Editing Waiting for Godot (section)

===2000 to present===
[[Neil Armfield]] directed a controversial production in January 2003 with [[Max Cullen]] as Estragon, [[John Gaden]] as Vladimir, Boddan Koca as Pozzo and [[Steve Le Marquand]] as Lucky at Sydney's [[Belvoir St Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://belvoir.com.au/productions/waiting-for-godot/ |title=Belvoir St. Theatre - Past Shows: "Waiting for Godot" |website=Belvoir.com.au |access-date=2023-02-24 |archive-date=21 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521014827/https://belvoir.com.au/productions/waiting-for-godot/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A representative of Beckett's estate was present at opening night and had believed a contract for the play had stated that no music was to be used in the production.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theconversation.com/review-sydneys-newest-godot-is-a-bold-and-ambitious-success-19904|title=Review: Sydney's newest Godot is a bold and ambitious success|first=Anthony|last=Uhlmann|website=The Conversation|date=18 November 2013|access-date=4 March 2023|archive-date=4 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304140900/http://theconversation.com/review-sydneys-newest-godot-is-a-bold-and-ambitious-success-19904|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 16 April 2006, BBC Radio 3 broadcast a production directed by [[John Tydeman]], with [[Sean Barrett (actor)|Sean Barrett]] as Vladimir, [[David Burke (British actor)|David Burke]] as Estragon, [[Nigel Anthony]] as Lucky and The Narrator, [[Terence Rigby]] as Pozzo and Zachary Fox as The Boy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f3d1e4a53cf444248efad8961d8a53e1 |title=Drama on 3: "Waiting for Godot" |website=BBC Programme Index |date=16 April 2006 |access-date=2023-02-23 |archive-date=23 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223194241/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f3d1e4a53cf444248efad8961d8a53e1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 2 and 3 November 2007, two performances were staged in the [[Lower Ninth Ward]] of [[New Orleans]], two years after the neighborhood had been devastated by the [[Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans|failure of the federal levee system]] caused by [[Hurricane Katrina]]. This was followed by two performances in the similarly damaged neighborhood [[Gentilly, New Orleans|Gentilly]] on 9 and 10 November. The production was staged by American artist [[Paul Chan (artist)|Paul Chan]], the NYC-based arts organization [[Creative Time]], and the [[Classical Theatre of Harlem]]. It featured New Orleans native [[Wendell Pierce]] as Vladimir, J. Kyle Manzay as Estragon, Tony Felix and Michael Pepp as Boy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/nov/12/usa.media|title=The lower ninth ward meets Samuel Beckett|date=12 November 2007|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=28 November 2018|archive-date=21 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521013132/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/nov/12/usa.media|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://creativetime.org/programs/archive/2007/chan/welcome.html | title=Waiting for Godot in New Orleans | access-date=29 November 2018 | archive-date=29 November 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129100125/http://creativetime.org/programs/archive/2007/chan/welcome.html | url-status=live }}</ref> [https://creativetime.org/programs/archive/2007/chan/play.html Waiting for Godot in New Orleans]

On 30 April 2009, a production directed by [[Sean Mathias]], with Sir [[Ian McKellen]] as Estragon and Sir [[Patrick Stewart]] as Vladimir, opened at the [[Haymarket Theatre]] in London's West End. Their performances received critical acclaim, and were the subject of an eight-part documentary series called ''Theatreland'', which was produced by [[Sky Arts]]. The production was revived at the same theatre in January 2010 for 11 weeks and in 2010 toured internationally with [[Roger Rees]] replacing Stewart as Vladimir.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sir Ian McKellen to play in Fugard Theatre in July |url=https://www.mediaupdate.co.za/media/26979/sir-ian-mckellen-to-play-in-fugard-theatre-in-july |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=Media Update |date=21 June 2010 |language=en |archive-date=21 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521014829/https://www.mediaupdate.co.za/media/26979/sir-ian-mckellen-to-play-in-fugard-theatre-in-july |url-status=live }}</ref> This production toured to [[Adelaide]], South Australia, in June 2010, playing at [[Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide|Her Majesty's]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Rodda | first=Paul | title=Waiting for Godot | website=The Barefoot Review | url=https://www.thebarefootreview.com.au/archive/2010/71-waiting-for-godot.html | date=2010 | access-date=6 April 2022 | archive-date=25 March 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325194619/http://www.thebarefootreview.com.au/archive/2010/71-waiting-for-godot.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=lenny2010>{{cite web | last=Lenny | first=Barry | title=Waiting for Godot  | website=Glam Adelaide | date=10 June 2010 | url=https://glamadelaide.com.au/waiting-for-godot/ | access-date=6 April 2022}}</ref>

A 2009 Broadway revival of the play starring [[Nathan Lane]] as Estragon, [[John Goodman]] as Pozzo, [[John Glover (actor)|John Glover]] as Lucky and [[Bill Irwin]] as Vladimir was nominated for three [[Tony Award]]s: Best Revival of a Play, Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play (John Glover), and Best Costume Design of a Play (Jane Greenwood).<ref>{{cite web | title=Nominations / 2009 | website=The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards | url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2009/category/any/show/any/ | access-date=6 April 2022 | archive-date=11 December 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211203118/https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2009/category/any/show/any/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/waiting-for-godot-481504 |title=Internet Broadway Database: Waiting for Godot, 2009 |website=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=2023-02-10 |archive-date=10 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210194702/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/waiting-for-godot-481504 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2012, a critically acclaimed production starred [[Alan Mandell]], [[Barry McGovern]], [[James Cromwell]], and Hugo Armstrong at the [[Mark Taper Forum]] in Los Angeles, receiving five [[Ovation Awards]], including best production of a play by a large theater and for actors Alan Mandell and Hugo Armstrong.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ng |first=David |date=November 12, 2012 |title=Center Theatre Group, Celebration Theatre top 2012 Ovation Awards |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-ovation-awards-center-theatre-group-20121112-story.html |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |archive-date=21 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521013611/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-ovation-awards-center-theatre-group-20121112-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

For the [[Stratford Festival]]'s 61st season in 2013, Jennifer Tarver directed a new production at the Tom Patterson Theatre starring [[Brian Dennehy]] as Pozzo, [[Stephen Ouimette]] as Estragon, Tom Rooney as Vladimir and [[Randy Hughson]] as Lucky.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stratfordfestival.ca/OnStage/productions.aspx?id=20239&prodid=47015 |title=Stratford Festival - Waiting for Godot - About the Play |access-date=1 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804122751/http://www.stratfordfestival.ca/OnStage/productions.aspx?id=20239&prodid=47015 |archive-date=4 August 2013}}</ref>

A new production directed by [[Sean Mathias]] with [[Ian McKellen]] as Estragon, [[Patrick Stewart]] as Vladimir, [[Billy Crudup]] as Lucky and [[Shuler Hensley]] as Pozzo began previews at the [[James Earl Jones Theatre|Cort Theatre]] on Broadway on October 26, 2013, and ran from November 24, 2013, to March 30, 2014.<ref name="NYT-20131112" /><ref name="NYT-20131124">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/25/theater/reviews/no-mans-land-and-waiting-for-godot-at-the-cort.html|title=Filling the Existential Void – ''No Man's Land'' and ''Waiting for Godot'', at the Cort|last=Brantley|first=Ben|author-link=Ben Brantley|date=24 November 2013|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=24 November 2013|url-access=subscription|archive-date=25 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131125125944/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/25/theater/reviews/no-mans-land-and-waiting-for-godot-at-the-cort.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="godot-2013-mckellen">{{cite web|url=http://www.mckellen.com/stage/godot/broadway-2013/index.htm|title=Waiting for Godot (Broadway 2013)|work=Ian McKellen Official Home Page|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626010717/http://www.mckellen.com/stage/godot/broadway-2013/index.htm|archive-date=26 June 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=27 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/waiting-for-godot-494777 |title=Internet Broadway Database: Waiting for Godot, 2013-2014 |website=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=2023-02-10 |archive-date=10 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110232501/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/waiting-for-godot-494777 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Sydney Theatre Company]] staged ''Godot'' in November 2013 with [[Richard Roxburgh]] as Estragon, [[Hugo Weaving]] as Vladimir, and [[Philip Quast]] as Pozzo, directed by [[Andrew Upton]].<ref name="OZ" />

In November 2018, the Druid Theater Company staged ''Godot'' at the [[Gerald W. Lynch Theater]] at [[John Jay College]] in [[Manhattan]] starring Garrett Lombard, Aaron Monaghan, Marty Rea and Rory Nolan and directed by [[Garry Hynes]].<ref name="NYT-20181104">{{cite news|last=Brantley|first=Ben|author-link=Ben Brantley|title=Review: A ''Waiting for Godot'' as Comically Futile as a Looney Tune|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/theater/waiting-for-godot-review-druid-theater.html|date=4 November 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=10 November 2018|archive-date=10 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110095513/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/theater/waiting-for-godot-review-druid-theater.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In October 2020, a production of ''Godot'' was performed at the Centre for the Less Good Idea in [[Johannesburg]], South Africa, "the first physical event [before a live audience] since the start of South Africa's nationwide [COVID-19] lockdown earlier [that] year."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://creativefeel.co.za/2020/10/embodying-beckett-waiting-for-godot-at-the-centre-for-the-less-good-idea/ |title=Embodying Beckett: 'Waiting for Godot' at The Centre for the Less Good Idea |website=Creative feel |date=21 October 2020 |access-date=2023-02-24 |archive-date=28 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928082332/https://creativefeel.co.za/2020/10/embodying-beckett-waiting-for-godot-at-the-centre-for-the-less-good-idea/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Directed by Phala Ookeditse Phala, the cast included Tony Bonani Miyambo as Estragon, Billy Langa as Vladimir, Jemma Kahn as Lucky and The Boy and Stefania Du Toit as Pozzo.

In May 2021 during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], a production, directed by Scott Elliot with [[Ethan Hawke]] as Vladimir, [[John Leguizamo]] as Estragon, [[Wallace Shawn]] as Lucky and [[Black Thought|Tariq Trotter]] as Pozzo, was performed online in the style of a [[Zoom (software)|Zoom]] [[Teleconference|teleconference call]] with each actor performing on camera from their respective locations.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14507448/?ref_=tt_sims_tt_t_2 |title=Waiting for Godot |website=[[IMDb.com]] |access-date=26 January 2023 |archive-date=21 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521015340/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14507448/?ref_=tt_sims_tt_t_2 |url-status=live }}</ref> The production was presented by [[The New Group]] and broadcast by the Off Stage Broadway production company for rental or full-access pass.

In New York City, the [[Theatre for a New Audience]] staged a production from November 4, 2023, to December 3, 2023 (extended to December 23, 2023) with [[Paul Sparks]] as Estragon, [[Michael Shannon]] as Vladimir, [[Ajay Naidu]] as Pozzo, and Jeff Biehl as Lucky. It was directed by Arin Arbus.<ref>{{cite news|last=Collins-Hughes|first=Laura|title='Waiting for Godot' Review: Old Friends Falling in and Out of Sync|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/14/theater/waiting-for-godot-review.html|date=14 November 2023|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=10 December 2023|archive-date=10 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210163718/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/14/theater/waiting-for-godot-review.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://playbill.com/article/michael-shannon-and-paul-sparks-led-waiting-for-godot-extends-off-broadway-for-the-2nd-time|title=Michael Shannon and Paul Sparks-Led Waiting for Godot Extends Off-Broadway For the 2nd Time|website=Playbill|date=5 December 2023|access-date=10 December 2023|archive-date=10 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210185237/https://playbill.com/article/michael-shannon-and-paul-sparks-led-waiting-for-godot-extends-off-broadway-for-the-2nd-time|url-status=live}}</ref>

A new production directed by [[James Macdonald (director)|James Macdonald]] is currently running in [[London]]'s [[West End theatre|West End]] for a limited run with [[Ben Whishaw]] as Vladimir, [[Lucian Msamati]] as Estragon, Tom Edden as Lucky and Jonathan Slinger as Pozzo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cast & Creative - Waiting For Godot {{!}} West End, London 2024 |url=https://waitingforgodotplay.com/cast-creative/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=waitingforgodotplay.com/ |language=en-GB}}</ref> The role of The Boy is shared by Luca Fone, Alexander Joseph and Ellis Pang.<ref>Waiting for Godot theatre programme, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London.</ref> The show began performances on 13 September 2024 at the [[Theatre Royal Haymarket]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wiegand |first=Chris |date=2023-12-07 |title=Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati to star in West End production of Waiting for Godot |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/dec/07/ben-whishaw-and-lucian-msamati-to-star-in-west-end-production-of-waiting-for-godot |access-date=2024-04-18 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=21 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521013621/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/dec/07/ben-whishaw-and-lucian-msamati-to-star-in-west-end-production-of-waiting-for-godot |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lukowski |first=Andrzej |date=2024-02-23 |title=Tickets are now on sale to see Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati in Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot' |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/news/ben-whishaw-will-star-in-samuel-becketts-waiting-for-godot-in-the-west-end-next-year-120723 |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=Time Out London |language=en-GB |archive-date=21 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521015336/https://www.timeout.com/london/news/ben-whishaw-will-star-in-samuel-becketts-waiting-for-godot-in-the-west-end-next-year-120723 |url-status=live }}</ref>