While the Samuel Beckett estate is notoriously rigid about changes to the Irish playwright’s texts, they seem cool with a quick air-guitar riff. That cheeky insertion, which comes right after Keanu Reeves ’ Estragon leans against Alex Winter ’s Vladimir and says, “Back to back like in the good old days,” gets the biggest laugh of Jamie Lloyd ’s mixed-bag Waiting for Godot revival. As soon as the production was announced, New York theater buffs were calling it Bill & Ted’s Existential Adventure , referring to the stars’ history in the sci-fi comedy trilogy named for their time-traveling metalheads.

While the Samuel Beckett estate is notoriously rigid about changes to the Irish playwright’s texts, they seem cool with a quick air-guitar riff. That cheeky insertion, which comes ri

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