Slater, the star of “Wicked: For Good” and the upcoming play “Marcel on the Train,” spoke about the close-knit theater community before he introduced the featured conversations, including “Chess” stars Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher; “The Queen of Versailles” actors and creatives Kristin Chenoweth, F. Murray Abraham, Stephen Schwartz, Michael Arden and Lindsey Ferrentino; “Waiting for Godot” leads Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter”; as well as “Ragtime” stars Caissie Levy, Brandon Uranowitz, John Clay III and director Lear DeBessonet. Samuel Beckett seems far removed from Bill and Ted, the two slacker buddies that made Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter famous, but the deep friendship forged by the duo while making the 1988 comedy “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure” and its two sequels was helpful in their stage dynamic in “Waiting for Godot.” “But I just would love people to walk out of the theater and just pay attention to certain signs of ‘are we going backwards or are we moving forward?’ And ‘what part are we actually playing in that?
Author: Rebecca Rubin
Published at: 2025-10-06 21:03:41
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