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CNN to Broadcast First Live Broadway Staging of ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’

George Clooney’s penultimate performance Saturday evening will stream live on CNN platforms complete with pre- and post-show analysis by Anderson Cooper and Pamela Brown.

George Clooney appears at the "Good Night, and Good Luck" Broadway opening night on April 3, 2025, in New York.
Joseph McCarthy, Republican senator from Wisconsin, stands before a map charting alleged communist activity in the United States on June 9, 1954.
George Clooney announces the Broadway cast of "Good Night, and Good Luck," at the Winter Garden Theater in New York, New York, on Feb. 6, 2025. Clooney is making his Broadway debut in the stage adaptation of the critically acclaimed film.

Overview

  • The play’s penultimate performance will air live at 7 p.m. ET Saturday on CNN, CNN International, CNN.com and Max without commercial interruption.
  • Den of Thieves will produce the telecast with more than 20 cameras arranged around the Winter Garden Theatre to capture both stage action and audience reactions.
  • Pre-show coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. ET outside the theater led by Pamela Brown alongside CNN media analysts, and Anderson Cooper will host a post-show panel on the state of journalism.
  • Since its April opening the production has recouped its $9.5 million capitalization in seven weeks, shattered weekly box office records and earned five Tony Award nominations.
  • Adapted by George Clooney and Grant Heslov, the play revisits Edward R. Murrow’s 1950s confrontation with Senator Joseph McCarthy and highlights the enduring importance of press freedom in today’s political climate.