Winter Garden Theatre, New York
The actor-director brings his 2005 drama to the stage, now playing the lead role, but while it's timely and nicely staged, it feels stiff
Time has been kind t…
Tune in to the golden age of broadcast journalism and Edward R. Murrow's (Clooney) legendary, history-altering, on-air showdown with Senator Joseph McCarthy. As McCarthyism casts a shadow ov…
Clooney's glamour, abetted by David Cromer's suave direction, does a lot of that work; even when the actor is in some remote corner of Scott Pask's huge and infinitely reconfiguring set, you…
Director David Cromer successfully activates the stage, orchestrating that kinetic hum we associate with a network newsroom. And scenic designer Scott Pask's set is a wonder, particularly ef…
An empty reassembly of their screenplay, with period chicness substituting for tension, the play doesn't trust the audience to see the parallels between past and present, creating little mor…
It's quite a beginning, but then that curtain rises, and as lovingly detailed as Pask's newsroom set is, Cromer has to enliven a still highly cinematic script in a wide-open theatrical space…
Like television journalist Edward R. Murrow's historic broadcasts, the stage adaptation of the 2005 film "Good Night, and Good Luck" has a seriousness of purpose that is again dr…
In an age where history feels eerily cyclical, Good Night, and Good Luck lands with the force of a moral thunderclap. Starring and co-written by George Clooney, who also portrays legendary C…
This new play works best as a snappy, historical triumph with a strong ensemble rather than commentary on today. Nicole Serratore reviews.
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Clooney embraces Murrow completely. Â He has modified his own speech patterns to emulate Murrow - and oh how lovely it is to hear somone speak without an "um" or worse "LIKE" in the entire…
Nearly two decades have passed since George Clooney directed and co-wrote Good Night, and Good Luck, a black-and-white drama depicting beloved CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow's challenge to Sen…
There are moments in Good Night, and Good Luck, the new play by George Clooney and Grant Heslov opening on Broadway tonight at the Winter Garden Theatre and starring Clooney as pioneering TV…
It comes as a surprise that the impression left by the dusty historical drama as the audience pours out onto Broadway is so small and fleeting. Good Night, and What's For Dinner?
Like television journalist Edward R. Murrow's historic broadcasts, the stage adaptation of the 2005 film "Good Night, and Good Luck" has a seriousness of purpose that is again dr…
Co-writers Clooney and Grant Heslov retool their screenplay for the 2005 film about CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow's 1954 takedown of Senator Joseph McCarthy.
★★★★★ Clooney and Grant Heslov adapt their 2005 film to reflect not only the Joe McCarthy era but today
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★★★☆☆ George Clooney makes his Broadway debut in this stage adaptation of the 2005 film which he directed, co-wrote and appeared in.
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Where is our Edward R. Murrow? That is the implicit question that animates George Clooney's play, opened tonight on Broadway in an elegant, meticulous and timely production directed by David…
Good Night, and Good Luck opens on Broadway starring Hollywood icon, George Clooney in his long-awaited Broadway debut in a new production directed by David Cromer. Read the reviews!
