Tensions flared offstage last week during rehearsals for the Broadway production of “Dog Day Afternoon.” The show’s producing team temporarily barred playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis from entering the theater.
The incident occurred just one week before the play’s scheduled opening night. No specific reason for the exclusion was immediately provided.
Guirgis is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the play, which is an adaptation of the famed 1975 film. The production is currently in previews at a Broadway theater.