Waiting for Godot Headed to Broadway?
Waiting for Godot Headed to Broadway?
#1Waiting for Godot Headed to Broadway?
Posted: 5/15/08 at 12:33am
Per Seattle Rep who will be hosting the out-of-town. Bill Irwin stars with Garry Hynes directing.
http://www.broadway2seattle.com/2008/05/godot-headed-to-broadway.html
and
http://www.seattlerep.org/SeasonPlays09/Season2009.html
Updated On: 5/15/08 at 12:33 AM
#2re: Waiting for Godot Headed to Broadway?
Posted: 5/15/08 at 12:33amWow I would love to see this staged on Broadway :)
#2re: Waiting for Godot Headed to Broadway?
Posted: 5/15/08 at 12:48amBill Irwin is fantastic, nice scoop, Bobby.
ashbash1990
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/06
#3re: Waiting for Godot Headed to Broadway?
Posted: 5/15/08 at 12:55amI can't see it doing too well...
#4re: Waiting for Godot Headed to Broadway?
Posted: 5/15/08 at 1:05am
Wow, and I'm watching a film (not stage) production of this in my class since it's post AP English. So weird. My teacher even said that this would probably be the only one we could watch, since she doesn't expect another production of it to pop up.
I guess I have something interesting to show her tomorrow. ;D
#5re: Waiting for Godot Headed to Broadway?
Posted: 5/15/08 at 1:18amI've always wanted to see this on the stage.
--Aristotle
#6re: Waiting for Godot Headed to Broadway?
Posted: 5/15/08 at 1:23amI disagree about it failing. THough it may struggle for an audience, it will likely get rave reviews with Irwin in the cast and Hynes directing.
#7re: Waiting for Godot Headed to Broadway?
Posted: 5/15/08 at 2:11am
I am so excited to see this! Yeah for being in Seattle!
Godot is in my top 5 favorite plays!
#8re: Waiting for Godot Headed to Broadway?
Posted: 5/15/08 at 9:20amOne of the best plays I've ever read - always wanted to see a staged production, so this is exciting!
Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#9re: Waiting for Godot Headed to Broadway?
Posted: 5/15/08 at 9:28am
I really hope this comes together. Any chance to see the sublime totally magnificent Bill Irwin must be grabbed with both hands.
Bill Irwin = GOD.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#10re: Waiting for Godot Headed to Broadway?
Posted: 5/15/08 at 10:06amThis is a great idea! Always a pleasure to see something intelligent popping up on Broadway.
Theatreboy33
Broadway Star Joined: 5/19/03
#11re: Waiting for Godot Headed to Broadway?
Posted: 5/15/08 at 10:13amI saw Irwin in Lincoln center's production a few years back with Steve Martin and Robin Williams as Didi and Gogo. He played Lucky and was, of course, superb. It seems like both with current revival trends and even new plays (August, for example), we are really in a renaissance for classic golden-age theatre. And I love it.
JustAGuy
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/03
#12re: Waiting for Godot Headed to Broadway?
Posted: 5/15/08 at 10:16amIf you're a fan of Beckett, you may want to check out ENDGAME at BAM before it closes. It's a great production with a stellar cast and well worth seeing.
#13re: Waiting for Godot Headed to Broadway?
Posted: 5/15/08 at 10:39am
"Waiting for Godot Headed to Broadway"
Oh god, the possible puns.
Head exploding...
#14re: Waiting for Godot Headed to Broadway?
Posted: 5/15/08 at 11:42am
One of my favorite straight plays ever.
I wish Irwin, Hynes and the show well 
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#15re: Waiting for Godot Headed to Broadway?
Posted: 5/15/08 at 11:48am
One bit of really bad press release writing:
"... follows two Charlie Chaplin-esque charactersd as they wait for the mysterious title character"
The play doesn't really "follow" them, since they don't go anywhere, literally or figuratively. Nothing really happens. That's the whole point of the play. At the end, they are right where they started.
Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#16re: Waiting for Godot Headed to Broadway?
Posted: 5/15/08 at 11:51am
The best description I've heard of WAITING FOR GODOT:
In Act One, nothing happens. In Act Two, it happens again.
FMills
Chorus Member Joined: 5/17/06
#17re: Waiting for Godot Headed to Broadway?
Posted: 5/16/08 at 5:53pm
Bill Irwin starring in Godot? Why hasn't this happened earlier? It's such a no-brainer. I wonder who they'll cast opposite him? David Shiner maybe?
#18re: Waiting for Godot Headed to Broadway?
Posted: 5/16/08 at 6:04pm
EponineAmneris,
Oh my dear, it's one of my favorite too, but I never figured that play as straight. (IYKWIM)
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