Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves collaborate on the Broadway version of “Waiting for Godot.”
The actors Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, who played two slacker musicians in three “Bill & Ted” movies, are getting back together for a Broadway production of “Waiting for Godot.”
One of the hottest directors of the time, Jamie Lloyd, will helm the production, which is scheduled for the fall of 2025. His work is distinguished by a spare style and an emphasis on psychological depth.
Although Reeves came up with the idea for the project, according to Lloyd, “it was a no-brainer that this needed to be done” as soon as the actor approached him.
In an interview, Lloyd praised Reeves and Winter, saying, “Their instant chemistry and their shorthand and their friendship is going to be so valuable.” “As we all know, this is a very funny play that delves deeply into complexity. They are very clever people, and their shared sense of humor in those films and in real life will be very helpful to the production.”
Reeves will portray Estragon in “Godot,” while Winter will portray Vladimir. Both characters joke about and argue while they wait for an enigmatic figure who never shows up. “Keanu and Alex’s friendship will be the central thesis of the production, as those characters find solace in each other as they stumble toward the void,” Lloyd continued.
Irish writer Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” was presented in French in 1953 and then in English in 1955. Three Broadway revivals of the play have taken place since its first 1956 production, the most recent one starring Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart.
With “Godot,” Reeves, the well-known movie star from the “Matrix” and “John Wick” series, will make his Broadway debut. He enjoys a good task: He performed as Hamlet in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1995.
In addition to acting, Winter also writes and directs. As a teenager, he made two Broadway appearances in musical revivals of “The King and I” and “Peter Pan” in the 1970s.
In 1989, the two collaborated for the first time on “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.” “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey,” the second movie, came out in 1991. “Bill & Ted Face the Music,” the third movie, came out in 2020.
London-based Lloyd is now a frequent visitor to New York. He oversaw the resurrection of “A Doll’s House” with Jessica Chastain last year, and he will oversee the revival of “Sunset Boulevard” with Nicole Scherzinger this autumn.
Lloyd’s production business is producing the revival of “Waiting for Godot,” alongside ATG Productions, J.J. Abrams’s Bad Robot Live, and Gavin Kalin Productions. The production stated that “Godot” would be performed in one of the seven Broadway theaters owned by ATG, a British theater company with a longstanding ties to Lloyd.
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, the actors of “Bill & Ted,” plan to reunite on Broadway in 2025 for “Waiting for Godot.”
Playing two remarkable slackers in three “Bill & Ted” movies, Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are teaming up again on Broadway for a revival of the philosophical comedy “Waiting for Godot.”
Under the direction of Jamie Lloyd, a four-time Tony nominee who is slated to oversee a revival of “Sunset Boulevard” later this year, the play is scheduled for the fall of 2025.
Waiting for Godot will be presented in a fresh way on Broadway, led by Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, the co-stars of Bill & Ted.
The production, directed by the well-known British filmmaker Jamie Lloyd, who has received four Olivier awards and two Tony nominations, is scheduled to premiere in New York City in the fall of 2025. His most recent Broadway credit was directing a pared-down production of A Doll’s House starring Jessica Chastain.
2009 saw the Theatre Royal Haymarket present Waiting For Godot, starring Ian McKellen as Estragon and Patrick Stewart as Vladimir.
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In 1989, Reeves and Winter co-starred as two lazy people who travel across time in the science fiction comedy Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. 2020 and 1991 saw the publication of the sequels.
The two tramps Estragon and Vladimir are waiting for the mysterious title character, if he ever appears, to arrive in Samuel Beckett’s groundbreaking play. It’s full of vaudevillian shenanigans that cover up a growing sense of disturbed desperation.
