GODOT on Broadway starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 8/1/24 at 1:12pm

http://godotbroadway.com/

[binau]

Posted: 8/1/24 at 1:17pm

Is it me or is this fall crazily packed with exciting events? Audra in Gypsy? Robert Downey Jr at LCT? Adam L in Cabaret? The Roomate with Patti? Sunset with Nicole? And now Keanu Reeves in Godot?

I've been shocked over the past couple years at how exciting some of the shows in both London and New York have been. Business may be tough, but so much good creativity going on. 

EDIT: Wait wat, 2025????? lol. 

Updated On: 8/1/24 at 01:17 PM

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 8/1/24 at 1:17pm

I never understand what the point of announcing something this far out is

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/1/24 at 1:25pm

Every time i say im done spending money on Jamie Lloyd he pulls some buuuuuullsh*t like this that’ll have me just throwing money at him. 
 

These two. Together. In person. Gen X is gonna sell our souls for tickets. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 8/1/24 at 1:26pm

Prob has the Hudson after The Last Five Years.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/1/24 at 1:28pm

This shall be most awesome and I will only refer to it as “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Revival”

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 8/1/24 at 1:32pm

BoringBoredBoard40 said: "I never understand what the point of announcing something this far out is"

I think it's similar to them announcing Othello a full year in advance. They want it to be an event that people are anticipating and thinking about for a long time. 

[binau]

Posted: 8/1/24 at 1:32pm

Also, he gets trashed but Jamie Lloyd seems like the hottest director in both London and New York right now. Tom Hiddleston in much ado about nothing, Sigourney Weaver in The Tempest, Tom Holland in Romeo & Juliet, Nicole S in Sunset, Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in this show, Jessica Chastain in a Doll's House.

This is a crazy, crazy resume. And he has Sondheim roots (he did Passion at the Donmar and directed Aaron Tveit in Assassins).

He probably can't top a Sondheim event that was the Merrily revival, but if there was something who could get close!! 

[scripps]

Posted: 8/1/24 at 1:45pm

I just screamed. I can't believe this is real. At least I have some time to start a slush fund to afford this.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 8/1/24 at 1:58pm

At least Didi and Gogo can sit on chairs by the tree as they wait — if there is one. 

[Owen22]

Posted: 8/1/24 at 2:01pm

binau said: "Also, he gets trashed but Jamie Lloyd seems like the hottest director in both London and New York right now.Tom Hiddleston in much ado about nothing, Sigourney Weaver in The Tempest, Tom Holland in Romeo & Juliet, Nicole S in Sunset, Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in this show, Jessica Chastain in a Doll's House.

This is a crazy, crazy resume. And he has Sondheim roots (he did Passion at the Donmar and directed Aaron Tveit in Assassins).

He probably can't top a Sondheim event that was the Merrily revival, but if there was something who could get close!!"

You forgot a hot-off-Game of Thrones Emilia Clarke in a fantastic London modern language version of The Seagull! 

He is my favorite director.  He has directed the single best Assassins, Urinetown and Sunset I have ever seen (and I've seen those shows a lot).

I hate Godot, so even though I love him, this winky out-of-the-box casting sorta screams gimmick-over-substance...so I think I might miss it...

[SisterGeorge]

Posted: 8/1/24 at 2:02pm

From Betrayal and Cyrano to Sunset Boulevard and The Effect, Jamie Lloyd is the most brilliant revivalist of them all. And man can he get STARS!

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 8/1/24 at 2:22pm

This will print money at the box office regardless of quality!

[JSquared2]

Posted: 8/1/24 at 2:32pm

BoringBoredBoard40 said: "I never understand what the point of announcing something this far out is"

 

Maybe because we are talking about it right now and people are ready and anxious to buy tickets?

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 8/1/24 at 3:08pm

BoringBoredBoard40 said: "I never understand what the point of announcing something this far out is"

It's a way to signal to investors, agents, and the theatre community "this is real & actually happening, they are fully contracted, you can't get your client out of this now." 

Which is more logical for Broadway than something like next year's Shakespeare in the Park, which announced so prematurely: actors make pennies there & can easily get out of a contract.

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 8/1/24 at 3:15pm

Other 1990s themed upcoming Broadway revivals:

Macaulay Culkin and Anna Chlumsky in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Johnny Depp and Wynona Ryder in All My Sons

Kevin Spacey (in his big comeback performance!) and Annette Benning in Long Day's Journey

Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones in The Odd Couple

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 8/1/24 at 3:20pm

Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Sam Neill in an all-seniors production of BETRAYAL or MERRILY

Joe Pesci and Catherine O'Hara in ON GOLDEN POND

I'd actually like to see Tom Hanks & Robin Wright in VIRGINIA WOOLF

Jeff Bridges & John Goodman in THE SUNSHINE BOYS (more like THE SUNSHINE DUDES)

Updated On: 8/1/24 at 03:20 PM

[Jonathan Cohen]

Posted: 8/1/24 at 3:25pm

Owen22 said: "I hate Godot, so even though I love him, this winky out-of-the-box casting sorta screams gimmick-over-substance...so I think I might miss it..."

I don't think the casting was intended a gimmick but I'd be into it if say George Carlin is credited as Godot in the Playbill. 

Updated On: 8/1/24 at 03:25 PM

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 8/1/24 at 3:42pm

For me it would feel a LOT more gimmicky if directed by someone other than Jamie Lloyd. He gives this weight and gravitas, at least on paper. If the director was someone like Jerry Zaks or Scott Ellis + a schlockier American producer, my opinion would be quite different.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 8/1/24 at 3:48pm

This being announced over a year in advance is crazy.

[TheatreMonkey]

Posted: 8/1/24 at 5:12pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "At least Didi and Gogo can sit on chairs by the tree as they wait — if there is one."

I'm sure there will be plenty of unfinished plywood gracing the stage. 

[sinister teashop]

Posted: 8/1/24 at 5:46pm

It's like Godot and Vanya need to carry mace in their purse or something.

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 8/1/24 at 5:53pm

Kevin Spacey (in his big comeback performance!) and Annette Benning in Long Day's Journey

…would never admit that I saw this, but damn it if I wasn’t first in line for tickets 🥸 

[darquegk]

Posted: 8/1/24 at 10:21pm

Play Esq. said: "Kevin Spacey (in his big comeback performance!) and Annette Benning in Long Day's Journey

…would never admit that I saw this, but damn it if I wasn’t first in line for tickets🥸"

This instantly made me picture a revolving door of toxic, problematic or cancelled performers, beginning with Kevin Spacey as Screwtape and Tiffany Hadish as Toadpipe, in "The Screwtape Letters." The run would climax with perhaps the most toxic pairing possible at this point: Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer.

[JasonC3]

Posted: 8/2/24 at 7:12am

For people who need a Godot with a big star this year, London is offering Ben Wishaw and Lucian Msamati beginning in mid-September.

https://trh.co.uk/whatson/waiting-for-godot/