Overview

• More than 500 New York City public school students and educators will attend two special Wednesday matinees on October 29 and November 5 at the Hudson Theatre through the DOE’s Theatre Program.
• Previews began September 13 at the Hudson Theatre, with opening night set for September 28.
• Keanu Reeves makes his Broadway debut opposite Alex Winter as Vladimir and Estragon, joined by Brandon J. Dirden as Pozzo, Michael Patrick Thornton as Lucky, and Zaynn Arora and Eric Williams alternating as The Boy.
• Jamie Lloyd emphasizes performers finding the characters within themselves, with Soutra Gilmour’s design replacing the traditional country road and tree with a striking hollow-tube set.
• Reeves and Winter prepared over the past year with monthly readings, consultations with past Godot actors, research at the University of Reading’s Beckett collection, and intensive physical and biographical study.