambition, intellect, and a distinctl…

Mariska Hargitay Heads to Broadway in Every Brilliant Thing by Suzanna Bowling

Broadway is about to get a luminous new presence. Emmy and Golden Globe winner Mariska Hargitay will make her long-awaited Broadway debut in Every Brilliant Thing, beginning May 26, 2026, at…

‘Dog Day Afternoon’ on Broadway, With Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Is Underbaked by Jason Zinoman

A raucous adaptation of a gritty portrait of New York stifles tension with comedy, leaving its stars, Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, adrift.

Dog Day Afternoon: Now You Too Can Chant “Attica! Attica!” by Frank Scheck

★★★☆☆ Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bacharach star in Stephen Adly Guirgis' stage adaptation of the classic 1975 film. The post Dog Day Afternoon: Now You Too Can Chant “Attica! At…

Dog Day Afternoon: More Punchlines Than Peril by Roma Torre

★★★☆☆ Emmy winners Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach make impressive Broadway debuts in a lukewarm stage adaptation The post Dog Day Afternoon: More Punchlines Than Peril appear…

‘Dog Day Afternoon’ review: Jon Bernthal’s Broadway play turns classic NY movie into a silly sitcom by Johnny Oleksinski

The weird show that opened Monday night has contorted "Dog Day Afternoon" into something altogether unfamiliar: a stress-free series of drama-deflating punch lines that add up to little mo…

‘Dog Day Afternoon’ Jon Bernthal can’t escape Al Pacino’s long shadow (Broadway review) by Thom Geier

In his Broadway debut, Jon Bernthal struts and frets in a serviceable facsimile of Al Pacino in the new stage adaptation of Dog Day Afternoon — but the new production joins a recent list o…

Review: Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach Make Dog Day Afternoon Bearable

‘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 Hauntin by Owen Gleiberman

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 t…

‘Dog Day Afternoon’ Theater Review: Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach Lead a Disastrous Adaptation of a Cinema Classic by Richard Lawson

Jon Ortiz and Jessica Hecht also star in director Rupert Goold’s misguided Broadway production based on the 1975 Sidney Lumet film.