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George Clooney to make Broadway debut as newsman Edward R. Murrow in 'Good Night, and Good Luck'

Clooney directed and co-wrote the film about the reporter and news anchor. This time he'll portray the anchorman onstage next spring.

The 2005 movie, co-written by Clooney, 63, and Grant Heslov, starred David Strathairn as Murrow in the early 1950s, when he challenged the red-baiting antics of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis. Murrow pushed back against CBS executives opposed to his challenges to McCarthy, who coerced allies and destroyed foes with threats and accusations surrounding communist sympathizing. Tony Award-winning Broadway director David Cromer, who will direct, said in Monday's statement that Murrow "operated from a kind of moral clarity that feels vanishingly rare in today’s media landscape."

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