In a particularly brilliant stroke of casting, Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, who first appeared together as the titular characters in the 1989 film Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, will co-star in a new production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, which has long been a star-magnet vehicle for big name actors.
According to director Jamie Lloyd, the “no-brainer” idea, which is set to land on Broadway in the fall of 2025, originated with Reeves.
“Their instant chemistry and their shorthand and their friendship is going to be so valuable,” Lloyd said. “This is a very deeply complex play, as we all know, but it’s also a very funny play, and they’re very witty people and their shared sense of humor in those movies and in real life is going to be very beneficial to the production.”
