Good Night, And Good Luck

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Good Night, And Good Luck

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 12m

by George Clooney and Grant Heslov

As McCarthyism casts a shadow over America, newsman Edward R. 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.

Image: 2025 Broadway Production (Emilio Madrid)

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 12m
  • Duration
    Duration
    105 Minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adaptation (Stage & Screen), Docudrama/History
  • Audience
    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.
Keywords
Performing Groups
EDWARD R. MURROW – Newsman and host of See It Now
DON HOLLENBECK – A news reporter on the 11 p.m. news
PALMER WILLIAMS – Thirties, a news reporter and writer
JOE WERSHBA – A news reporter and writer
SHIRLEY WERSHBA – A news writer
FRED FRIENDLY – Head writer and producer of See It Now
EDDIE SCOTT – A news producer and writer
DON HEWITT – Director of See It Now
JOHN AARON – A news producer and writer
CHARLIE MACK – A cameraman for See It Now
WILLIAM S. PALEY – President of CBS
COLONEL ANDERSON – Air Force Colonel
MILI LERNER – Editor of See It Now
ELLA – Jazz singer
DON SURINE – Chief investigator for the HUAC committee
PHIL – CBS employee, works in the legal department
CBS STAFF
  • 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 – Broadway Trailer youtube thumbnail

    Good Night, and Good Luck – Broadway Trailer

  • Good Night, and Good Luck – Short Broadway Trailer youtube thumbnail

    Good Night, and Good Luck – Short Broadway Trailer

  • Good Night, and Good Luck – Broadway Teaser youtube thumbnail

    Good Night, and Good Luck – Broadway Teaser

  • George Clooney, David Cromer and Grant Heslov on Good Night, and Good Luck youtube thumbnail

    George Clooney, David Cromer and Grant Heslov on Good Night, and Good Luck

Photos

  • Good Night, And Good Luck

    Image: 2025 Broadway Production (Emilio Madrid)

  • Good Night, And Good Luck

    Image: 2025 Broadway Production (Emilio Madrid)

Licensing & Materials

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

Authors

George Clooney

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

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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