Last season, Broadway was bombarded by celebs.<\/p>\n
It was a Lazy Susan of Oscar winners plopped in even lazier productions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tickets for forgettable-to-\u201cavert your eyes!\u201d plays starring Denzel Washington, Robert Downey, Jr., George Clooney and Kieran Culkin went for as high as $900 a pop<\/a>.<\/p>\n The nasty habit hasn\u2019t abated this fall, though we\u2019re noticeably starting to move a few rows back at the Academy Awards. In most cases, we\u2019re firmly at the Emmys.<\/p>\n Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter star in a new revival of \u201cWaiting for Godot\u201d on Broadway. Bruce Glikas\/WireImage<\/p>\n Will these stars onstage mark more box-office triumphs and critical smackdowns?<\/p>\n Who will dart up to the mic stand at June\u2019s Tony Awards, like Sarah Snook from \u201cSuccession\u201d did<\/a> last this summer, and who will slink back home to Malibu in shame on closing night?<\/p>\n Who will fly? And who will flop?<\/p>\n One of the hottest shows opens next week: A revival of \u201cWaiting for Godot\u201d starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter. \u201cBill and Ted\u2019s Aburdist Adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n Sources say John Wick has a strong $10 million advance.<\/p>\n \t\t\tMore From\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJohnny Oleksinski<\/p>\n Naturally. He\u2019s the season\u2019s biggest name by far, and tix cost as much as $670 face value. Still, at many performances you can get in for $120.\u00a0<\/p>\n One boon is director Jamie Lloyd. His revival of \u201cSunset Boulevard\u201d<\/a> just won a Tony.\u00a0<\/p>\n One horrifying risk is Jamie Lloyd. His revival of \u201cRomeo and Juliet\u201d<\/a> in London with \u201cSpider-Man\u201d Tom Holland was poisonous and deservedly mocked.<\/p>\n The \u201cMatrix\u201d star isn\u2019t known for his booming voice. But Lloyd is known for cranking up the volume so famous faces can breathily whisper. No matter how reviews shake out, \u201cGodot\u201d will sell.<\/p>\n \u201cHacks\u201d star Jean Smart\u2019s play \u201cCall Me Izzy\u201d got negative reviews from critics. Getty Images<\/p>\n A couple A-List projects already happened, for better or worse.\u00a0<\/p>\n Jean Smart surely got a mood lift from her fourth Emmy win for \u201cHacks\u201d last Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n Because her awful one-woman show \u201cCall is Izzy\u201d at Studio 54 was ripped to shreds by reviewers <\/a>and played to half-full houses. A Tony nod would be a tall order.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, \u201cArt\u201d with James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris and Bobby Cannavale, which opened last week <\/a>to a polite response, has an $8 million advance, I\u2019m told.\u00a0<\/p>\n The comedy\u2019s OK, but Corden got the strongest notices. The former \u201cLate Late Show\u201d host must be over the moon this week to be the former \u201cLate Late Show\u201d host.<\/p>\n James Corden, Bobby Cannavale and Neil Patrick Harris star in a revival of \u201cArt.\u201d Bruce Glikas\/FilmMagic<\/p>\n Three legit stage stars are back on the boards \u2014 under very different circumstances.<\/p>\n The reliably fantastic Laurie Metcalf plays a cranky aunt in a moving new play by Samuel D. Hunter (\u201cThe Whale\u201d) called \u201cLittle Bear Ridge Road.\u201d I liked it a lot at Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago.<\/p>\n