Good Night, and Good Luck
Good Night, and Good Luck - 2025 Broadway History , Info & More
Winter Garden Theatre (Broadway)
1634 Broadway New York, NY 10019
Murrow and McCarthy are going head to head on Broadway! Hollywood superstar George Clooney makes his Broadway debut in Good Night, and Good Luck, which is based on his 2005 film. The play chronicles a time in American history when truth and journalistic integrity stood up to fearmongering and disinformation—and won.
David Cromer will direct Clooney in the electrifying stage adaptation, which is written by Clooney and Grant Heslov.
The 2005 film also starred David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson, Jeff Daniels, Robert Downey Jr., and Frank Langella. It earned Clooney directing and writing Oscar nominations, and the film was nominated for Best Picture.
What's it all about? It's the golden age of broadcast journalism and Edward R. Murrow’s legendary, history-altering, on-air showdown with Senator Joseph McCarthy. As McCarthyism casts a shadow over America, Murrow and his team at CBS choose to confront the growing tide of paranoia and propaganda, even if it means turning the federal government and a worried nation against them.
Edward Roscoe Murrow was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent. He first gained prominence during World War II with a series of live radio broadcasts from Europe for the news division of CBS. A pioneer of radio and television news broadcasting, Murrow produced a series of reports on his television program See It Now which helped lead to the censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Tune in and find out how the story unfolds on Broadway.
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FEATURED REVIEWS FOR Good Night, and Good Luck
‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ Theater Review: George Clooney Makes Restrained Broadway Debut in an Adaptation Most Notable for Its Timeliness
8 / 10
Irrespective of the strengths and weaknesses of Good Night, and Good Luck as theater, the personal commitment of Clooney, whose father is a former anchorman, seems heartfelt and impassioned. There’s no doubting the sincerity of his belief that this dark chapter of American history has something vital to impart to us in 2025.
Good Night, and Good Luck
4 / 10
Good Night, and Good Luck promises the familiar: What you’ve seen is what you get. It is selling nostalgia for the solemn journalistic ethics of men like Murrow, and perhaps also for the old-fashioned type of stoic and handsome leading man that George Clooney represents; the show’s publicity photos are even, like the film, in black and white. Onstage, the characters don't have much more color. In the movie... the camera fills in a lot of blanks... That can’t happen in the same way onstage, but Clooney and Heslov have made no effort to translate those feelings into language and gesture.
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Good Night, and Good Luck - 2025 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Drama League Awards | DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE | George Clooney |
| 2025 | Drama League Awards | OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY | David Cromer |
| 2025 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | John Gassner Award (new American play preferably by a new playwright) | Grant Heslov |
| 2025 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | John Gassner Award (new American play preferably by a new playwright) | George Clooney |
| 2025 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | John Gassner Award (new American play preferably by a new playwright) | George Clooney |
| 2025 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Play | Brenda Abbandandolo |
| 2025 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Play | Heather Gilbert |
| 2025 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Play | David Bengali |
| 2025 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | George Clooney |
| 2025 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Play | Scott Pask |
| 2025 | Tony Awards | Best Sound Design of a Play | Daniel Kluger |
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