Waiting for Godot

We had great tickets to see Waiting for Godot last night. Although the play itself is a little weird at times, we would wager that this is the best production of it you could ever hope to see. Nathan Lane and Bill Irwin (both Tony winners) play Vladimir and Estragon, two seemingly homeless men waiting near a tree on a barren stretch of road for someone—or something—named Godot. To pass the time, they engage in absurd conversations and comical wordplay and nonsense. Irwin and Lane play off each other brilliantly and make an unusually tender pair of wanderers--they sound like an old married couple repeating recycled stories and trying to remind each other what happened yesterday. They are also very funny--Lane goes for the laughs a bit too overtly at times, but their comedic timing definitely makes this an entertaining production. Irwin's performance is Tony worthy in the CB's humble opinion. Amazingly enough, he didn't even receive a nomination.

John Goodman (who is huge!) plays Pozzo, an "upperclass" bully and windbag who is attached by a rope to his subhuman slave, Lucky. John Glover plays Lucky, and his performance is pretty amazing--he brings out Lucky's madness, his stubborn determination to stick with Pozzo at all costs, his bursts of violence, and his vulnerability, all the time looking like a cross between a ghost and a man. These four actors are at the top of their game and bring this classic to life in a completely memorable way. We were glad to have seen it!
Once again Jeff Goldblum was in the audience with the same young lady as last night!