| KEANU REEVES & ALEX WINTER TO STAR IN JAMIE LLOYD’S NE W BROADWAY PRODUCTION OF “WAITING FOR GODOT” | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 05:41 pm EDT 08/01/24 | |
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| JAMIE LLOYD TO DIRECT A NEW PRODUCTION OF SAMUEL BECKETT'S "WAITING FOR GODOT" STARRING KEANU REEVES & ALEX WINTER ON BROADWAY FALL 2025 AT AN ATG THEATER TO BE ANNOUNCED SIGN UP FOR MORE DETAILS AT WWW.GODOTBROADWAY.COM New York, NY (August 1, 2024) – Today, it was announced that two-time Tony Award® nominee and multiple Olivier Award® winner Jamie Lloyd will direct a new production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter. Waiting for Godot will open on Broadway in the Fall of 2025 at an ATG theater to be announced with Reeves playing ‘Estragon' and Winter playing ‘Vladimir.' Reeves is one of Hollywood's most beloved stars having appeared in over 100 feature films including cinematic hits like the John Wick series, The Matrix films, and Constantine; dramas such as My Own Private Idaho, Dangerous Liaisons, and The Gift; and comedies like Parenthood, Something's Gotta Give, and Always Be My Maybe. Waiting For Godot will mark Reeves' Broadway debut. Winter is a much sought after actor, writer, and director. He recently wrapped production on Adulthood with Josh Gad and Kaya Scodelario which he directed and will also co-star. He has directed acclaimed documentaries The YouTube Effect, Zappa, Showbiz Kids, and The Panama Papers. He last appeared on Broadway in the 1979 production of Peter Pan where he played ‘John Darling' opposite Sandy Duncan as the title character and as ‘Louis Leonowens' in The King & I with Yul Brynner. Reeves and Winter have a friendship that spans 35 years and began during the filming of the 1989 classic comedy Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. Director Jamie Lloyd said, "It is a real honor 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." In a joint statement, Reeves and Winter said, "We're incredibly excited to be on stage together and work with the great Jamie Lloyd in one of our favorite plays." Waiting for Godot is produced by The Jamie Lloyd Company, ATG Productions, Bad Robot Live, and Gavin Kalin Productions. 101 Productions, Ltd. will serve as general manager. Sign up to hear about additional details at www.godotbroadway.com. Additional information about Waiting For Godot including theater, production dates, additional casting, and creative team will be announced in the coming months. BIOGRAPHIES Samuel Beckett (Playwright; 1906-1989) is an Irish playwright, novelist, theatre director and poet, who is widely recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. Beckett is renowned for his play Waiting for Godot, which launched his career in theatre. He went on to write numerous successful plays, including Endgame in 1957, Krapp's Last Tape in 1958, and Happy Days in 1960. Jamie Lloyd (Director). Lloyd's credits for The Jamie Lloyd Company include Romeo & Juliet (Duke of York's Theatre), Sunset Blvd. (Savoy Theatre – winner of seven Olivier Awards including Best Director and Best Musical Revival; Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Director), The Effect (National Theatre/The Shed, New York), A Doll's House (Hudson Theatre, New York – nominated for six 2023 Tony Awards including Best Direction of a Play and Best Revival of a Play), The Seagull (Harold Pinter Theatre), Cyrano de Bergerac (Playhouse Theatre/Harold Pinter Theatre/Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York – Olivier Award for Best Revival; Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Director), Betrayal (Harold Pinter Theatre/Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre – nominated for four 2021 Tony Awards including Best Direction of a Play and Best Revival of a Play; Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Director), Pinter at the Pinter (Harold Pinter Theatre), The Maids, The Homecoming, The Ruling Class, Richard III, The Pride, The Hothouse, and Macbeth (Trafalgar Studios). Keanu Reeves (Estragon). As a remarkably eclectic actor, Reeves has made an indelible mark on the world of entertainment through the diverse roles he has played. He is best known for his starring roles in The Matrix and John Wick franchises. Reeves made his comic book writing debut in 2021 with BRZRKR, a twelve-issue and graphic-novel limited series distributed through BOOM! Studios, which quickly became the highest-selling original comic book series debut in over 25 years. In 2023, he returned to the big screen in John Wick: Chapter 4, which became the highest-grossing film in the franchise. His other recent projects include The Matrix Resurrections, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Always Be My Maybe, Toy Story 4,and the video game Cyberpunk 2077. He recently completed filming Good Fortune directed by Aziz Ansari and Outcome directed by Jonah Hill. Raised in Toronto, Reeves performed in various local theater productions and on television before relocating to Los Angeles. Alex Winter (Vladimir) is a director, writer, and actor who has worked across film, television, and theater. Entering show business as a child actor, with co-starring roles on Broadway in The King & I and Peter Pan, Winter came to prominence in movies such as Warner Bros' hit The Lost Boys and the wildly popular Bill & Ted franchise. As a filmmaker, Winter's narrative features include the cult classic Freaked, for 20th Century Fox and Fever, for Lionsgate, an official selection in the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes. Winter founded Trouper Productions in 2006 and has released several documentaries under that banner. Previous documentary work includes Deep Web, Downloaded, The Panama Papers, and Trust Machine: The Story Of Blockchain. Winter's doc, Showbiz Kids produced by frequent collaborator Glen Zipper and Bill Simmons' Ringer Films, premiered in July 2020. The highly anticipated third installment in the Bill & Ted franchise, Bill & Ted Face The Music, opened in August 2020, and is currently available on Blu-Ray, DVD, and digital platforms. Winter's doc feature Zappa, the first all-access documentary on the life and times of Frank Zappa debuted in November to critical acclaim and was chosen as a Critics Pick in the New York Times. The Kickstarter campaign for this project was the highest funded documentary in crowdfunding history. Winter's latest doc The YouTube Effect which was made in conjunction with Gale Anne Hurd and Glen Zipper premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival and was released theatrically by Drafthouse Films in July. The film is now available on digital platforms and streaming on Kanopy. Now in release is Winter's new acting project, the gonzo horror-comedy, Destroy All Neighbors, which premiered on Shudder and in limited theaters in January 2024. Winter is currently directing and acting in the feature film, Adulthood, starring Josh Gad and Kaya Scodelario, due for release in 2025. The Jamie Lloyd Company (Producer) is a multi-award-winning West End and Broadway production company. The company creates adventurous productions with the very best acting talent in the world. The company's work includes radical reappraisals of Romeo & Juliet, Sunset Blvd., The Effect, A Doll's House, The Seagull, Cyrano de Bergerac, Betrayal, The Maids, and Macbeth, with casts including Uzo Aduba, Zawe Ashton, Hayley Atwell, Gemma Chan, Jessica Chastain, Emilia Clarke, Paapa Essiedu, Claire Foy, Martin Freeman, Kit Harington, Tom Hiddleston, Tom Holland, James McAvoy, Arian Moayed, Simon Russell Beale, Taylor Russell, and Nicole Scherzinger. Forthcoming productions include: Sunset Blvd. (St. James Theatre, Broadway) and The Tempest and Much Ado About Nothing (Theatre Royal Drury Lane, West End). ATG Productions (Producer) is the award-winning producing and general management arm of the world's largest live theatre company, ATG Entertainment – dedicated to producing critically acclaimed, commercially successful, and creatively ambitious work for the West End, Broadway and beyond. Led by Adam Speers, Richard Darbourne, and Zareen Walker, we place partnerships and creative excellence at our core. Current and upcoming productions: Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club (West End, Broadway); The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Ambassadors Theatre); Sunset Blvd. (Broadway) via The Jamie Lloyd Company; Dear Evan Hansen (UK Tour); Pretty Woman The Musical (UK Tour); and Who Do Ya Love? (Edinburgh). Recent productions and co-productions: Player Kings (West End/UK Tour); I Should Be So Lucky: The Official Stock Aitken Waterman Musical (UK Tour); Plaza Suite (West End); Harry Clarke (West End); Sunset Blvd. (West End) via The Jamie Lloyd Company; A Streetcar Named Desire (West End); A Doll's House (Broadway) via The Jamie Lloyd Company; Pretty Woman The Musical (West End/ Broadway/ Hamburg); Mother Goose (West End/ UK Tour); The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Southwark Playhouse); The Doctor (West End); Dear Evan Hansen (West End); Mad House (West End); Cyrano de Bergerac (West End/ Glasgow/ New York); The Seagull (West End) via The Jamie Lloyd Company; Fatal Attraction (UK Tour); 9 to 5 the Musical (West End/ UK Tour/ Australia); Ian McKellen On Stage (West End/ UK Tour/ Broadway); Betrayal (West End/ Broadway); Sea Wall/A Life (Broadway); Sunday in the Park With George (Broadway); Touching The Void (West End); Ghost Stories (West End); Pinter at the Pinter Season (West End); King Lear (West End); Caroline, or Change (West End); Oslo (West End/Broadway); Glengarry Glen Ross (West End/ UK Tour); Baskerville (China); Abigail's Party (West End); Strangers on a Train (UK Tour); Gaslight (UK Tour); Buried Child & Oresteia (Trafagar Studios); Big Fish (London); Hamlet (West End); The Maids & The Homecoming (London); Doctor Faustus (West End); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (West End/ UK Tour). Bad Robot Live (Producer) is a Tony Award-winning live stage division founded by J.J. Abrams and run by Elizabeth Rothman. Credits include: Appropriate (Belasco; Best Revival of a Play); Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club (August Wilson); Gutenberg! The Musical! (James Earl Jones); One Woman Show (Ambassadors/Greenwich Street); Oh God, A Show About Abortion (Cherry Lane); Derren Brown's The Secret (James Earl Jones); The Magic Show That Goes Wrong (Apollo); The Play That Goes Wrong (Lyceum & New World Stages). Bad Robot Productions is based in Santa Monica and can be followed at twitter.com/bad_robot and instagram.com/bad_robot. Gavin Kalin Productions (Producer) is an award-winning theatrical production company that specialize in producing theatre in the West End, on Broadway and internationally. Recent West End credits include Sunset Blvd., Vanya, A Little Life, Streetcar Named Desire, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Back to the Future, Cyrano, Betrayal, 9 to 5 The Musical, Pretty Woman The Musical, Come From Away, Pinter at the Pinter, Oslo and The Ferryman. Recent Broadway credits include Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, A Doll's House, Plaza Suite, Betrayal, Leopoldstadt, Funny Girl, Sea Wall/ A Life, and The Ferryman. Other entertainment: Monopoly Lifesized, London and the Paddington Bear Experience, London. For more www.gavinkalinproductions.com . Gavin is also the founder of Totally Theatre Productions Ltd, a TV/Video production company that specializes in producing broadcast and online content for theatre and live entertainment. Clients are worldwide with many in the West End and on Broadway. For more www.totallytheatreproductions.com # # # # www.godotbroadway.com www.instagram.com/godotbway www.facebook.com/godotbway www.tiktok.com/@godotbway www.x.com/godotbway |
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