Olivier Award-winner Jamie Lloyd is set to direct Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in a new production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting For Godot on Broadway in autumn 2025.
The Broadway theatre is to be announced, although it will be an ATG venue.
Hollywood movie stars Keanu Reeves will play ‘Estragon’ in the production, with Alex Winter as ‘Vladimir.’
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 in a statement: “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 will be produced by The Jamie Lloyd Company, ATG Productions, J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Live, and Gavin Kalin Productions.
Additional casting and the full creative team is to be announced.
It is currently unclear whether Waiting for Godot will also transfer to London.
A new production of Waiting for Godot in London directed by James Macdonald and starring Lucian Msamati and Ben Whishaw, is coming to the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 13 September 2024.
Earlier this week Jamie Lloyd announced a new season of Shakespeare at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, including The Tempest starring Sigourney Weaver and Much Ado About Nothing starring Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell.
Jamie Lloyd is also busy in New York at the moment preparing to transfer his acclaimed, award-winning revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard, starring Nicole Scherzinger.
Lloyd’s production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet starring Hollywood’s Tom Holland is in its final few performances in London this week, closing on Saturday 3 August.
More about Keanu Reeves & Alex Winter
Keanu Reeves
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
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.
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