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Dog Day Afternoon on Broadway and the Theater Audience
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Bernthal opens by wishing Will a happy birthday and complimenting his recent film — calling the performance a deep dive into fatherhood, husbandhood, artistry, and falling back in love with a partner. Will notes that Bernthal's co-star in Dog Day Afternoon is mutual friend Johnny O. Bernthal then describes the show's remarkable cultural impact: it's drawing buses from Staten Island filled with people for whom this is not just their first time on Broadway, but their first time in a theater at all. [1] — Jon Bernthal "Dog Day Afternoon on Broadway isn't just a hit — it's doing something rarer: expanding who goes to the theater at all. Bernthal says people…" 09:26 For Bernthal, this is the point — theater in Russia was never for the gentry, it was vital for everybody, and he's thrilled to see that ideal realized on a Broadway stage.
Dog Day Afternoon on Broadway isn't just a hit — it's doing something rarer: expanding who goes to the theater at all. Bernthal says people are coming backstage saying it's not just their first time on Broadway but their first time in a theater, period. Buses from Staten Island. That's the Russia effect in real time: theater should be vital and for everybody, not an exclusive thing for the gentry.
Bernthal says buses are coming from Staten Island to see the Broadway show, with many audience members attending the theater for the very first time in their lives.
