THE BEAR's Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Jon Bernthal Will Star in New Broadway Play DOG DAY AFTERNOON
Cousin! The Bear’s Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Jon Bernthal will star in the new Broadway play Dog Day Afternoon in Spring 2026.
Based on the 1975 Academy Award-winning film of the same name, Dog Day Afternoon is set in the sweltering New York City summer of 1972. The Vietnam War looms large, Watergate headlines flood the news, and one man’s desperate act captures national attention. When a Brooklyn bank hold up goes wrong, chaos ensues that ignites the city as they follow the actions of a man on the edge. Dog Day Afternoon is a raw, gritty reminder of what happens when passion and desperation collide.
The play will be directed by two-time Olivier award-winner Rupert Goold. It marks Moss-Bachrach and Bernthal’s Broadway debuts.
Moss-Bachrach is best known for his Emmy Award winning performance as Richie Jerimovich in The Bear. He has also starred in HBO’s Girls, Netflix’s The Punisher, Disney+’s Andor, and Hulu’s The Dropout. He has performed Off-Broadway in When They Speak of Rita, Naomi Iizuka’s 36 Views at the Public Theater, Christopher Shinn’s On The Mountain, Lanford Wilson’s Fifth of July and Austin Pendleton’s heartfelt 2011 interpretation of Chekhov’s Three Sisters opposite Jessica Hecht, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard. It is his passion for theatre that compelled him to move to attend school in New York City in the late 90s.
Bernthal is a veteran of over 30 theatrical productions. He most recently started the Ojai Theatre Festival where he produced and starred in a production of Pulitzer Prize-Winner Martyna Majok’s Ironbound, opposite Marin Ireland. He stars alongside Ben Affleck in The Accountant 2 and recently wrapped production for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, alongside Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o and Charlize Theron. He won his first Emmy award for his role in Season Two of Hulu’s The Bear.
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