Keanu Reeves Get ready for the bright lights of Broadway.
The 59-year-old actor will make his Broadway debut in fall 2025 waiting for godot. this matrix The star will play Estragon opposite Alex Winter who plays Vladimir. Of course, Reeves and Winter starred in the 1989 sci-fi classic, bill and ted’s bizarre adventure.
according to poster, waiting for godot is a revival of Samuel Beckett’s play. Jamie Lloyd (sunset strip, doll house) will direct, with his production company The Jamie Lloyd Company producing, along with ATG Productions, Bad Robot Live and Gavin Kalin Productions. The exact location of the production has yet to be determined, but it will take place at one of seven theaters owned by Ambassador Theater Group.
waiting for godot The play premiered in 1953. The play has been revived on stage three times since its premiere, and Reeves’s debut will soon be his fifth major performance. Ian McKellen, Robin Williams, Steve Martin and Patrick Stewart have all performed in past productions.
While this will be Reeves’ Broadway debut, Winter, 59, is no stranger to those bright lights. In 1979, he first appeared on Broadway in a production of peter pan and the king and me.
In 1989, Reeves and Winter starred in a comedy directed by Stephen Herek. Winter plays Mr. William “Bill” Preston and Reeves plays Ted “Theodore” Logan. bill and ted’s bizarre adventure became a huge success, so much so that it spawned a trilogy and animated series.
The Broadway news follows Reeves, best known for his role as Neo on Broadway. matrix and john wick, revealed The Late Show with Stephen Colbert That him broke his kneecap While filming Aziz Ansari’s comedy, blessing.
“What happened? Who’s looking for you?” Colbert asked.
“No one found me,” Levi responded in a playful, tough-guy voice. “The unexpected happened to me.”
Reeves shared that he was filming a scene with Ansari, 41, and Seth Rogen, 42. Once that was done, he began a “cold shuffle” in a room covered with protective carpeting. Unfortunately, as he shuffled, his foot got caught in the pocket.
Reeves stood up to demonstrate, walked to Colbert’s desk, showed him how he fell, and explained how his knees gave out. “Then I dunked. Like, dunked,” he said, mimicking the move with his knees. “Just drove it into the ground.”
He added, “My patella, my kneecap cracked like potato chips.”
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