WAITING FOR GODOT’s Irwin and Glover on NY1 “On Stage”

ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY 

Waiting for Godot’s

Bill Irwin and John Glover

will be featured on

NY1’s “On Stage” this weekend, beginning Saturday, July 4^th

on Channel 1

“This ‘Waiting for Godot’ is a smart, engaging production and deeply satisfying. Mr. Page and his cast generate brisk comic liveliness throughout the show with tasty variety of style and pacing enforced by the grace of fine actors. ”

 – Ben Brantley, New York Times

“Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival is beautifully simple — and very, very funny.”

– Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal 

Bill Irwin and John Glover, currently starring in Roundabout Theatre Company’s Waiting for Godot, will be featured on NY1’s “On Stage” this weekend beginning Saturday, July 4^th on channel 1.  Bill and John sit down with NY1’s Patrick Pacheco to discuss this highly acclaimed Broadway revival.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) presents (in order of speaking) Nathan Lane (Estragon), Bill Irwin (Vladimir), John Goodman (Pozzo) and John Glover (Lucky) in a new Broadway production of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, directed by Tony® award winner Anthony Page.

Waiting for Godot opened officially on Thursday, April 30^th, 2009 at Studio 54 on Broadway (254 West 54^th Street) the limited engagement has been extended through July 12^th, 2009.

The cast also includes Cameron Clifford (A Boy) and Matthew Schechter (A Boy).  The design team includes Santo Loquasto (Sets), Jane Greenwood (Costumes), Peter Kaczorowski (Lights) and Dan Moses Schreier (Sound).

Waiting for Godot remains Samuel Beckett’s most magical and beautiful allegory.  The story revolves around two seemingly homeless men waiting for someone – or something – named Godot.  Vladimir (Bill Irwin) and Estragon (Nathan 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. 

TICKET INFORMATION:

Tickets are available by calling Roundabout Ticket Services at (212)719-1300, online at www.roundabouttheatre.org or at the Studio 54 theatre box office (254 West 54^th Street).

Ticket prices range from $36.50 to $121.50.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:

Waiting for Godot plays Tuesday through Saturday evening at 8:00 p.m. with Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m.