There is perhaps no more fitting backdrop for a production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot—whose main characters, Didi and Gogo, spend two acts waiting for a man who never arrives—than New Orleans, where some residents died waiting for rescue after Katrina struck and others still have still yet to see their neighborhoods rebuilt. Earlier this month, the Classical Theatre of Harlem, together with Creative Time, a New York-based art collective, wrapped up a two-week New Orleans run of Beckett's most renowned work. Across New Orleans, telephone poles bore simple signs with the first three lines of the play: "A country road. A tree. Evening." "Any empty lot or street corner in New Orleans could serve as the setting for Godot," says Paul Chan, the artist behind the project. Read the full story here.