George Clooney is planning to make his Broadway debut subsequent spring in a stage adaptation of his 2005 movie “Good Evening, and Good Luck.”
Clooney will play Edward R. Murrow, the pioneering newscaster whose storied broadcast profession within the mid-Twentieth century made him a journalism icon. That function was performed by David Strathairn within the movie.
“Good Evening, and Good Luck” portrays the interval when Murrow’s work introduced him into battle with Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, the Republican of Wisconsin who grew to become infamous for the excesses of his anti-Communist campaign.
Clooney wrote the film with Grant Heslov; the 2 are teaming up once more to adapt it for Broadway. Clooney additionally directed the movie, and carried out in it as Fred W. Pleasant, Murrow’s collaborator.
Reviewing the movie for The New York Instances, the critic A.O. Scott known as it “a passionate, considerate essay on energy, truth-telling and duty.”
The stage adaptation will likely be directed by David Cromer, who gained a Tony for steering “The Band’s Go to.”
The play’s producing group — Seaview, Sue Wagner, John Johnson, Jean Doumanian and Robert Fox — introduced on Monday the plan to stage “Good Evening, and Good Luck” subsequent spring at a Shubert theater, however provided no different particulars.
Clooney, 63, has gained two Academy Awards, as an actor in “Syriana” and as a producer of “Argo.”
