George Clooney 'honored' to make Broadway debut in 'Good Night, and Good Luck'

Clooney called Broadway something "every actor aspires to."

May 13, 2024, 4:41 PM

George Clooney and his longtime producing partner Grant Heslov are taking their Academy Award-nominated 2005 film "Good Night, and Good Luck" to Broadway.

The spring 2025 production, co-written by Clooney and Heslov, will be directed by Tony winner David Cromer and will mark Clooney's Broadway debut.

The play will have Clooney playing legendary newsman Edward R. Murrow, who was portrayed by David Strathairn in Clooney's film, which he directed and co-wrote with Heslov.

PHOTO: George Clooney attends "The Boys In The Boat" New York Screening at Museum of Modern Art December 13, 2023 in New York City.
George Clooney attends "The Boys In The Boat" New York Screening at Museum of Modern Art December 13, 2023 in New York City.
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"Edward R. Murrow operated from a kind of moral clarity that feels vanishingly rare in today's media landscape," Cromer said in a statement. "There was an immediacy in those early live television broadcasts that today can only be effectively captured on stage, in front of a live audience."

Clooney added, "I am honored, after all these years, to be coming back to the stage and especially, to Broadway, the art form and the venue that every actor aspires to."

The play will be staged at a Shubert theater yet to be announced.