The penultimate performance of Broadway's "Good Night, and Good Luck", starring George Clooney, will air live on CNN June 7 from the Winter Garden Theatre at 7:00 PM, followed by a special discussing the show and the state of global journalism.
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CNN Will Air George Clooney’s ‘Good Night and Good Luck’ Live From Broadway on June 7
I’d mark your calendar for this one. CNN will be airing George Clooney’s production of the play Good Night, and Good Luck, live on June 7th from the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway. It will be the first time that a live play performance has been televised.
The play is adaptation of the 2005 movie of the same name that Clooney co-wrote, directed, and starred in, based on CBS journalist’s Edward R. Murrow’s work to expose Joe McCarthy during the Red Scare in the 1950s. In the movie Clooney played Fred Friendly, Murrow’s producer. On the stage he plays Murrow.
The Broadway production has met with critical acclaim and just recently announced that it had recouped its initial investment during its run that began in March of 2025.
I’m a big fan of the movie (I wrote a little about it here) and imagine I will also be of the stage version. I’m sure the story’s central message of standing up to bullies and demagogues translates just as well in a live version as it does on film.
I’m looking very much forward to watching this and would encourage you to as well. I know there are some who see Clooney as one of the villains in our recent political turmoil. And some see CNN has a willing accomplice to the madness we face. Even with what may seem like all of that irony, I would urge you to set that aside and give Good Night, and Good Luck a watch. As I said then
This isn’t some moment of nostalgia for a time gone by. It is a recognition that where we are now is a place we’ve been before. This time around those that control the media and messaging have, for the moment, much more control than they did in Murrow’s day. Make no mistake, they had some control then, but now it’s more pervasive and the Murrow’s, Friendly’s and Paley’s are fewer in number.
Setting aside the historical significance of this broadcast of a live play, and the paradox between the message and the messengers, I can’t think of a better reason to watch given where we are and will continue to be for some time.
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