Keanu Reeves is ready for the bright lights on Broadway.
The 59-year-old actor is set to make his Broadway debut in fall 2025 in Waiting for Godot. The Matrix star will play the role of Estragon, starring opposite Alex Winter, who will play the role of Vladimir. Reeves and Winter, of course, starred in the 1989 sci-fi classic, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.
According to Playbill, Waiting for Godot is a revival of Samuel Beckett’s play. Jamie Lloyd (Sunset Boulevard, A Doll’s House) is set to direct, and his production company, The Jamie Lloyd Company, along with ATG Productions, Bad Robot Live and Gavin Kalin Productions, are set to produce. An exact location has not yet been chosen for the production, but it will be held at a one of the seven theaters owned by the Ambassador Theatre Group.
Waiting for Godot first premiered in 1953. The play follows two acquaintances pondering the meaning a life. Since its debut, the play has been reimagined three more times onstage, with Reeves’ debut soon to be its fifth major staging. Ian McKellen, Robin Williams, Steve Martin and Patrick Stewart are among those who were previously featured in past productions.
While this will be Reeves’ Broadway debut, Winter, 59, is no stranger to these bright lights. He first appeared on Broadway in 1979 in productions of Peter Pan and The King & I.
Reeves and Winter starred in the 1989 comedy directed by Stephen Herek. Winter starred as William “Bill” S. Preston Esq and Reeves as Ted “Theodore” Logan. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure became a monumental hit, so much so that it spawned a trilogy and an animated series.
The Broadway news comes on the heels of Reeves, best known for his role as Neo in The Matrix and John Wick, revealing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that he broke his kneecap while filming Aziz Ansari’s comedy, Good Fortune.
“What happened? Who got to you?” Colbert asked.
“No one got to me,” Reeves replied in a playful tough-guy voice. “Accident got to me.”
Reeves shared that he was filming a scene with Ansari, 41, and Seth Rogen, 42. They were in a cold plunge, and Reeves was enjoying it. After finishing, he started doing the “cold shuffle” in a room with protective carpets. Unfortunately, his foot got caught in a pocket while he was shuffling.
Standing up to demonstrate, Reeves walked in front of Colbert’s desk and showed him how he fell, explaining how his knee gave way. “And I spiked. Like, spiked,” he said, mimicking the motion with his knee. “Just drove it into the ground.”
He added, “My patella, kneecap, cracked like a potato chip.”
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