Dog Day Afternoon (play)

Written byStephen Adly Guirgis

Based onDog Day Afternoon
by Sidney Lumet

Directed byRupert Goold

Characters

• Sonny Amato
• Sal DeSilva

Dog Day Afternoon: A New Play
Broadway production playbill cover
Written by	Stephen Adly Guirgis
Based on	Dog Day Afternoon by Sidney Lumet
Directed by	Rupert Goold
Characters	Sonny Amato Sal DeSilva
Date premiered	March 30, 2026 (2026-03-30)
Place premiered	August Wilson Theatre
Original language	English
Setting	Brooklyn, 1972
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Dog Day Afternoon is a play by American playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis, based on the 1975 film of the same name directed by Sidney Lumet. The film itself is based on the Life magazine article "The Boys in the Bank" by P. F. Kluge and Thomas Moore, which is about the real-life 1972 Brooklyn bank robbery by John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile.

Dog Day Afternoon premiered on March 30, 2026, at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway, with Rupert Goold as director and Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach in the lead roles.^[1]

A stage adaptation of the film by Guirgis was originally announced in 2016, with production by Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures. At the time, no date had been set for the production.^[2] In June 2025, it was announced the play would premiere in early 2026, with Bernthal and Moss-Bachrach as cast members, both making their Broadway debuts.^[3] The opening date was later announced as March 30, with previews beginning on March 10, 2026.^[1] The production was nominated for a Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Play.^[4]