The British director Jamie Lloyd is the theater's most savvy translator of pop culture right now, and certainly is aware of how his casting will be perceived. Excellent adventure, indeed. Read more
Chicago Tribune - Sep 29
Jamie Lloyd’s pristinely chic Broadway revival of the existential tragicomedy casts the “Bill & Ted” stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter as Samuel Beckett’s clowns. Read more
The New York Times - Sep 29
Andy HendersonMissing: the tree.Added: a silent thrash of imaginary air guitars for the Bill and Ted fans in the audience.Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett’s well-worn meditation on the nature of life and human purpose, has been revived on Broadway (Hudson Theatre, currently booking to Jan. 4, 20... Read more
The Daily Beast - Sep 29
Forget the tree. That iconic lone tree from the stage directions in Samuel Beckett’s tragicomic masterwork “Waiting for Godot” is offstage in Jamie Lloyd’s re-envisioned revival. The polarizing British director who has placed his conceptual stamp on “A Doll’s House,” “Sunset Boulevard” and “Evita... Read more
Variety - Sep 29
Of course it works. Two old friends known for their clownish escapades, always wanting to get back to somewhere they were – anywhere but here, really – all the while using ever so odd verbiage to conduct idiosyncratic conversations that only sound a bit absurd on the surface but actually speak to... Read more
Deadline - Sep 29
Directed by Jamie Lloyd, the latest Broadway revival of the 1952 play that marries bleak existentialism with broken-down vaudeville also features Brandon J. Dirden and Michael Patrick Thornton. Read more
The Hollywood Reporter - Sep 29
In the sense that Keanu Reeves shows up for work at “Waiting for Godot,” the play that opened Sunday night on Broadway, the crowd gets what they came for. Read more
New York Post - Sep 29
Winter returns to Broadway nearly 45 years since he was a Jersey theater kid making the daily commute. Read more
Nj - Sep 26
