FAQs

Dog Day Afternoon is playing at the August Wilson Theater at 245 West 52nd Street (Between Broadway & 8th Avenue).

The August Wilson Theatre offers Wheelchair Accessible seating, Aisle Transfer seating, Companion seating, and Vision/Hearing Accessible seating. For more information, please visit us.atgtickets.com/venues/august-wilson-theatre/access/.

The play contains profanity, some violence, and references to drugs and alcohol.

The recommended age is 16+.

Yes, this play is based on the 1975 film of the same name directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Al Pacino and John Cazale as Sonny and Sal, and the article “Boys In The Bank” written by P.F. Kluge and Thomas Moore published by LIFE Magazine.  The Broadway adaptation is by award-winning writer Stephen Adly Guirgis and director Rupert Goold, with Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach in the starring roles.

Yes, Dog Day Afternoon is based on the story of John Wojtowicz and his stranger-than-fiction bank robbery that ignited a media frenzy in New York City in the summer of 1972. It’s a tale of the desperate chaos of a man—and a city—on the edge.