Waiting for Godot Revival
2 hours and 15 minutes, with one intermission
Waiting for Godot - 2013 Broadway History , Info & More
James Earl Jones Theater (Broadway)
138 West 48th St. New York, NY
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.
Waiting for Godot - 2013 - Broadway Cast
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No Man's Land/Waiting for Godot: Theater Review
8 / 10
The main roles in Godot – another pared-down play famous for the fact that nothing happens – in many ways are imperfect mirror images of Hirst and Spooner, wearing bowler hats that make them appear like a vagabond Laurel and Hardy. Stewart’s Vladimir, affectionately known as Didi, is the restless thinker, blindly clinging to the belief that the enigmatic title figure will show up for a designated appointment beneath a dead tree. McKellen’s wheezing Estragon, or Gogo, is more enfeebled, both physically and mentally. His memory is as broken as his feet, requiring Didi every day to remind him of the previous day’s events. As irascible and indulgent with each other as any old married couple, they often wonder if they wouldn’t have been better off alone. The one thing they consistently agree on is that hanging themselves from the tree would be a fine idea, if only they had some rope.
Reviews: Pairing Up Waiting for Godot and No Man’s Land
8 / 10
And then, while you may be out having dinner, all the names change. Spooner and Hirst become Godot’s Estragon and Vladimir, the forlorn tramps condemned to an eternity of frustrated hope. Briggs becomes Pozzo, the fatuous landowner on whose property they trespass, and Foster becomes Lucky, his quasi-equine luggage-toting slave. The handsome sets by Stephen Brimson Lewis make a transition as well; when the curtain rises this time, Hirst’s home has lifted away to reveal, in Beckett’s woeful description of the setting, “A country road. A tree.” All that remains of Pinter’s poshness is the ruined classical frame at the proscenium, calling to mind an ancient theater.
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Waiting for Godot History
Other Productions of Waiting for Godot
| 1956 | Broadway |
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| 1957 | Broadway |
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| 1971 | Off-Broadway |
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| 1981 | Off-Broadway |
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| 1988 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 2005 | Off-Broadway |
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| 2006 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 2009 | Broadway |
Roundabout Revival Broadway |
| 2010 | West End |
Return Engagement [West End] West End |
| 2013 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 2015 | Off-Broadway |
Gare St Lazare Ireland and Dublin Theatre Festival Production Off-Broadway |
| 2017 | West End |
Arts Theatre Revival West End |
| 2021 | Off-Broadway |
TFANA's Off-Broadway Production Off-Broadway |
| 2023 | Off-Broadway |
Theatre for a New Audience Off-Broadway Production Off-Broadway |
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| 2025 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Production Broadway |
Waiting for Godot - 2013 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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| 2014 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Patrick Stewart |
| 2014 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Waiting for Godot |
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