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Godot on Broadway
Jun. 2nd, 2009 11:18 amOK, not Godot, just Didi and Gogo and Pozzo and Lucky. Godot still hasn't arrived.
But the current revival of Waiting for Godot - pronounced God-O this time - is at Studio 54 (converted back into a theater some years ago) and boasts a cast of Nathan Lane (Gogo), Bill Irwin (Didi), John Goodman (Pozzo) and John Glover (Lucky). And it's very entertaining. If you are expecting clarity from this most absurdist of plays, you are in the wrong place. But if you want to see four great talents take on the verbal (and physical) gymnastics of Beckett's work, if you want to find yourself laughing quite loudly even as you feel sorry for the protagonists, this is worth your time.
What's really fun, though, is knowing that in London right now, Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan are playing Gogo and Didi in a revival, too. And then trying to imagine how they are playing the parts based on what we saw. The idea of Nathan Lane and Patrick Stewart playing the same role is mindboggling. And yet, I can see it. Still doesn't mean that I think Lane can play Capt. Picard or that Stewart is Max Bialystoker, but Gogo seems like a good place to bridge the gap between them.
But the current revival of Waiting for Godot - pronounced God-O this time - is at Studio 54 (converted back into a theater some years ago) and boasts a cast of Nathan Lane (Gogo), Bill Irwin (Didi), John Goodman (Pozzo) and John Glover (Lucky). And it's very entertaining. If you are expecting clarity from this most absurdist of plays, you are in the wrong place. But if you want to see four great talents take on the verbal (and physical) gymnastics of Beckett's work, if you want to find yourself laughing quite loudly even as you feel sorry for the protagonists, this is worth your time.
What's really fun, though, is knowing that in London right now, Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan are playing Gogo and Didi in a revival, too. And then trying to imagine how they are playing the parts based on what we saw. The idea of Nathan Lane and Patrick Stewart playing the same role is mindboggling. And yet, I can see it. Still doesn't mean that I think Lane can play Capt. Picard or that Stewart is Max Bialystoker, but Gogo seems like a good place to bridge the gap between them.
