Good Night, And Good Luck

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Cast Size

3f, 12m
Duration

105 Minutes
Subgenre

Adaptation (Stage & Screen), Docudrama/History
Target Audience

Adult

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Summary

Tune in to 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.
This electrifying stage adaptation of the critically acclaimed film by original screenwriters George Clooney and Grant Heslov, Good Night, and Good Luck chronicles a time in American history when truth and journalistic integrity stood up to fear-mongering and disinformation – and won.

History

Good Night, and Good Luck premiered on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre on 3 April 2025. Directed by David Cromer, the production starred George Clooney and featured Will Dagger, Glenn Fleshler, Ilana Glazer, Clark Gregg, Paul Gross, Georgia Heers and Carter Hudson.

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Performing Groups

Time Period 1950s
Setting CBS Studios at Grand Central. 1950s.
Features Period Costumes
Additional Features No Intermission
Duration 105 Minutes
Cautions
- Alcohol
- Smoking

Media

“A chic, alluring, pulse-pounding thriller.” – Washington Post

Critic’s Pick! “A slender, swift and healthy exercise in hagiography, burnishing its saints and martyrs to a high sheen… Good Night, and Good Luck is a powerful and useful reminder that a demigod, or maybe it takes many whose names we don’t know, can still sometimes bring down a devil.” – The New York Times
“As timely and important as ever.” – Entertainment Weekly
“Good Night, and Good Luck is both a tribute and a reckoning—a stylish, sobering reminder of journalism’s power and the price of using it.” – amNY
“Dignified and resonant… there’s undeniably something bracing about Clooney’s revisitation of Murrow’s story — and something wrenching, too.” – Vulture
“Classy, absorbing entertainment… the material’s timeliness packs a wallop.” – Hollywood Reporter
“Scorches with the heat of today’s political turmoil.” – Chicago Tribune

Videos

Good Night, and Good Luck – Short Broadway Trailer
Good Night, and Good Luck – Broadway Trailer
George Clooney, David Cromer and Grant Heslov on Good Night, and Good Luck
Good Night, and Good Luck – Broadway Teaser

Photos

Image: 2025 Broadway Production (Emilio Madrid)

Image: 2025 Broadway Production (Emilio Madrid)

Licensing & Materials

Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

Authors

George Clooney

George Clooney made his Broadway debut with Good Night, and Good Luck. The play, which he also co-wrote with Grant Heslov, is based on the 2005 film version, which earned Clooney Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Clooney was last seen i ...

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Grant Heslov

Grant Heslov has been recognized for his work as a producer, writer, director and actor. Together with George Clooney, he founded and continues to run Smokehouse Pictures. A four-time Oscar nominee, Heslov received a Best Picture Academy Award for Argo. He earned an Oscar nom ...

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Good Night, And Good Luck