Keanu ReevesandAlex Winterfans will be getting to see theBill & Tedstars in a very different collaboration soon, as the pair reunite for a special project. Swapping screen for stage, Reeves and Winter will join forces for the first time since 2020’sBill & Ted Face the Musicin a new Broadway revival of Samuel Beckett’sWaiting for Godot. While both stars are immediately recognized for their movie work, the play will actually be Reeves’ debut on Broadway.
InWaiting for Godot, Reeves is set to play the role of Estragon, and Winter plays Vladimir. The play is a well-known two-hander, which sees the characters standing together on a country road philosophizing on, and occasionally arguing over, many subjects, all while waiting for the mysterious Godot to arrive. The new production comes from Jamie Lloyd, who revealed that the entire idea for the revival came from Reeves himself. As perDeadline, Lloyd said:
“That’s going to be the central thesis of the production, with Keanu and Alex’s own friendship. When Keanu approached me, it was a no-brainer. Their instant chemistry and their shorthand and their friendship is going to be so valuable. This is a very deeply complex play, as we all know, but it’s also a very funny play, and they’re very witty people and their shared sense of humor in those movies and in real life is going to be very beneficial to the production.”
Bill and Ted Face the Music
Reeves and Winter, in their own statement, shared their excitement to take to the stage together in 2025. They said,“We’re incredibly excited to be on stage together and work with the great Jamie Lloyd in one of our favorite plays.”
Waiting for Godotcelebrated its 70th anniversary in 2023, and will do so again to mark the same milestone since it was first performed in English in 1955. Since its original Broadway debut in 1956, the show has been revived a number of times, with another pair of close friends, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, starring in its most recent interpretation in 2013.
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Over the last decade, Keanu Reeves has been more in demand than ever, having found huge success with theJohn Wickfranchise, and returning to some of his best-known roles in the belated sequels toThe MaxtrixandBill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.He is not slowing down in the future either, with several movies already in production, and hisrecently announcedBRZRKRadaptations heading to Netflix.
Although Winter’s name may not have topped movie posters as much as his partner in crime, the star has been busy behind the camera as much as in front of it. He has directed several movies in the last few years, while his latest starring role was in the Shudder original,Destroy All Neighbors. He also has several productions on his card, including as part of the ensemble cast of next year’sTheSmurfs Movie.
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However, there is really only one thing that fans want from them, and that is anotherBill & Tedmovie. Thesuccess ofBill & Ted Face the Musicstirred up a nostalgic wave that carried the film through some of its rough patches, and Winter previously revealed in January that a fourth movie is being written, it just “takes time” to get right. Whether their latest project will cause any delays in that coming to fruition is unclear, but in the meantime, the pair’s star attraction is sure to be a big draw for the latest iteration of Waiting for Godot, which will debut Fall 2025.
