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Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach will make their Broadway debuts next year in Dog Day Afternoon, a new play by Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Adly Guirgis (Between Riverside and Crazy) based on the true crime that inspired Sidney Lumet’s Oscar-winning 1975 motion picture starring Al Pacino and John Cazale.

The play will be directed by two-time Olivier Award winner Rupert Goold (King Charles III). Bernthal will play Sonny Amato, the character played by Pacino in the film, and Moss-Bachrach will portray Sal DeSilva, John Cazale in the movie. (The surnames were different in the film.)

The play is expected to open on Broadway in spring 2026. Additional casting was not disclosed.

The synopsis: Step back into the sweltering summer of 1972, New York City—a time when the Vietnam War looms large, Watergate headlines flood the news, and one man’s desperate act captivates the nation. A Brooklyn bank holdup quickly goes wrong,...

Kathy Lingg has been promoted to executive vp drama development at Paramount Network Television. Lingg oversees all drama series development for the studio, which has a midseason drama, Keen Eddie, slated to launch early next year on Fox. Lingg has spent the past 10 years at Paramount. She signed on as senior vp movies and miniseries in 1992 and was named senior vp drama two years later. She reports to Paramount Television Production president Garry Hart. "Her ability to identify talent and collaborate with some of the best writers and producers in television has helped fuel much of our success," Hart said in announcing the promotion. Before joining Paramount, Lingg spent seven years as senior vp production at TriStar Pictures. In the early 1980s, she also worked in production at Universal Pictures and as a creative executive at Martin Elfand Prods. and Richard Roth Prods.