George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Broadway play “Good Night, and Good Luck,” which was captured live for a CNN telecast, is now available for streaming. The play can be viewed on Amazon Prime and other digital platforms.
Adapted for the stage from Clooney and Heslov’s screenplay for the 2005 film, and directed for Broadway by David Cromer, “Good Night, and Good Luck” dramatizes the historic on-air battle of real-life CBS journalist Edward R. Murrow (played by Clooney in a Tony-nominated turn) in exposing the lies and corruption of senator Joseph McCarthy’s communist investigation.
“Good Night, and Good Luck” began previews on March 12, opened on April 3 and concluded its limited engagement on June 8. The production recouped its $9.5 million investment and broke several box office records at the Winter Garden Theatre.
In addition to Clooney, the Broadway cast included Glenn Fleshler as Fred Friendly, Mac Brandt as Colonel Anderson, Will Dagger as Don Hewitt, Christopher Denham as John Aaron, Ilana Glazer as Shirley Wershba, Clark Gregg as Don Hollenbeck, Paul Gross as William S. Paley, Georgia Heers as Ella, Carter Hudson as Joe Wershba, Fran Kranz as Palmer Williams, Jennifer Morris as Millie Green, Michael Nathanson as Eddie Scott, Andrew Polk as Charlie Mack and Aaron Roman Weiner as Don Surine, with R. Ward Duffy, Joe Forbrich, Imani Rousselle, Greg Stuhr, JD Taylor and Sophia Tzougros.
“Good Night, and Good Luck” was produced on Broadway by Seaview, Sue Wagner, John Johnson, Jean Doumanian and Robert Fox.
