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Review | ‘Waiting for Godot’ more excellent than bogus with Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter
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On Broadway, director Jamie Lloyd’s starry revival of “Waiting for Godot,” with Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter (yes, Bill and Ted reunited), is currently in previews at the Hudson Theatre.
First staged in 1953, “Godot” is the cornerstone of absurdist theater: two tramps, Vladimir (Reeves) and Estragon (Winter), spend their days waiting for a mysterious figure named Godot, who never shows up.
Here, the audience immediately thinks of the 1990s, when Reeves and Winter were young movie stars.
The production seems intent on reaching new audiences and making the play feel more accessible to people who know “Bill & Ted” and “The Matrix” rather than Beckett.
Reeves and Winter may not save the world this time, but their endless adventure in Beckett’s wasteland is a strange, curious, and surprisingly affecting experiment.