Marty After Dark bravely checks out the Sheen show.

Sidney Lumet, Dead at 86 (Gothamist) 
"...he is perhaps best known for his classic films featuring New York City, such as Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, Prince of the City and even The Wiz. By 1996, 29 of his 38 films were shot on location in the city. "Locations are characters in my movies,” he wrote. “The city is capable of portraying the mood a scene requires."

Here's a clip from perhaps my favorite American film of all time, Dog Day Afternoon:



And here's the ABC story of the robbery, in 1972: