The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ) continues their successful season themed “Take Flight” with the Main Stage production of Samuel Beckett’s groundbreaking tragicomedy, Waiting for Godot.
What’s most surprising about the excellent Geffen Playhouse production of Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot,” starring Rainn Wilson (“The Office” and Aasif Mandvi (“The Daily Show,” “This Way Up”), ...
They’re clowns, tramps, philosophers, nihilists. They are turnip-gathering, hat-passing hobos, shabby in their rumpled dignity. Vladimir and Estragon, AKA “Didi” and “Gogo.” In the eyes of playwright ...
Waiting for Godot has been called ‘the play of the century,’ but that accolade doesn’t make staging Samuel Beckett’s most significant piece easy. The Irish playwright, who died in 1989, banned ...
No one ever goes gentle into the night of Samuel Beckett. No one jumps in excitement at the chance to see one of his plays. Calling his works “plays” is an oxymoron. They are bleak and dark, ...
Having premiered in Paris in 1953, Samuel Beckett's masterpiece was first performed in English in London in 1955 – and was promptly named "Most Controversial Play" at the inaugural Evening Standard ...