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As You Lake It
The best summary of Waiting for Godot may be Act II’s first stage direction: ” Next day. Same time. Same place.” Samuel Beckett intended that “same place” to be a country road, but in the Classical Theatre of Harlem’s boisterous new production, the locale has been radically shifted to a rooftop above a flooded landscape, […]
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He’ll Go On
John Turturro is fussing with his hat. But there’s nothing trivial about his consternation: he’s preparing to play Estragon in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot at the Classic Stage Company, and anyone familiar with the play knows the Laurel and Hardyinspired bowlers are no mere laughing matter. The critic Hugh Kenner observed that they “are […]