Jessica Hecht Says Dog Day Afternoon Isn't Nostalgia, It's Now
Misbegotten bank robbers Sonny (Jon Bernthal) and Sal (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) are the main attraction in Dog Day Afternoon, but playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis smartly created a no-nonsense teller named Colleen as their foil, played by three-time Tony nominee Jessica Hecht. As a Brooklynite in the mold of Beatrice Carbone in A View from the Bridge (which netted her first Tony nod), Hecht brings a quiet strength to this …