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‘Good Night, And Good Luck’ Review: George Clooney Makes Broadway Debut Battling Alternative Facts Through The Decades
Deadline's Broadway review of 'Good Night, And Good Luck' starring George Clooney.
His acting chops aren’t in question – he’s never anything less than solid in that department, and same goes for his showing here – but one has to question why Clooney (and his director, David Cromer) would choose to make his Broadway debut in a production that, justifiably if disappointingly, makes so much use of large video panels that repeatedly show the actor-as-Murrow in close-up black-and-white and speaking the stilted, ’50s-era newsman style that gives Good Night, And Good Luck a been-there-done-that mood. Pask, like video/projection designer David Bengali and director Cromer are among Broadway’s elite, most dependable creative teams, but even they seem undone by a plodding play that truly comes alive in fits and spurts. Title: Good Night, and Good Luck Venue: Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre Director: David Cromer Written by: George Clooney and Grant Heslov Cast: George Clooney, Mac Brandt, Will Dagger, Christopher Denham, Glenn Fleshler, Ilana Glazer, Clark Gregg, Paul Gross, Georgia Heers, Carter Hudson, Fran Kranz, Jennifer Morris, Michael Nathanson, Andrew Polk, Aaron Roman Weiner with R. Ward Duffy, Joe Forbrich, Imani Rousselle, Greg Stuhr, JD Taylor, Sophia Tzougros Running time: 1 hr 40 min (no intermission)
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