John Glover replaces David Strathairn in the role of 'Lucky'

John Glover will portray 'Lucky' in Roundabout Theatre Company's new Broadway production of Waiting for Godot, directed by Anthony Page and starring Nathan Lane (Estragon), Bill Irwin (Vladimir) and John Goodman (Pozzo).

David Strathairn was previously announced to play 'Lucky.' He withdrew from the production prior to rehearsals. There has been no explanation for his withdrewal

Jonn Glover was last seen on Broadway when he played the 'The Man in Chair' in 'The Drowsy Chaperone' (replacement). Other Broadway credits include playing the lead role in 'Tartuffe' (1996 revival) and 'James' & 'John Jeckyll' in 'Love! Valour! Compassion!' (1995) for which he won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He is known to fans of the TV series Smallville for playing the role of 'Lionel Luthor.'

Waiting for Godot opens at Studio 54 on 30 Apr 2009, following previews from 3 Apr and is playing a limited engagement through to 5 Jul 2009.

Waiting for Godot's story revolves around two seemingly homeless men waiting for someone � or something � named Godot. Vladimir (Bill Irwin) and Estragon (Nathan Lane) wait near a tree on a barren stretch of road, inhabiting a drama spun from their own consciousness. The result is a comical wordplay of poetry, dreamscapes and nonsense, which has been interpreted as a somber summation of mankind�s inexhaustible search for meaning.

Two-time Tony Award winner Nathan Lane (The Producers, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum) returns to Roundabout following the production of 'The Man Who Came to Dinner' (2000) at the American Airlines Theatre. Lane starred on Broadway earlier this year as 'President Charles Smith' in Mamet's political comedy 'November.'

Tony Award winner Bill Irwin (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) returns to Roundabout Theatre Company for the first time since directing and starring in his off-Broadway adaptation of 'Scapin' in 1997 and directing George Feydeau�s 'A Flea in Her Ear' in 1998, both at the Laura Pels Theatre.

John Goodman's Broadway credits are 'Loose Ends' (1979 - replacement) and 'Big River' (1985). Off-Broadway he has starred in Public Theater productions of 'Henry IV Part I,' 'The Skin of Our Teeth,' and 'The Seagull,' and in the National Actors Theatre's 'The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui.' He will forever be known to TV audiances as 'Dan Conner' from the hit comedy series 'Roseanne,' for which he was nominated for seven Emmy Awards. His many film credits include: 'Speed Racer,' 'Evan Almighty' and 'The Flintstones,' to name but a few.

Tony Award-winning director Anthony Page (A Doll's House) most recently directed Bill Irwin in his Tony Award-winning performance of 'Who�s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' and returns to Roundabout having directed 'Inadmissible Evidence' on Broadway in 1981 and The Caretaker off-Broadway in 1982.

A cornerstone of twentieth century theatre, Waiting for Godot was Samuel Beckett�s first professionally produced play. It premiered in Paris in 1953 and premiered on Broadway in 1956 at the John Golden Theatre. Beckett�s language pioneered an expressionistic minimalism that captured the existentialism of post-World War II Europe.

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