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Who Played Pozzo in Waiting for Godot

Pozzo is a role in Waiting for Godot, a play that opened Broadway in 2013.

Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart star on Broadway in a limited season repertoire of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land and Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, directed by Sean Mathias, in the fall of 2013. Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot follows two consecutive days in the lives of Vladimir (Patrick Stewart) and Estragon (Ian McKellen), who divert themselves by clowning around, joking and arguing, while waiting expectantly and unsuccessfully for the mysterious Godot. Waiting for Godot premiered in Paris in 1953, followed by London in 1955 and eventually opened in New York in 1956.

17 actors have played Pozzo in Waiting for Godot.

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Performer Production Opened
Kurt Kasznar Broadway Waiting for Godot 1956
Rex Ingram Broadway Waiting for Godot 1957
Ed Bordo Off-Broadway Waiting for Godot 1971
Edward Winter Off-Broadway Waiting for Godot 1971
Larry Bryggman Off-Broadway Waiting for Godot 1971
Keith David Off-Broadway Waiting for Godot 1981
Dan Butler Off-Broadway Waiting for Godot 1988
F. Murray Abraham Off-Broadway Waiting for Godot 1988
Ed Setrakian Off-Broadway Waiting for Godot 2005
Chris McKinney Off-Broadway Waiting for Godot 2006
John Ahlin Broadway Waiting for Godot 2009
John Goodman Broadway Waiting for Godot 2009
Colin Ryan Broadway Waiting for Godot 2013
Shuler Hensley Broadway Waiting for Godot 2013
Dominic J. Moore Off-Broadway Waiting for Godot 2015
Ajay Naidu Off-Broadway Waiting for Godot 2023
Brandon J. Dirden Broadway Waiting for Godot 2025

Other Roles in Waiting for Godot

Role Production Opened
Boy Broadway Waiting for Godot 2013
Estragon Broadway Waiting for Godot 2013
Lucky Broadway Waiting for Godot 2013
Pozzo Broadway Waiting for Godot 2013
Vladimir Broadway Waiting for Godot 2013

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