Broadway debut: George Clooney fights with stage fright

In 1986 George Clooney (63) was on a theater stage for the last time – no wonder that he was going through his Broadway debut. “Yes, even a George Clooney gets nervous,” the film star admitted to the presentation of the complete Broadway cast of “Good Night, and Good Luck” Garden Theater in New York on Thursday in winter. In the gray wool coat and green turtleneck, he presented himself in a good mood alongside his long -time friend and partner Grant Heslov (61).

On March 8, 2025, “Good Night, and Good Luck”, Clooney’s debut in the legendary Theaterstraße in New York starts at Broadway “Good Night, and Good Luck”. The piece should run by June 8 of this year.

“Good Night, and Good Luck” is based on the 2005 film of the same name – Clooney’s second directorial work in the cinema. For “Good Night, and Good Luck”, the actor was nominated as a director and as a screenwriter for an Oscar, but was empty in both categories. In the same year he won the gold boys for his supporting role in “Syriana”.

“Good Night, and Good Luck” tells the story of television journalist Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965). In the 1950s, he positioned himself on alleged communists in his TV show “See it Now” against the hunting of the Senator Joseph McCarthy (1908-1957).

“The great thing is that we can make a piece about a topic that is very important to us, namely to say the truth,” said Clooney.

In the film, David Strathairn (76) embodied Edward R. Murrow. George Clooney will now take on the main role of the upright journalist on stage. In the cinema, George Clooney had played a supporting role as producer Fred W. Friendly (1915-1998).

As with the film, George Clooney also wrote the template for the play, again together with Grant Heslov. In 2005 he was a co-author and producer of “Good Night, and Good Luck”. Directed by the play, David Cromer (60), who won the theater Oscar Tony for the musical “The Band’s Visit”.