Bill & Blair

Waiting for Godot's first production in the U.S. was in Miami in 1955, starring Bert Lahr and Tom Ewell (replaced by E.G. Marshall before Broadway).
It was promoted as "the laugh sensation of two continents!"
The Miami audience of tourists didn't agree, many leaving at intermission. 
It was fortunately better received in NYC.

And FAR better received a few years later when performed in San Quentin prison.
It inspired the formation of a drama group by the prisoners who went on to perform seven of Becket's plays.