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Review - Waiting for Godot
Finding Beckett's Merrier Side

New York Times

Tramps for Eternity
Anthony Page’s smart, engaging production of “Waiting for Godot” makes it clear that this greatest of 20th-century plays is also entertainment of a high order.

New York Daily News

A 'Godot' well worth the wait
They're still cooling their heels. Estragon and Vladimir, that is, the ratty roadside tramps of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot."Read more:

amNY New York City Theater

Theater Review of Waiting for Godot
In its way, “Waiting for Godot” is the original “Seinfeld.” Two homeless tramps wait for a mysterious stranger to arrive and nothing much else happens. Meanwhile, they eat food, play games, perform impersonations and contemplate killing themselves.

Newsday

This masterly 'Godot' a clowning achievement

New York Post

Gogo to see this much ado about nothing
'Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful!" It's not a very eventful day for Estragon, half of the...

Hartford Courant

New York Stage: Don't Wait For 'Godot,' An Absorbing Revival
It has been a season of superb performances in great plays, but nothing can quite match the new "Waiting for Godot," which opened Thursday at Studio 54.

Bergen Record

Nathan Lane and Bill Irwin revive 'Waiting for Godot'
...They haven’t stowed their public personalities — they couldn’t really, unless they labored to disguise the ways they walk and talk — but they’ve successfully integrated them into Beckett’s creations.

Associated Press

Review: Lane-Irwin Balance Emotions in 'Godot'
It's not easy handling the comic absurdity and terrifying despair that snake hand-in-hand throughout ''Waiting for Godot,'' but the Roundabout Theatre Company's striking revival does justice to both.

Wall Street Journal

The End of a Long Wait
The Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of "Waiting for Godot" is beautifully simple and straightforward -- and very, very funny.

Bloomberg.com

Nathan Lane Tramps Through `Godot,' `9-5' Sings Hello, Dolly: John Simon
Capped by a memorable comic performance from Nathan Lane, the Roundabout Theatre Company has solidly revived Samuel Beckett’s seminal 1953 play, “Waiting for Godot.”

USA Today

Accessible 'Godot,' absurd '9 to 5' round out Broadway season ...

Variety

Review: Waiting for Godot
Anthony Page's transcendent production showcases four distinctive actors at the top of their game.

Hollywood Reporter

Theater Review: Waiting for Godot
Bottom Line: Don't wait to see this superb revival of Beckett's timeless work.

BackStage

Waiting for Godot reviewed by David Sheward
Samuel Beckett's existentialist cry of despair spotlights the tedium humans face as they realize that their pursuits and objectives are meaningless.

TheaterMania

Review: Waiting for Godot
Nathan Lane and Bill Irwin star in Anthony Page's imbalanced production of Samuel Beckett's tragicomedy.

Peter Filichia's Diary: Waiting, Waiting ... Godot's Late Again
Halfway through Wednesday’s matinee of Waiting for Godot, from the back of the theater we heard a man scream out, “Let me out! Get me out of here!” Soon the door on the 55th Street side of Studio 54 was flung open, and off he sped out of this dark play and into the sunshine. He must have agreed with a certain line in the play: “I’ve been better entertained.”

Talkin' Broadway

Review: Waiting for Godot
This production, which has been directed by Anthony Page, says nothing new about this existential daymare of a play. But it says that nothing with such satisfied joie de vivre, you occasionally think you’re seeing a newer and more profound take than you’ve seen (or read) countless times before. . . .