Dog Day Afternoon
Heist, heist, baby! The Bear co-stars Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach play would-be bank robbers who find themselves in a sweaty standoff with the police in this stage adapation of Sidney Lumet intense 1975 thriller, which was itself inspired by a real-life 1972 incident in Brooklyn. England's Rupert Goold (King Charles III) directs the world premiere; grit master Stephen Adly Guirgis, who earned a Pulitzer Prize for Between Riverside and Crazy), adapts Frank Pierson's Oscar-winning screenplay. The supporting cast includes John Ortiz, Spencer Garrett and the invaluable Jessica Hecht.