Keanu Reeves is ready for the bright lights on Broadway.
The 59-year-old actor is set to make his Broadway debut in 2025 waiting for Godot. The Matrix The star will play Estragon alongside Alex Winter, who will play Vladimir. Reeves and Winter, of course, starred in the 1989 sci-fi classic, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure,
According to playbill, waiting for Godot There’s a revival of Samuel Beckett’s play. Jamie Lloyd (Sunset Boulevard, a doll’s house) is set to direct, and his production company, The Jamie Lloyd Company, is set to produce alongside ATG Productions, Bad Robot Live, and Gavin Kalin Productions. The exact location for the production has not yet been selected, but it will be held at one of the seven theaters owned by Ambassador Theatre Group.
waiting for Godot It first premiered in 1953. The play tells the story of two acquaintances contemplating the meaning of life. Since its debut, the play has been reproduced on stage three times, with Reeves’ debut soon to be its fifth major staging. Ian McKellen, Robin Williams, Steve Martin and Patrick Stewart are among those who have appeared in earlier productions.
Though this will be Reeves’ Broadway debut, Winter, 59, is no stranger to the bright lights. He first appeared on Broadway in the 1979 production of Peter Pan And The King and I,
Reeves and Winter starred in the 1989 comedy directed by Stephen Herek. Winter played William “Bill” S. Preston Askew and Reeves played Ted “Theodore” Logan. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure It was such a huge hit that it spawned a trilogy and an animated series.
This Broadway news comes shortly after the arrival of Reeves, best known for his role as Neo in ‘The Mistake’. maths question and John Wick, but the reveal The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that he his knee bone broke While making Aziz Ansari’s comedy film, good fortune,
“What happened? Who came up to you?” Colbert asked.
“Nobody could reach me,” Reeves replied in a playful, stern voice. “The accident got me.”
Reeves explained that he was filming a scene with Ansari, 41, and Seth Rogen, 42. They were in the cold water and Reeves was enjoying it. After they finished, they started “putting their hands in the cold water” in a room with protective carpets. Unfortunately, while putting their hands in, his foot got stuck in a pocket.
Standing up for the demonstration, Reeves walked in front of Colbert’s desk and showed him how he fell, explaining how his knee buckled. “And I bounced. Like, bounced,” he said, miming the movement with his knee. “Just pressed it into the ground.”
“My kneecap, the patella, broke like potato chips,” he said.
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