Waiting for Godot Pushes Up Broadway Previews to April 3

Roundabout Theatre Company’s upcoming revival of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting For Godot, starring Nathan Lane, Bill Irwin, John Goodman and David Strathairn, will begin preview performances a week earlier than originally announced. The production, directed by Anthony Page, was originally slated to being playing April 10 at Studio 54 with opening set for April 30. Godot will now start previews on April 3; opening night remains the same.

Waiting for Godot revolves around two seemingly homeless men waiting for someone—or something—named Godot. Vladimir Irwin and Estragon Lane wait near a tree on a barren stretch of road, inhabiting a drama spun from their own consciousness. The result is a comical wordplay of poetry, dreamscapes and nonsense, which has been interpreted as a somber summation of mankind’s inexhaustible search for meaning. Goodman will play Pozzo, while Strathairn has been cast as Lucky in a cast that will also include Matthew Schechter Boy.

Considered a cornerstone of twentieth century theatre, Waiting for Godot premiered in Paris in 1953 and marked Beckett’s first professionally produced play. The show premiered on Broadway in 1956 at the Golden Theatre, starring Bert Lahr and E.G. Marshall.

A limited engagement, Godot’s design team includes Santo Loquasto sets, Jane Greenwood costumes and Peter Kaczorowski lights.