Broadway's Good Night, and Good Luck, currently playing the Winter Garden Theatre, will offer 2,000 tickets to the New York City Department of Education for distribution to New York City Public School students, including those studying journalism. Subsidized by the production and TodayTix, the student matinees are in line with writers George Clooney (who's also starring) and Grant Heslov’s Roybal Film and Television Production Magnet model.
Founded in 2022 by Clooney, Heslov, and Creative Artists Agency’s Bryan Lourd, Roybal was designed to create pathways to high-quality jobs in film and television through hands-on training and direct career access for students. Two of the many schools receiving tickets through the organization's Broadway program are the Motion Picture Technical High School and the Robert Halmi Sr. Academy of Film and Television, which are part of a national coalition of schools based on the Roybal model.
Peter Avery, the NYC Department of Education Director of Theatre, said “Thank you to George Clooney, the producers of Good Night, and Good Luck, and TodayTix for their inspired generosity and recognizing that all the world is truly a stage for our NYC public school students to explore educational and life skills of literacy, artistic interpretation, and point of view. We look forward to students from across the city creatively learning about the intersection of theatre, journalism and politics…on Broadway!”
Good Night, and Good Luck is written by Clooney and Heslov, adapting their screenplay from the 2005 film of the same name. Clooney is also starring in the work's Broadway premiere, which opened April 3—read the reviews here. He's moved into the role of Edward R. Murrow after playing Murrow's co-producer Fred W. Friendly in the film version, which Clooney also directed.
A piece of historical drama, the work centers on a clash between the famed journalist and infamous U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, of anti-communist HUAC fame. The title comes from Murrow's broadcast sign-off. David Cromer is directing the stage play.
The Broadway bow is produced by Seaview, Sue Wagner, John Johnson, Jean Doumanian, and Robert Fox.
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George Clooney and company of Good Night, and Good Luck
George Clooney in Good Night, and Good Luck
Company of Good Night, and Good Luck
George Clooney in Good Night, and Good Luck
Paul Gross and George Clooney in Good Night, and Good Luck
George Clooney and Clark Gregg in Good Night, and Good Luck
George Clooney in Good Night, and Good Luck
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Company of Good Night, and Good Luck
Ilana Glazer in Good Night, and Good Luck
George Clooney in Good Night, and Good Luck
