‘Bill & Ted’ stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter to reunite for Broadway production of ‘Waiting For Godot’
nme.comBill & Ted stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are set to reunite for a Broadway production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot in autumn 2025.Directed by Jamie Lloyd, the new production will see Reeves play Estragon to Winter’s Vladimir at an ATG theatre that is yet to be announced.In a joint statement (via Deadline), Reeves and Winter said: “We’re incredibly excited to be on stage together and work with the great Jamie Lloyd in one of our favourite plays.”Lloyd said: “It is a real honour to be collaborating with the brilliant Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter on Samuel Beckett’s sublime masterpiece — one of the greatest plays of all time.”Further information about Waiting for Godot including the theatre, production dates, additional casting and creative team will be announced in the coming months.Reeves and Winter, who have been friends for 35 years, played the title characters in the 1989 comedy Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, as well as its 1991 and 2020 sequels.Waiting for Godot will mark Reeves’ Broadway debut, while Winter appeared on Broadway in the 1979 production of Peter Pan, playing John Darling opposite Sandy Duncan.
He also played Louis Leonowen’s in The King & I starring Yul Brynner in 1977-78.In other news, Reeves recently spoke out about sustaining a brutal kneecap injury while filming Aziz Ansari’s forthcoming comedy Good Fortune, saying: “It cracked like a potato chip.”Reeves plays the lead in the upcoming film, also starring Sandra Oh, Seth Rogen and Keke Palmer.
Plot details have been kept under wraps and a release date has not yet been announced.He was spotted walking with crutches and an ice pack wrapped to his left knee earlier this year.
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